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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: John, I believe in the unsearchable ways of God, but some things are not a mystery. We can have insight into the mysteries if we read the things revealed by the apostles and prophets (Ephesians 3). A pre-ordained death penalty is fatalism if condemned man did not have a chance to avoid it.' The Ephesians passage you quote speaks of being "predestinated" according to His will. I agree with this. Those who hear the Gospel and obey it, are conformed to the will of God. It is God's predestined will that all men have the chance of salvation in Jesus Christ, His Son. Any and all who respond in faith will be saved, and are therefore conformed to His will. God's Soveriegn will is given its due and man's free will is left intact. Yes, He has mercy on whom He chooses and He hardens whom He chooses. But who does He choose? Those who are hardened by the simplicity of the Gospel, He hardens. Those who are like babes, believing and obeying the Gospel, He has mercy upon them. God is Sovereign and He decides who is saved: those who conform to His will. Good day. |