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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: One: Perhaps the salvation of the criminal on the cross is not such a moot point after all. What does it show? What inference can be drawn from the incident? That Christ made exception to the thief concerning baptism, because the thief found himself in a situation where it was not really convenient for him to be baptized? Is that it? We must conclude that it wasn't, because we have no reason to believe that Jesus preached two different gospels or taught various alternate modes of salvation. When we have exhausted all other possible explanations that might possibly fit the context of Jesus' message to the thief and to everyone else, we must conclude with the simple conviction that "God so loved the world that He gave His only Son so that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life."[John 3:16]. No, dear One, the question of the thief really isn't moot at all. The thief showed his faith in the Lord Jesus by calling on Him to save him and Jesus did just that. As it was with the thief, so it is with us. The thief was saved by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, aside from works, and so are we, baptism notwithstanding. This is not to down play baptism nor circumvent its importance. It is, and of right ought to be, the first major step of obedience leading toward experiential sanctification in the life of the newly regenerated believer, following, but not causing, justification. --Hank |