The Unqualified Commitment
The Unqualified Commitment
Romans 10 contains the unqualified commitment.
Romans 10:9, 10:
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
When a man confesses with his mouth Jesus as Lord
and believes in his heart* that God raised Jesus from
the dead, God creates a new spirit in the man, the man
who before this confession had just a body and soul.†
The moment you believe in the depth of your innermost
being that God raised Jesus from the dead, you are saved.
You have eternal life abiding within.
This is the miracle of conversion, the new birth, a
miracle of God whereby a man or woman of body and
soul becomes a new creation in Him thus having body,
soul and spirit.
For a man to believe with his heart that God raised
Jesus from the dead is “believing unto righteousness.”
Only after a person believes unto righteousness is it pos-
sible to confess Jesus as Lord. In this confession lies the
salvation that a man receives because he believes.
What does the word “salvation” mean? It means wholeness
or soundness: mental, physical, spiritual. Colossians
2:10 defines “wholeness” as “complete.” God has made
us “completely complete,” having all things needed in
this life and in that which is to come.
Righteousness, on the other hand, is our God-given
ability to stand and walk before God without any sense
of sin, guilt or fear. Righteousness is ours because of
believing, and believing only. We do not work for righteousness;
for if we did, it would be something we
earned. We cannot work for righteousness; we simply
accept the righteousness of God as a gift. The unqualified
commitment gives both righteousness and wholeness.
Ephesians 2:8, 9:
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 4:7:
But unto every one of us is given grace according
to the measure of the gift of Christ.
All born-again believers have “the faith of Jesus Christ”
which is the measure given to everyone when he believes.**
After a person has confessed with his mouth
the Lord Jesus and has believed in his heart that God
raised Jesus from the dead, he is a privileged son of
God with access to all His promises. All born-again
believers have a legal right and opportunity to receive
what God has made available. All have the same
righteousness, the same amount of faith and the same
perfection before God.
Do you believe that what God has promised He is
able to perform? If you do, you will see mighty signs,
miracles and wonders in your life. You must believe that
God is not only able but also willing to perform what
He has promised.
Ephesians 1:7:
In whom [Jesus Christ] we have redemption through
his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the
riches of his grace.
We have redemption through his blood according to
the riches of His grace. Do you believe God is rich in
grace? “For God so loved. . .that he gave his only begotten
Son. . . .” Would you call that rich in grace? I
would. Ephesians says that we have received redemption
so we don’t need to beg for it. The only thing we must
do is receive it.
Colossians 1:13, 14:
Who hath delivered [past tense] us from the power
of darkness, and hath translated [past tense] us into
the kingdom of [by] his dear Son:
In whom we have redemption through his blood,
even the forgiveness of sins.
If God has delivered us from the power of darkness
(that is, the power of Satan) how can we be under that
sinister power any longer? If we have been delivered,
why look further for deliverance? Why wait for deliverance
when it has already been made available. Satan
has no legal rights over a believer because all believers
have been delivered from Satan’s power through Jesus
Christ. What God accomplished for us when He rescued
us from the power of Satan we can appropriate to ourselves
when we believe. So the next time you get sick,
say, “Look here, headache [cold, or whatever negative
symptom it may be], you have no power over me. You
were defeated over nineteen hundred years ago. It says
so in The Word, and I believe The Word; therefore, be
gone from me.” When we have salvation, we have wholeness,
even physical wholeness, if we simply accept it.
We have nothing to stand upon for our completeness
except the revealed Word of God. When we stand upon
The Word we have only one way of life and that is the
way of Christ Jesus. In him we have wholeness.
II Corinthians 5:7:
For we walk by faith [believing], not by sight.
The Bible says that we are to believe first, and then
we will see. We stand upon The Word and declare The
Word. If I pray for the sick and no one is healed, I
continue praying for the sick because The Word says
healing is available. If no one believed in receiving the
power from the Holy Spirit, I would go right on teaching
about the Holy Spirit because the Bible admonishes
in Ephesians 5:18, “. . .be not drunk with wine, wherein
is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.” We must walk
by believing the promises of God’s Word; then the fulfillment
of the promise is guaranteed to us even though
we may not see the results immediately.
When you belong to Christ, you are a son of God. The
moment you become a child of God, you become heir
to everything that God has made available.
Romans 8:17:
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs
with Christ. . . .
How can you then, as a Christian, talk negatively?
How can you continue to be full of fear? How can you
go out in the community and act like you are defeated?
You are not defeated. Satan has been defeated and the
power of God is in you today.
Romans 8:11:
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from
the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from
the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by
his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Do you want your body quickened—made alive, vital,
spry? The Word says that if you will make the unqualified
commitment of confessing Jesus as your Savior and
Lord while believing that God raised Jesus from the dead,
not only are you made alive spiritually but also your
physical body is made alive even now.
Since you have the spirit from God within, you are
righteous; you are no longer separated from God. After
God gives all this, you then have a responsibility. He
says you are to be renewed in your mind.
Ephesians 4:23, 24:
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
And that ye put on the new man, which after God
is created in righteousness and true holiness.
You are not only to be born again of the spirit from
God, but you must change your thinking patterns.
Philippians 4:8:
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there
be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on
these things.
Change what you put in your mind. To change the
food you are sending to your mind is to “renew your
mind.” Think those things which are true, honest, just,
pure, lovely and of good report.
If you by your free will accept Christ as your Savior
and renew your mind according to The Word, you will
find that every word I have written to you is true. I challenge
you to stand upon the Word of God, declare your
authority in Christ and claim your rights. The Amplified
Version translates a verse in Romans so vividly.
Romans 10:11:
The Scripture says, No man who believes in Him
—who adheres to, relies on and trusts in Him—will
[ever] be put to shame or be disappointed. (The
Amplified New Testament)
Let us make our unqualified commitment; let us confess
Jesus as Lord and believe that God raised him from
the dead. We will never be disappointed.