There is a “Peanuts” comic strip in which little Linus meets Charlie Brown on the street. “Where have you been?” Charlie asks. “Church school,” Linus replies. “We’ve been studying the letters of the Apostle Paul.” “That should be interesting,” Charlie offers. “It is,” says Linus, “although I must admit it makes me feel a little guilty. I always feel like I’m reading someone else’s mail.”
“If your lips confess that Jesus is Lord and if you believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, then you will be saved. By believing from the heart you are made righteous; by confessing with your lips you are saved” (Romans 10:9-10). I’m sure some of you have recognized that I’ve just been reading someone else’s mail — the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Romans to be precise. In the “Peanuts” cartoons, little Linus never lets go of his favorite baby blanket. Like Linus, we’re all in need of a security blanket. In the midst…
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