Believe, trust and obey

Romans 10:9-10 New Living Translation (NLT)

9 If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.

This is the command of The Gospel. Jesus died and was raised from the dead. It is by faith, believing in your heart that God gave up His only son so that you could be free from sin. For when you believe in the hope of Jesus Christ you are saved.

At the height of his worldwide fame, rock musician Alice Cooper drank a bottle of whiskey a day. But the bottle almost destroyed his marriage to Sheryl, his wife of 25 years. He started heading off to church with her and felt as if God was speaking to him every Sunday.

Now a believer, Cooper takes the opportunity to speak to curious fellow musicians about the reality of the Devil and the change in his life. "I have talked to some big stars about this, some really horrific characters, and you'd be surprised," he says. "The ones that you would think are the farthest gone are the ones that are the most apt to listen."

[Steve Beard, "The Way of Faith for Alice Cooper," Good News Magazine (May/June 2002) p. 29]

There is hope in Christ that cannot be found anywhere else. Believe, trust and obey.