Believe the gospel message with all your heart — and rest on God's promise.
In short, God expects you to believe the message — to take Him at His Word that Christ died for your sins, was buried, and rose from the dead. Les Feldick says when God revealed that this is all that is needed for salvation, the only expected response is to believe it (Clip 2). This is not a casual acknowledgment; it is a wholehearted, Holy Spirit-driven faith that rests on God's promise (Clips 1, 7).
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 — This is the exact message — Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again — that God expects to be believed.
Romans 10:9 — This verse states the saving promise for anyone who believes in their heart that God raised Jesus from the dead.
Romans 10:17 — It shows that faith comes by hearing God's Word, the message we are called to believe.
Scripture's own testimony is that the gospel message is 'how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures' (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). The response Scripture calls for is faith: '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' (Romans 10:9). The way that faith comes is also revealed: 'So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God' (Romans 10:17). Romans 11:32 sums up why this applies to everyone: 'For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.' Therefore, the biblical expectation is to believe the message that has been spoken.
Les Feldick is emphatic that God's expectation is one thing: believe the gospel. When God revealed the gospel of grace — that Christ died, shed His blood, was buried, and rose from the dead — He said that is all that is necessary for salvation, and our part is to believe it (Clip 2). Les is not describing an empty 'believism'. He says true belief is a genuine, Holy Spirit-driven conviction that your eternal destiny depends on what Christ did on the cross, not mental assent (Clips 4, 7). He also makes a crucial distinction: believing in God is not the same as believing God. 'When you believe God, that's being a man or woman of faith. You're doing what God has said, you're resting on it' (Clip 6). Because God has made the promise — 'thou shalt be saved' — Les says we have every right to rest on it and hold God accountable to what He said (Clip 1). When that message is believed with all the heart, it becomes the very power of God and God makes the believer His child (Clips 3, 4). Paul's answer to the jailer applies to everyone today: do nothing but believe the Lord Jesus Christ — that Christ died for your sins, was buried, and rose again (Clip 5).
The message is the gospel Paul preached: 'Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures' (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). Les Feldick says Paul's gospel was always that Christ died for the sins of the world, was buried, and rose from the dead (Clip 5). He also notes that Israel's rejection brought about Christ's sacrificial death, burial, and resurrection, which made salvation available to the Gentiles (Clip 0).
No. Les says there is a big difference between believing in God and believing God. 'Now when you believe God, that's being a man or woman of faith. You're doing what God has said, you're resting on it' (Clip 6). Paul told the Romans that in times past they had not believed God, even though they were Gentiles who had their own gods (Clip 0). The issue is not simply acknowledging that a god exists; it is taking God at His Word.
Les applies the jailer's question directly to today: 'You don't do anything jailer. You believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.' Les clarifies that Paul had only one gospel — that Christ died for your sins, was buried, and rose from the dead — and that is the criteria, nothing else (Clip 5). He also says that when God has revealed that salvation is by faith plus nothing, the expected response is simply to believe it (Clip 2).
Les says that when we believe with all our heart, the gospel becomes 'the very power of God Himself' — the same power that created the universe is released on us, to us, and in us, and we become children of God (Clip 3). God moves in and makes that person His child and places him into the body of Christ (Clip 4). Scripture states the promise: 'thou shalt be saved' (Romans 10:9).
The Background of Unbelief
Les points to Israel's rejection of Messiah and the Gentiles' past unbelief to show that the issue has always been not believing God, not a lack of religion.
Resting on God's Promises
When God promises that believing the death, burial, and resurrection saves, He expects us to rest on that promise, not doubt it, and hold God accountable to His Word.
Believe Because God Has Revealed It
God's expectation is simply to believe the gospel of grace because He has revealed it — salvation is by faith plus nothing.
Taking the Gospel by Faith
Believing with all the heart releases the very power of God and results in being accounted righteous by God; it must be taken by faith even when beyond human understanding.
Genuine Faith, Not Easy Believism
True faith is not a casual 'I believe'; it is knowing you are lost and really believing Christ died for you, which causes God to make you His child and place you in the body of Christ.
Believe the Gospel and Nothing Else
The answer to 'What must I do?' is not to do anything but to believe that Christ died for your sins, was buried, and rose again — nothing else is required for Jew or Gentile today.
Believing God Is Faith
Les contrasts believing in God with believing God; a person of faith does what God has said and rests on it, and the gospel is the perfect example.
A Holy Spirit-Driven Belief
Les clarifies that saving faith is not mental assent but a genuine, Holy Spirit-driven conviction that your eternal destiny depends on what Christ did on the cross.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4: For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
This verse defines the gospel message that God expects us to believe.
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.
This verse attaches the promise of salvation to heart-belief in the resurrection.
Romans 10:17: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
This explains how the expected faith is generated — hearing the Word of God.
Romans 11:30: For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
This reminds us that the issue has been failure to believe God.
Romans 11:32: For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
This grounds why belief is for everyone: all were concluded in unbelief.
Romans 1:16: For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
This shows that the gospel is God's power to save everyone who believes.
God expects us to believe it with all our heart. When God revealed that this is all that is necessary for salvation, He said to believe it (Clip 2).
No. Les Feldick teaches there is a big difference: believing God means doing what He has said and resting on it (Clip 6).
No. Les says the gospel is the only criteria — nothing else — and salvation is by faith plus nothing (Clips 2, 5).
Because God said it. Les says we can say, 'But God, this is what You told me, and I believe it,' and rest on the promise instead of doubting it (Clip 1).
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