Why on earth would God only require men simply to ‘believe on Jesus’ to be saved? Surely this is far too good to be true! Well, there is good reason why God made salvation so simple, apart from the fact that those who are not so learned can acquire salvation like children and those in remote places who have never heard or had the chance to read the deep truths and revelations in The Bible. God has done it this way so it is not just the scholars who will be saved but the rest of us have a chance. “Come to me as children” Jesus said.
So the answer to this very deep question as to why God requires only faith in his son and sacrifice Jesus to be saved is written here in the King James Bible in Romans 10.
9 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.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
That underlined line is astonishing! It is saying that a mans heart – i.e wether he thirsts after righteousness or evil is seen in what he chooses to believe in. This also goes a long way to explain why God said in The Bible be careful what you believe in – as there are many false doctrines that are allowed to exist to snare the unrighteous heart.
So the message is – always search for truth, as the Bible says those that “loved not the truth might be dammed.” Please note; this does not say: “those that knew not the truth might be damned” – but those that loved not the truth might be damned. In other words – God doesn’t even expect us to always know the truth, how can we know it if we have not been exposed to it? No, all he asks is that we love and pursue the truth and this is the mark or a righteous heart! My burden is light, my yolk is easy he says. How hard is that?
