Romans 10:9 NIV
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
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To confess “Jesus is Lord” is to acknowledge and claim the truth of God who proved the validity of all that Jesus said and set Him as Lord over all creation by raising Him from the dead – which is why belief in the resurrection is necessary for salvation. In not only acknowledge the truth of Jesus as Lord, but in also claiming that truth, you claim Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. You cannot do one without the other. Many people try to claim Him as their savior without claiming Him as Lord. Those who do this are trying to escape hell and judgment without entering into a true relationship with God and without ever turning from their sin. Such “faith” cannot save. God does not give us salvation apart from fellowship with Him. True faith in Jesus Christ as savior – as having paid the penalty for our sin must work in the believing heart a desire to draw near to the God who loved us so much and a desire to serve out of gratitude and a responding love. You who claim to trust Christ for your salvation but have no desire to engage in fellowship with Him, no desire to serve Him, no desire for true freedom from all sin – examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine (2nd Cor. 13:5). Pray to the Lord for firm assurance that your faith is genuine and ask Him to help you to surrender all yourself to Him and to stir your heart with love for Him and a desire to obey. He will answer, for this is His desire for you.
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