Gospel Series: Confessing Jesus as The LORD

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Confessing Jesus as The LORD

Salvation is contingent upon acknowledging Jesus as the LORD. Paul writes, "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." Rom 10:9 and he goes on to reference Joel 2:27-32 which states, "Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am the LORD your God, and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed. 'And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people ... And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls." Apart from acknowledging that Jesus is the LORD God, a person cannot be saved.

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I AM!" John 8:58, which uses the same phrase as God did to Moses at the burning bush. Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?" God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’" God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers— the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob— has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation." Ex 3:13-15

It is written that Jesus said, "I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I AM He, you will die in your sins." John 8:24 But actually the word "He" is not in the text, which is why it is italicized. Unless you believe that Jesus is the "I AM", unless you believe that Jesus is the LORD God, you will die in your sins.

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