Romans 10:9 KJV
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
The more often I read this verse in the context of the chapter, the more convinced I become of its importance to genuine salvation. Those who would add to salvation the work of baptism, the Lord's Supper, or any other good deed, miss the entire point of Romans chapter 10. Salvation is simply and completely by faith. It is coming to Christ alone and trusting in His death, burial and resurrection, sufficient because He is the Son of God. That and that only will save the soul from hell.
The context makes it undeniable that the subject is the salvation of the eternal soul. The argument of the chapter makes it abundantly clear;
That we may never establish our own righteousness as a means of salvation
Vs 3
That faith accepts that Christ came from heaven, died and rose again fro the dead
Vs 6-7
That salvation is completely by faith in Jesus Christ
Vs 9-13
That faith can only come through the preaching of the Word of God
Vs 14-17
I have very confidence in my salvation and I have every confidence in the salvation that I preach.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
The more often I read this verse in the context of the chapter, the more convinced I become of its importance to genuine salvation. Those who would add to salvation the work of baptism, the Lord's Supper, or any other good deed, miss the entire point of Romans chapter 10. Salvation is simply and completely by faith. It is coming to Christ alone and trusting in His death, burial and resurrection, sufficient because He is the Son of God. That and that only will save the soul from hell.
The context makes it undeniable that the subject is the salvation of the eternal soul. The argument of the chapter makes it abundantly clear;
That we may never establish our own righteousness as a means of salvation
Vs 3
That faith accepts that Christ came from heaven, died and rose again fro the dead
Vs 6-7
That salvation is completely by faith in Jesus Christ
Vs 9-13
That faith can only come through the preaching of the Word of God
Vs 14-17
I have very confidence in my salvation and I have every confidence in the salvation that I preach.
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