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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: Romans 10:9: is it too simple? |
Bible Note: If you are right, unless God gives that empowering grace to everyone, then He is a respector of persons. God forbid! What the Bible says is that God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. He so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son... Jesus tasted death for all men. The question to answer is why aren't all men saved? There are only two choices. Either God IS a respector of persons -- hence the perverted doctrine of election -- or God extends His grace to all men, and men of their free will choose to accept or reject. Behold, I stand at the door and knock... God wants everyone to be saved, and everyone could potentially be saved because the sacrifice has been made for them too. It is up to each man to hear the Gospel and obey it. "Lord, who has believed our report?" Ephesians 2:8,9 shows that God's grace reaches down and saves men of faith. Grace and faith are not the gift of God of which Paul speaks. Grace, the unmerited favor of God, is the gift. It is up to each man to choose. Good day. |