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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: Why do we have to call Jesus - Lord Jesus and not just Jesus |
Bible Answer: You don't have to call Jesus Lord. You can call Him Lovely, kind, generous, beautiful, Shepherd, God, King, Savior, lamb of God, My Victory, Lover of my soul, My elder Brother, My Life, The Truth, The Life, The way, Holy, Commander of the armies of God, Messiah, Deliverer, My strong Tower, My Righteousnes and many many many more awsome and wonderful names. Who is He to You? call Him that. If the question is in reference to "if you confess Jesus as Lord" then the answer is a little different. These are not magic words or some kind of specific prayer or incantation. What does Lord mean. The word Lord is translated from the greek "kurios" meaning Master, Lord, Lord of Lords, sir, and owner. You could call Him Owner. The point is this. You confess this with understanding not mindless repeating of a word or phrase. Do you understand that He came to earth. That Before the beginning of time He was. The Holy Spirit Caused a virgin girl to become pregnant by a miracle from God. Jesus had no earthly father. He was born from a woman to exist in the likeness of sinfull flesh. He was tempted like us however He had a pure spirit that was alive unto God and was God although He used none of the power and priveledge of God to escape any human suffering. In fact He suffered mockery, rejection torture, having His flesh ripped off of His body and Spikes driven through His wrists and many more sufferings. The powerfull thing is that he chose to suffer rather than to disobey His Heavenly Father even one time. He was perfectly obedient even to death on a cross. The world was made by Him. Now He came into the world and overcame sin and death. He is Master of the universe and did nothing to deserve any of this. You and I on the other hand have already many times been disobedient to God, Parents even our own beliefs. That leaves us in a place of the penalty of death. He was able to come to the one demanding justice, that is the law, and fulfill the payment of your disobedience and mine. We receive freely the reward of His obedience , Eternal life without sin or sorrow in the presence of our loving creator. What would you like to call Him. When you choose to submit your will to His knowing that He cares more for you than you care for yourself. When you know that His painfull death and 33 years of suffering to show his perfect obedience all the while looking forward to the day of His reward, Giving you eternal life, protecting you from evil and the opportunity to show the world and the spirits how much He loves you. When you choose to submit your will and turn your life over to Him, You can use any words you like and you will be saved. |