When you believe

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” (John 14:1 ESV)

A different kind of “believe”

In the above passage we read the words of Jesus saying to “believe also in me.” This kind of “believe” is very different than what we usually understand the word to mean. It’s not like believing that something exists, such as believing that the president of the United States exists, or that God exists, because the Bible says that even devils believe that and aren’t saved (James 2:19). The kind of “believe” Jesus is talking about includes faith from the heart in Jesus and confession of the mouth. 

Believing and confessing 

“Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” (Rom. 10:9-10 ESV)

Whoever believes in Jesus will be saved 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God..” (John 3:16-18 ESV)

“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” (John 1:12 ESV)

Therefore…

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.” (John 14:12 ESV)

“And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” (Mark 16:15-16 ESV)

Quote:

“Believing and confessing go together; and you cannot be be saved without you take them both. "With the mouth confession is made unto salvation." If you ever see the kingdom of heaven you have to take this way.”   - Dwight L. Moody