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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: Dear Robert, I know that my answer goes against the popular belief that man is in charge of where he will spend eternity, but: From the standpoint of fallen man salvation is not even possible! Salvation is a gift. We can't earn it or deserve it through any action on our part. It is by grace alone. Repentence, faith, confessing "Jesus is Lord", etc. are a direct result of recieving grace from God. No one in Heaven will be able to boast that they made the right choice in "accepting" Jesus as Lord and Savior. Eph 2:8-10 "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." John |