Believe the Word of God

For “whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13

In my gospel preaching, whoever opened up, I used to lead them to call upon the name of the Lord and pray the sinner's prayer, believing in the word of God that “whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” In the first two weeks of this month, the Lord graced me to actively participate in the propagation in our locality, Gururgram. In my team, we went house to house, door-knocking and preaching the gospel. The Lord opened the door for us wherever we went. To my surprise, almost everyone we met, opened up and listened to the gospel we were preaching and ended up calling upon the name of the Lord. I collected their names and phone numbers for future contact. In this way, we have a good number of seeking contacts.

Towards the end of the propagation for two weeks, the Lord struck me with a verse that I have been preaching, For “whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” The Lord's question to me was, "Palmei, do you believe this verse?" The questioning within my being went on for a couple of days. 

Literally, yes, I believe the word of God that “whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” And many have called upon the Lord through my gospel preaching. The specific question was, "Palmei, do you believe that all those who called upon the name of the Lord through your gospel preaching are indeed saved?" Honestly, the Lord cornered me and put me on a spot. My innate reply was, "Yes, Lord, I believe." But deep within, I also doubted whether all those who called upon the Lord's name are indeed saved. For, the major religion of my countrymen believes in pantheism, and they would accept any "god" being introduced to them, be it Jesus or whoever, for that matter. This was the reason I struggled for some time.

Then eventually the Lord spoke again and again to me, to believe in the word of God. And I am now fully convinced that “whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”  I have to stop to doubt the Lord's word, and I have to stop my doubting of the people who called upon the name of the Lord. Saul of Tarsus in Acts 9 was saved simply by calling upon the name of the Lord! I simply have to believe in the Lord's word and not trust my own human analytical judgment. Take the Lord at His word!

The following Lord's day, I gave testimony in the church meeting of my struggle with God on this verse, and how I eventually believed His word. No matter what my feelings may be, the Lord's word is faithful, true, and abiding. For “whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

What a relief to get a clear cut confirmation from Himself concerning His word directly! Praise the Lord for the word of God!