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NASB | Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 10:9 because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. |
Subject: Isn't Baptism neccessary for salvation?? |
Bible Note: "But the particulars of how to demonstrate faith HAVE CHANGED." So the Mosaic law, stating that we should have no other gods besides Yahweh, that we should not murder or steal or commit adultery, has no value for the "New Testament" Christian? Are we no longer to love God wholeheartedly (Deuteronomy 6:5) or to love our neighbor as ourselves (Leviticus 19:18)? The Bible teaches that everyone is instinctively aware of God's will, because they are given a moral sense, a conscience (Romans 2:14-16). The pagan in the deepest reaches of the rain forest is not off the hook because no one has shared God's law with him. The fact is that Romans 4:1-5 points to Abraham as being justified before God as a result of his belief (referring back to Genesis 15). His subsequent obedience in circumcising his offspring and preparing to sacrifice his son were RESULTS of saving faith. They did not contribute to the righteousness already credited to him. "But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness" --Romans 4:1-5 You can't get much more of a contrast than we see in that verse. While true faith results in works, Paul makes it absolutely, undeniably clear that the works of an individual do not result in the imputed righteousness of Christ. It is faith/repentance YIELDS Christ's righteousness PLUS works and not faith/repentance PLUS works YIELDS Christ's righteousness The order is very important, and the Pharisees and the Judaizers made the fatal mistake of choosing the second formula. Getting back to baptism, it should not be separated from faith and repentance in the unbaptized adult convert. The two are united, and baptism is not optional. However, the distinction must always be made between the two. The union of the sign (baptism) and the thing signified (the "washing of regeneration") must be maintained without claiming that both are the same thing. --Joe! |