Here is my point below regarding Romans 10 I previously quoted for
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To Confess
NT:3670 o(mologe/w homologeo (hom-ol-og-eh'-o);
Strong's Concordance: to speak the same, to agree
Original Word: ὁμολογέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: homologeó
Phonetic Spelling: (hom-ol-og-eh'-o)
Definition: to speak the same, to agree
Usage: (a) I promise, agree, (b) I confess, (c) I publicly declare, (d) a Hebraism, I praise, celebrate.
3670 homologéō (from
3674 /homoú, "together" and
3004 /légō, "speak to a conclusion") – properly, to voice the same conclusion, i.e. agree ("confess"); to profess (confess) because in full agreement; to align with (endorse)
Joel 2:32
32 "And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Will be delivered;
For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
There will be those who escape,
As the Lord has said,
Even among the survivors whom the Lord calls.
Here we see Paul quote this OT passage about YHWH and apply it to Jesus who is the one and only Lord according to the N.T.
Rom 10:9-13
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; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED." 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; 13 for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."
So a person must confess Jesus is YHWH(Lord) to be saved. Confess means to agree with so the person confessing Jesus is Lord is in agreement that He is YHWH. Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord ( YHWH) will be saved.
hope this helps !!!
Methinks you are reading Romans 10:9-10 incorrectly. Saul is not positing a formula for salvation. He is writing to believers who are already saved and quoting the Hebrew Scripture as a means of encouraging the believers at Rome.
5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise,
Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (
that is, to bring Christ down from above
7 Or,
Who shall descend into the deep? (
that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what saith it [Scripture]?
The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 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.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:5–10.
Romans 10:6 is a quote from Deuteronomy 30
12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Dt 30:12.
Romans 10:7 is a reference to John 3:13.
Although Saul disappeared for 14-17 years (depending on when one dates his Galatian letter), Saul disappeared to read and study the Scripture to more fully understand the New Covenant era Israel found herself in with the advent of the Holy Spirit of Promise given to Israel thus fulfilling a promise God gave to Joel for Israel.
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And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. John 3:13.
Besides this Saul was a rabbi and Pharisee and he knew the Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) like no man did of his time. The Holy Spirit may have brought the '
idea' of John 3:13 to mind or it could have been among the discussions he had with the apostles who may have told him this what Jesus said in conversation. Saul also makes this fact of Jesus' words in his Ephesian letter:
8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Eph 4:8–10.
Ephesians 4: 8-10 refers to several quotations from the Old Testament.
Ephesians 4: 8 is a quote from Psalm 68:18
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive:
Thou hast received gifts for men;
Yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Psalm 68:18.
Ephesians 4:9 is a quote from Psalm 63:9.
9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it,
Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
Ps 63:9.
Romans 10: 8 is a quote from Deuteronomy 30:13-14. Compare:
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; Romans 10:7–8.
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13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. Deut. 30:13–14.
This passage by Saul may seem as though one can "call upon the Lord" and he can because first, the term "call upon the Lord" reads differently in Greek and translating it into English makes it sound as though one can "call upon the Lord" but the syntax and the term is from the Old Testament in Genesis and if refers to WORSHIP:
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos:
then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Genesis 4:26.
It doesn't mean that anyone can "call out to the Lord" and they can become saved. First, Saul is writing to Jews and Jewish Christians at Rome who would recognize the Old Testament reference being Jews, and second, Saul is writing to Jews and Jewish Christians at Rome who are already in covenant and accessing covenant promises - one of those promises is the right to "calling upon the LORD" or worship, and the other is that as covenant Jews of twelve tribes they are already slated to salvation by virtue of being under a schoolmaster, or under the Law and the sacrificial system of worship and atonement. In short, Saul is writing to his brethren (Jews) and to born-again Jewish Christians and Romans 10:9-10 are references to the Old Testament in order to "For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end you may be established;" (Romans 1:11.) How do I know Saul is addressing this letter to Jews saved or not is found in his benediction at the beginning:
7 To all that be in Rome,
beloved of God,
called [
to be]
saints:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 1:7.
Israel is already under the sacrificial system of worship in that as Abraham's seed and called the children of Israel by God, they sacrifice an animal every Yom Kippur (every year) to atone for one year the sins of the children of Israel until the next year (Yom Kippur.)
The words "
to be" in verse 7 is added by the translators and without it means that ONLY Israel is called saints by God. They are His holy people, a royal priesthood (Deut.) and being in covenant are yearly covered by the sacrifice for their sins. Thus, they are seen by God perpetually as really a "holy" and "separated" people unto God.
Saul is writing to Jews and Jewish Christians at Rome, and some of those Jews are also mixed heritage but still as Abraham's seed are still heirs according to the Promise(s.)
Yes, I know Gentile theology thinks Saul's letter to Rome is written to non-Hebrew Gentiles but that is not true. God has no covenant with non-Hebrews and Scripture/God says the [Gentile] nations are nothing before His sight.
17 All nations before him are as nothing;
And they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Isaiah 40:17.
That's the truth of the matter. Non-Hebrews got nothing coming to them of God.
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