Rom 10:8, But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; Rom 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. Rom 10:10, For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Rom 10:11, For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Rom 10:12, For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. Rom 10:13, For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
In v.8, what saith the righteousness of faith (cont'd from verse 6, but the righteousness of faith speaketh on this wise). If you have the righteousness of faith, then the word of God is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. At appropo times, you will find yourself able to quote holy scripture to fit a situation that is at hand. The word of God is both in your mouth and in your heart. It is in your mouth....you can quote it at opportune times. It is in your heart...which means that you live by the holy scriptures; your life shows forth that you are a born again Christian.
In v.9, It is the word of faith that we preach that is in our mouth and in our heart; and this word is that if a person confesses the Lord Jesus with their mouth while believing that God has raised Him from the dead, they shall be saved. For the one who has the righteousness of faith, every word that we speak has a singular goal...that the people that we speak to may become born again of the Holy Spirit...and, if they are already born again, that they may be edified in their faith in order that they might be healthy sheep who might beget other sheep.
In v.10, A heart faith is unto righteousness; which means right living. A shallow, nominal, or lukewarm faith will not stand when tested, it is the kind of faith spoken of in Luke 8:13. But a faith that is unto righteousness will also endure unto the end (Matthew 10:22, Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 3:14) and will result in everlasting life (John 6:47). Also, confession is made unto salvation with the mouth. I do believe that a deathbed conversion where one blinks with the eyes may or may not save a man. I am not the judge of this but it is the Lord who will judge such a situation. But here it says that confession is made with the mouth. Except under extreme circumstances, I believe that if confession is not made with the mouth, it is not a true confession. A person has his whole life to confess the Lordship of Jesus Christ. If someone waits until he can't speak to make his confession I will only say that the Lord is the true judge of such a thing.
In v.11, The person who will believe in Jesus will not be ashamed. In 1 Peter 2:6 it says that they shall not be confounded. An exception to this is that as real believers in Christ, we are in fact ashamed of our old behaviour that we exhibited before we came to faith in Jesus Christ, Romans 6:21. But because we are made brand new, while we may be ashamed of our past, we are not ashamed of our present and our future. For we have been transformed from the inside out; and therefore our present and our future has a bright outcome in the righteousness of the Lord.
In v.12, It doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Greek, this salvation is available to all. In those days the Jewish people believed that the Gentiles were created to stoke the fires of hell to keep the people in heaven warm. But whether you are Jew or Greek, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, if you are in Christ you are redeemed. There is no difference; for all have sinned and come short of the glory of the Lord.
In v.13, For all who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Notice that this is absolute terminology; as opposed to the "should not perish" of John 3:16. This is to say that actually praying to the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth and asking Him to save you has an eternal effect on the one who does this. You may believe and never call on Jesus' Name for salvation...you just might make it into the kingdom that way. But if you want absolute assurance, call on His name.
Look at Acts of the Apostles 22:16. In the days of the early church, people called on the name of the Lord at baptism. Mark 16:16 also uses absolute terminology to denote salvation for the one who believes and is baptized. Is baptism necessary? I know that it is debatable. I would encourage a man to compare Acts of the Apostles 2:39 to Romans 8:30 and make a conclusion; for I believe that Acts of the Apostles 2:38 is a conditional promise. But if a man can call on the name of the Lord apart from baptism, the act of calling on the name of the Lord will most assuredly save him. If, after calling on His name, you still have doubts about your salvation, being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth for the remission of sins certainly will not hurt you (see Acts of the Apostles 2:38). I would keep going until you have absolute assurance. Personally, I know that I know that I know that I am saved because I received baptism in Jesus' Name.
But if you want to call on the name of the Lord presently, this also, certainly will not hurt you.
You can pray something like this:
Dear Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I call upon Your name for salvation. I recognize that I am a sinner in need of a Saviour and I ask You to forgive me of all my sins and to wash me in Your blood. I believe that You died for me on the Cross, were buried, and that You rose again the third day according to the scriptures. Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit; for I receive You into my heart. I confess that You are the Son of God according to the definition found in Isaiah 9:6; and I receive and confess You as the Lord of my life. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
In v.8, what saith the righteousness of faith (cont'd from verse 6, but the righteousness of faith speaketh on this wise). If you have the righteousness of faith, then the word of God is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. At appropo times, you will find yourself able to quote holy scripture to fit a situation that is at hand. The word of God is both in your mouth and in your heart. It is in your mouth....you can quote it at opportune times. It is in your heart...which means that you live by the holy scriptures; your life shows forth that you are a born again Christian.
In v.9, It is the word of faith that we preach that is in our mouth and in our heart; and this word is that if a person confesses the Lord Jesus with their mouth while believing that God has raised Him from the dead, they shall be saved. For the one who has the righteousness of faith, every word that we speak has a singular goal...that the people that we speak to may become born again of the Holy Spirit...and, if they are already born again, that they may be edified in their faith in order that they might be healthy sheep who might beget other sheep.
In v.10, A heart faith is unto righteousness; which means right living. A shallow, nominal, or lukewarm faith will not stand when tested, it is the kind of faith spoken of in Luke 8:13. But a faith that is unto righteousness will also endure unto the end (Matthew 10:22, Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 3:14) and will result in everlasting life (John 6:47). Also, confession is made unto salvation with the mouth. I do believe that a deathbed conversion where one blinks with the eyes may or may not save a man. I am not the judge of this but it is the Lord who will judge such a situation. But here it says that confession is made with the mouth. Except under extreme circumstances, I believe that if confession is not made with the mouth, it is not a true confession. A person has his whole life to confess the Lordship of Jesus Christ. If someone waits until he can't speak to make his confession I will only say that the Lord is the true judge of such a thing.
In v.11, The person who will believe in Jesus will not be ashamed. In 1 Peter 2:6 it says that they shall not be confounded. An exception to this is that as real believers in Christ, we are in fact ashamed of our old behaviour that we exhibited before we came to faith in Jesus Christ, Romans 6:21. But because we are made brand new, while we may be ashamed of our past, we are not ashamed of our present and our future. For we have been transformed from the inside out; and therefore our present and our future has a bright outcome in the righteousness of the Lord.
In v.12, It doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Greek, this salvation is available to all. In those days the Jewish people believed that the Gentiles were created to stoke the fires of hell to keep the people in heaven warm. But whether you are Jew or Greek, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, if you are in Christ you are redeemed. There is no difference; for all have sinned and come short of the glory of the Lord.
In v.13, For all who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Notice that this is absolute terminology; as opposed to the "should not perish" of John 3:16. This is to say that actually praying to the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth and asking Him to save you has an eternal effect on the one who does this. You may believe and never call on Jesus' Name for salvation...you just might make it into the kingdom that way. But if you want absolute assurance, call on His name.
Look at Acts of the Apostles 22:16. In the days of the early church, people called on the name of the Lord at baptism. Mark 16:16 also uses absolute terminology to denote salvation for the one who believes and is baptized. Is baptism necessary? I know that it is debatable. I would encourage a man to compare Acts of the Apostles 2:39 to Romans 8:30 and make a conclusion; for I believe that Acts of the Apostles 2:38 is a conditional promise. But if a man can call on the name of the Lord apart from baptism, the act of calling on the name of the Lord will most assuredly save him. If, after calling on His name, you still have doubts about your salvation, being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth for the remission of sins certainly will not hurt you (see Acts of the Apostles 2:38). I would keep going until you have absolute assurance. Personally, I know that I know that I know that I am saved because I received baptism in Jesus' Name.
But if you want to call on the name of the Lord presently, this also, certainly will not hurt you.
You can pray something like this:
Dear Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I call upon Your name for salvation. I recognize that I am a sinner in need of a Saviour and I ask You to forgive me of all my sins and to wash me in Your blood. I believe that You died for me on the Cross, were buried, and that You rose again the third day according to the scriptures. Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit; for I receive You into my heart. I confess that You are the Son of God according to the definition found in Isaiah 9:6; and I receive and confess You as the Lord of my life. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
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