lay your burdens down at his feet who bore the cross and curse for you. Next, you become a cross-bearer when you make an open avowal of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do not deceive yourselves—this is expected of each one of you if you are to be saved. The promise as I read it in the New Testament is not to the believer alone, but to the believer who confesses his faith. “He that with his heart believeth and with his mouth maketh confession of him shall be saved.” He saith, “He that confesseth me before