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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: Dear Tim, I disagree with a couple of things you said. You said, 'baptism is our response to salvation.' Peter says that Baptism saves through the resurrection of Christ. I agree that it is Christ atoning work that saves, but without the baptism you could not appropriate the grace. Noah was brought safely through water. The antitype of Noah's water is Christian baptism. In other words, the flood waters were a foreshadowing of water immersion. God provided the means of salvation, but man had to build the ark by faith. God has provided baptism as the means to achieving His salvation. I doubt that Noah walked out on dry ground and praised himself for the new life. But he still had to build the ark. Likewise, the person who is baptized doesn't pat himself on the back for being a good boy, his faith must rest solely in Christ. On the parenthetical phrase, you are right, it is there to correct misconceptions. But the verse is showing that in baptism, one is calling on God to save his soul. The power of God is working mightily in baptism. That why Paul says, "in which [baptism] you are raised by faith in the WORKING/energeias of God" (Col 2:12). This is what Ananias said to Paul. Paul was not saved on the road to Damascus, he couldn't have been for he was still in his sin. Ananias healed him and then said, "now why do you delay, arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, CALLING ON HIS NAME" (Acts 22:16). And Paul got baptized and the rest is history. Good day. |