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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: Does Christ come into our hearts? |
Bible Note: Hi, Meta... According to Scripture, salvation is entirely a work of God -- when we cry out to him in contrition, it is because He has already moved to make that possible. For extensive discussion of this, you might do a search under my profile name for the phrase ordo salutis. Second question: God can do as He pleases -- indeed, He will only do as He pleases. He behaves according to His nature, in complete consistency with His word. I don't know any Scripture that states that Brother Chuck must be cognizant of His ways and means. Indeed, I can't recall Brother Chuck being named in Scripture. Maybe I missed it in Romans 17. :-) Seriously, though, do you think that when the average evangelical says "Accept Jesus into your heart" that he or she has captured the essence of the Holy Spirit's imperative of Ephesians 3:17? In Him, Doc |