Believing the Gospel

It is through believing that salvation is realized. We are saved when we believe the gospel. A gospel not believed will do nothing for us but condemn. A believed gospel saves, and saves as soon as believed. That gospel is the Holy Spirit's testimony to God's free love, and to the finished propitiation of the cross. The reception of that divine testimony is salvation. Has this salvation, O man, found its way into you? or is it still resisted? Is the evil heart of unbelief still shutting it out? Is it still appealing to you in vain? Is it still telling you the old story of the love of God, the love of Christ, but telling it in vain? Have you not yet discovered the good news which it brings to you? Are you still unsaved? Unsaved because rejecting this gospel, and refusing the free gift it brings.--Anon