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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: Alter Calls? |
Bible Note: In this post, please note that I am not referring to any specific individual(s) when I speak of "people who pick and choose." Rather I am speaking of forumites in general who "pick and choose." Hank: I agree with you -- much ado about nothing. Here is another example of people who pick and choose to use Bible terminology in some instances and not in others. It concerns the popular phrase "accept Christ," one of many idioms synonymous with "ask Jesus to come into your heart" ************ REPOST: Original question: "Where did the custom of telling the lost that in order to be saved, one must "accept Christ" originate, when this term is not found in the scriptures in reference to true salvation by God's grace? " My Answer: "Clearly my search in the King James Version New Testament showed only ONE occurence of the word "accept" in the entire N.T. "Ac 24:3 (KJV) We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. "Bear in mind that much pop theology is derived from "Christian" music and Christmas cards. Where is it found in the Bible? Well, people don't like to be conufused with all that doctrinal "stuff." ************ So here again we have an example of people who, in one instance, insist we must not use one non-biblical term (ask Jesus to come into your heart), but imply that it's OK to perpetuate another non-bliblical term (accept Christ). Oh, well. It was Emerson who said: "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." No hobgoblins here! :-) kalos |