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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: Alter Calls? |
Bible Note: Dear Meta, My intent of seven years ago wasn’t to use, the word of God “so flippantly”, as you suggest. My emphasis was to point out that we aren’t saved by asking Jesus to come into our hearts, per se. If you can point out that particular verse from scripture I would welcome it most assuredly. If one is saved when they express such an action it isn’t the verbiage that saved them but the fact that they believed in Jesus and what He accomplished for them on the cross. Ephes. 2:8 (A) For by grace are ye saved through faith; There are many parenthetical actions that might accompany faith in Christ but they are in fact just that, and they are useless apart from the total undivided trust in the Saviour. John 20:30-31 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. I’m sorry that what was said upset you, as evidently it did since you responded as you did. When leading someone to Christ I always make it a point that one doesn’t have to jump through and particular psychological hoop that I might suggest but that they must have total faith in who and what Jesus is, the appointed one of God, and what He did for them on the cross. In parting, I noticed that you have neglected to take part in the section on the left side of the home page, “update User Info”, seeing that you have been a believer for 39 years now, I’m sure there are many on the forum that would be interested in seeing how the Lord has been working through your life, if you would be so kind as to share that with us? You can click the author of any posting and get a little of their background if you so desire. Please share something of yourself with us and again I’m very sorry if what I said upset you. To God be the glory, CDBJ |