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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: Isn't Baptism neccessary for salvation?? |
Bible Note: You are still stuck with a theology that claims that we are saved by a combination of faith and law. This is the opposite of what the gospel claims. Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;" But you say it is faith plus something that WE must do. Now, I do believe that we are commanded to be baptized and all those who have recieved the gift of faith will desire to be obediant. This desire to be obediant is a direct work of God working out His will for us in our hearts. Salvation is not a series of tasks which one must perform in order to be raised from spiritual death to spiritual life. That would place works above faith, which would give one a reason to boast. Faith is a gift. Once you recieved it your entire view of life and God is changed forever. I know that many say that faith may be rejected, but I think that is an impossibility. Once a person believes he is a "believer", and he no longer holds his old ideas as being true. It's a "done deal". People who say they once believed but lost they're faith are mistaken. The fact is they never believed at all! 1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us. The gift of faith is accompanied by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. For without His presence we could not understand spiritual things. He is the Comforter or Helper who works within us, leading us and enabling us to understand and fulfill the works which God has prepared aforehand for us to do. God Rules, John Reformed |