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Romans 10:9-12
We invite you to join us for worship each Sunday morning at 9:30. You can also download our service at Baptist-Christian at iTunes. Last week we learned Scripture is God’s revelation of Himself to Man. Today many people think there is really no need for the Bible—that it is outdated and that a person can learn about God without the Bible—that we don’t need anyone or any book telling us we need a Savior. To the unsaved that may be true, but the necessity of the Bible is one of the most important doctrines we can learn. Why? Only the Bible reveals what we need to know about salvation and having a right relationship to a Holy God. Only a perfectly holy, sinless, righteous God can conceive and offer a redemptive plan that is available to all, equal in all ways to all people without any prejudice or bias. For anyone anywhere to be saved:
- A PERSON MUST CONFESS JESUS IS LORD! Read Rom. 10:9; John 3:16; Eph. 2:8, 9 and the hundreds of others like these. It is relatively easy for those who believe in God and their need of salvation to confess that Jesus is Lord, meaning He is Lord of Creation. The hard part for believers is confessing that Jesus is The God/Man or God in human flesh. There is a truth even harder, for unbelievers and believers alike, and that is to confess Jesus as Sovereign Lord of every part of their individual lives. To do so requires one to say in their heart “I am sinful, condemned, and hopeless without Christ.” Such a confession also confesses God’s judicial majesty and His unchallenged right to redeem only on His terms. Add to all this confession is an event that takes place at salvation; but it is also a lifelong process that continues everyday of a Christian’s life through submission to God’s Word.
- A PERSON MUST CALL UPON JESUS! Read Rom. 10:13. This is one of those truths we hear so much it’s become almost meaningless to us. Two more truths we must understand come into view here. First, we are calling on, invoking, the only name that is above all names that will one day cause every knee to bow confessing Jesus is Lord. Second, people can call on Christ for salvation only if they believe He is God’s Christ worthy of calling on and able to save them. The important thing to remember about calling is that it is a deep, desperate cry for lifesaving help, without which the caller will die! Is that how you live your Christian life? Consider also, the call is both an event and a process. The event is calling on Christ for salvation. The process is calling on Him every day, all day, to lead us through this life. As others see us calling on Christ, they can realize Christians do NOT have to figure all this out on their own; and they begin to see their need for their own salvation. The Bible is a necessary part of our life because it teaches us not only to confess and call, but how, when, where, and to Whom we must call. These are only the first two truths every Christian must learn. IF we don’t learn these, the two we will share next week can’t work as God intends through us. Spend time this week in Ps. 139:22-24 and ask God to help you come to the point where your personal confession and calling are the process God intends them to be.
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