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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. |
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Bible Note: Asis I'm very sorry you think of me as you do. I'm also very sorry that my motives have been viewed in such a light as you presented. I also believe that there is nothing I can say or do that would change you opinion of me and that also sorrows me. However there is one thing I'm not sorry for and that is taking a stand when someone calls Jesus Christ a worm. I understand the psalmist refers to himself in Psalm 22 metaphorically as a worm. I'm also well aware that Psalm 22 is prophetic view of the crucifixion and that the writer under inspiration of the Holy Spirit prophetically expressed the very emotions that Jesus would feel while on the cross. However I do not see anything that would give someone else license to call our Lord and Savior a worm. Now if you feel there is then I guess that is why there this enmity between us. Thank you for the commentary on verse 6 by Spurgeon it was very enlightening to say the least, I have never failed to learn something when I read Spurgeon and I have this time also. However once again I stand firm in saying Spurgeon never called Jesus a worm either directly or by suggestion. He was expounding on the feelings that our Lord would carry upon himself as he hung upon the cross. In this wonderful exegesis of Scripture Spurgeon clearly shows this is Jesus’ expression of himself in a very stressful and traumatic time. However it does not give us any form of license to consider “Worm” an appropriate title for our Lord. Therefore happily I see Spurgeon in no danger of the scripture police as you call them. You said I smelt blood and that I was cruel. Please believe me when I say I never meant to be cruel nor did I smell blood. I believe I was dealing in a positive manner with a reoccurring problem of false teaching. I have never been accused of being the most tactful but I did restrain myself from expressing the outrage I feel when I deal with the devastation that is often seen in the lives of WOF victims. Once again I’m very sorry you feel about me as you do, and I very much regret it. I wish it were different but alas it is not. EdB |