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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
With the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:10. If we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. Hebrews 10:26-27.
There are many who boldly believe and appropriate the righteousness of Christ. Nevertheless, they believe not with the heart, but with the mouth only. It is with the heart man believes; the faith of the heart makes righteous, makes the heart righteous, makes life, mind and conversation righteous. With the mouth we make confession, and that saves, if the heart and the mouth agree. If, on the other hand, your mouth confess and appropriate the righteousness of Christ, but your heart love unrighteousness, you make a wrong calculation. God will draw a line through your profession and say, "I never knew you; depart from me you who work iniquity. " When such a dead faith appropriates the merit of Christ, it will earn for itself hell and the wrath of God. For he who says that he believes in Christ and is justified by Him and yet voluntarily and without fear lives in the lust and love of the world, allows himself to be governed by his passions and gives himself up to anger, licentiousness, craving for honor, envy, hatred, covetousness, sinful amusements, dissipation, worldly joys, drunkenness or intemperance of any kind whatsoever, may read his sentence in Hebrews 10:28-29. Abraham believed, and "it was counted unto him for righteousness," because his faith was obedient to God. You believe and are disobedient, and you count it unto yourself for righteousness; but God will count it unto unrighteousness. For he to whom He imputes righteousness, also possesses it; he is righteous even as God is righteous; as John says, ’’Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous" (1 John 3:7).
Finish then Thy new creation,
Pure, unspotted, may we be;
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee!
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
