The Invitation: The Confession Unto Salvation

Scripture Reading

Romans 10:9 “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Romans 10:10 “For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

The Invitation

Faith Comes By Hearing And Hearing By The Word Of God

Acts 2:14 “But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words.”

Acts 2:34 ““For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand,”

Acts 2:35 “Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’”

Acts 2:36 ““Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.””

Belief

Repent

Confess

Acts 2:37 “Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?””

Acts 2:38 “Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 2:39 “For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.””

Acts 2:40 “And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.””

Acts 2:41 “Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.”

Introduction

The Power Of The Confession

Matthew 16:13 “When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?””

Matthew 16:14 “So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.””

Matthew 16:15 “He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?””

Matthew 16:16 “Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.””

Matthew 16:17 “Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.”

Matthew 16:18 “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.”

The Gospel Summed Up

John 3:14 “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,”

John 3:15 “that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

John 3:17 “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”

Teach

Matthew 28:17 “When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.”

Matthew 28:18 “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”

Matthew 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”

Matthew 28:20 “teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.”

Hear To Confess

Romans 10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

The Context And The Problem

The Problem Of The Unbelief Israel

The Problem With Unbelief

The Damnation Of Unbelief

The Desire Of Paul

Romans 10:1 “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.”

The Israelites Didn’t Acknowledge The Person of God

No relationship through love and obedience

They didn’t look at God as God at times

Romans 10:2 “For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.”

The Israelites Didn’t Acknowledge The Righteousness Of God

They were self righteous

Romans 10:3 “For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.”

The Didn’t Acknowledge Christ As The Fulfillment Of The Law

Romans 10:4 “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.”

They Didn’t Understand The Ramifications Of The Law

Romans 10:5 “For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.””

The Didn’t Understand The Power Of Faith In Salvation

Romans 10:6 “But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down from above)”

Romans 10:7 “or, “ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”

Romans 10:8 “But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):”

Romans 10:9 “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”

verb - action

future - an action in the future

passive - subject being acted upon

indicative - action of the verb is real

Romans 10:10 “For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

unto - toward!

Romans 6:1 “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?”

Romans 6:2 “Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?”

Romans 6:3 “Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?”

Romans 6:4 “Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”