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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. |
Bible Question:
What about the other verses on salvation? Aren't you leaving some things out. Mark 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved. Acts 2:39 Repent and be baptized EVERY ONE OF YOU, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Believe, repent, confess Christ and be baptized. Thanks for your input. |
Bible Answer: Greetings, The verses you reference are important verses and they should not be debated away. The way some people look at salvation passages is to pick some and ignore others. We who believe that salvation comes at the moment of baptism through faith in Christ also believe that "whoever believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." We who believe that to be saved, you must "arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins" see no conflict with being "saved by grace through faith." [It is therefore important that the person being baptized actually have faith in God's promises, i.e. not an infant] It is not accurate to, because passages seem to contradict, boil everything down to the lowest common denominator and consequently nullify some very important teaching on baptism: namely, the purpose of baptism. God assigns purpose. When God tells us WHY to partake of the Lord's Supper, then we have no right to make it into something else. When God gives a purpose for singing--to worship, praise, etc--, it is wrong to turn it into entertainment [what is holy is holy and not to be used for vain entertainment]. And when God assigns to baptism the purpose of uniting us with Christ into His burial and His death, no man has a right to redefine it as "an outward sign of an inward grace." Keep the faith, man. Don't give telling the truth. I appreciate you. Good day. |