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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: how to be saved |
Bible Note: Dear Ed, I beg to differ. The basis on which one is saved is on their response to he gospel. To those who are being saved it is the power of God unto salvation. But to those who are perishing, it is foolishness: 1 Cor 1:18 "For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." While it is true that the gospel is to be preached to "all men", it is also true that not "all men" will believe. The question then becomes: Why do some believe, but others do not? Paul said " And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." (2 Cor 4:3,4). This is why in my post to disciplerami, I said that only those chosen by the will God are saved. The spiritually blind cannot recieve the light of the gospel unless by being raised to spiritual life, they recieve spiritual sight. Until that takes place (according to God's mercy) they will remain dead to the Word. "But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised." (1 Cor 2:14) Many christins today believe that it would be unfair of God, if He does not give every man an equal opportunity to repent and believe the gospel. They overlook the fact that all of fallen mankind are guilty sinners deserving of nothing from God except judgement for "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," (Rom 3:23) But God, because of His mercy alone, chose to save some. Not because they were better or had any good thing in them, but because of His own good pleasure. Is 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, 'My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure' God could have chosen to save everyone. But He did not. Who am I to question what He has done? God forbid that I would accuse Him of anything that was not just, holy, loving or less than perfect. The only answers I have come not from human reason or human wisdom, but from Scripture. He raises the dead to life in accordance to His will not their's. Ezek 37:13,14 "Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people. I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken and done it," declares the LORD.'" John |