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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. |
Bible Question:
Greetings dear friends: Does this verse make salvation too easy? Or is there truth here which will cause all other truth about the person of Christ to fall into line? What does it mean to confess Jesus as Lord? How does belief in the resurrection of Christ fit into all of this? Or does my belief in the bodily resurrection of Christ mean that I have also accepted other things relative to the gospel? Peace in his name Robert |
Bible Answer: Dearest brother, I am writing this response kind of quickly, so i hope that it makes sense, and i just pray that if any part of it is not Truth, the Lord will enable the words to be erased from memory. To confess Jesus as Lord is to confess that you are a sinner, and that jesus is "the way" to redemption from your sin. It is one thing to say Jesus is your Savior, but to actually proclaim Him as your Lord is to completely abandon yourself to Him, and allow Him to rule (be Lord) over every aspect of your life. (which as we all know is very difficult due to our sinful nature and the fact that we are a part of this world). Belief in the resurrection is acknowledgement that christ "was returning to [his] Father..to [his] God..."(John 20:17). ONly through His resurrection were we able to receice the Holy Spirit,so that we might be His witnesses here on earth (acts 1:8). This verse does make it seem easy to receive your salvation, which it is in respect to the fact that all we physically have to do is accept the Truth. You must accept you are a sinner, that Jesus is the Son of GOd who has come to redeem you and bridge the gap between your sin and the Father, and that He is alive, with the Father (which would enable Him to be Lord of your life). I hope that this has in some way helped you to understand this verse more clearly. Grace and peace to you, jenny |