Calling on the name of the Lord: Romans 10:1-13

[Call me Nic]

I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and glorious day of
the Lord.
And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.

That verse is addressing time during the tribulation where believing people will be saved from God's wrath, that He will be bringing on the earth.

The Bible states to receive eternal life a person is to believe that Jesus is the promised Messiah from Old Testament prophecies and trust in The Messiah for His free gift of eternal life.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”

That is stated over 70 times in the Gospel of John.

Calling upon the name of the Lord has been done by men since the beginning of the world. Genesis 4:26. To call upon the name of the Lord is to place your faith and trust in him.

 

[psalm911]

You’re missing my point.

I know there is none here that has interpreted these scriptures properly and yet here they are telling you what they mean. What is worse then, the truth or lies?

 

[Dorothy Mae]

Romans 10:1-13 King James Bible
10 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

2 BESAUSE I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

3 BECAUSE they being ignorant of God's WORK WHICH IS BY FAITH, and going about to establish their own WORK WHICH IS BY THE LAW, have not submitted themselves unto the WORK of God WHICH IS BY FAITH.

4 BECAUSE Christ is the end of the law for THE WORK OF GOD to every one that believeth.

5 BECAUSE Moses describeth the WORK OF GOD which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live BY DOING THEM

6 But the WORK OF GOD 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 THAT WE MAY HEAR THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD AND DO IT

7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead THAT WE MAY HEAR THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD AND DO IT)

8 But what saith THE SCRIPTURE IN DEUTERONOMY 30:14? The COMMANDMENT is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the COMMANDMENT 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 THE WORK OF GOD THAT RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD; and with the mouth confession is made unto THE SAVING OF JESUS FROM THE DEAD.

11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him IN HEAVEN shall not be ashamed IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.

AS IT IS WRITTEN:

thus saith the Lord JESUS, Behold, I lay in THE CITY OF GOD for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not RUN IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

12 BECAUSE(EXPLAINING THE WHOSOEVER IN THE PREVIOUS VERSE) there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich IN MERCY unto all that call upon him.

13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved FROM ETERNAL DEATH IN THE DAY OF THE LORD: THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.


AS IT IS WRITTEN:

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in THE CITY OF GOD and in NEW Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.


I am not here to debate, these are correct interpretations.

Big bold font and “I’m not open to debate” is a bad indication. The bible says OTHERS recognized the authority Jesus’ teaching had. Those who can’t find anyone else to say they have that same authority toot their own horn insisting they do since no one else seems to notice. A committee of one.

 

[Dorothy Mae]

As Jesus pointed out to Cleopas, one of the disciples who walked with Him on the road to Emmaus, He is referred to right through the whole Bible.

If one believes, one obeys.

 

[psalm911]

Calling upon the name of the Lord has been done by men since the beginning of the world. Genesis 4:26. To call upon the name of the Lord is to place your faith and trust in him.

To call upon the name of the Lord is by faith: or he won't hear you.

 

[psalm911]

Big bold font and “I’m not open to debate” is a bad indication. The bible says OTHERS recognized the authority Jesus’ teaching had. Those who can’t find anyone else to say they have that same authority toot their own horn insisting they do since no one else seems to notice. A committee of one.

If the scriptures are interpreted correctly what then is the issue? Am I wrong for sharing the understanding that God gave to me? What now, should I be ashamed of the truth because others don't agree with how it is taught? If I changed not the meaning of the text but rather clarified it in detail, why am I then accused of error?

He that can believe the truth let him receive it, the truth of God's word is for him.

 

[Dorothy Mae]

If the scriptures are interpreted correctly what then is the issue?

You think your understanding = the writer’s thinking and no one is allowed to think differently than you do. That’s the problem.

Am I wrong for sharing the understanding that God gave to me?

If God gave it to you, you wouldn’t insist no one else can say anything differently. That is NOT how those God speaks to act.

What now, should I be ashamed of the truth because others don't agree with how it is taught?

Neither a Jesus nor any prophet was so arrogant about what that knew from Him. He doesn’t allow that kind of attitude.

If I changed not the meaning of the text but rather clarified it in detail, why am I then accused of error?

The text is not the problem. Read what you wrote, that’s the problem.

He that can believe the truth let him receive it, the truth of God's word is for him.

The truth? Yes. Your words, however, are subject to consideration by all who know the truth. Telling us we can’t betrays an attitude.

 

[Dorothy Mae]

To call upon the name of the Lord is by faith: or he won't hear you.

I can get atheists to call on the name of the Lord. Jesus said there’ll be those call “Lord, lord” and he’ll send them away. Those are not magic words and using them doesn’t require faith.

I have to add that you do admit that there are those who do call about the name of the Lord without faith. Maybe you did not mean to do so but you admit that there are those who DO call upon the name of the Lord without any faith. That is what I say too. They are not going to be saved even though they call upon the name of the Lord.

 

[Dorothy Mae]

I know there is none here that has interpreted these scriptures properly and yet here they are telling you what they mean. What is worse then, the truth or lies?

Reminds me of a verse out of Job, “surely you are the people and...

 

[psalm911]

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath faith, to him shall be given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that faith which he seemeth to have.


The word of God serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

 

[Dorothy Mae]

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath faith, to him shall be given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that faith which he seemeth to have.


The word of God serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

The man who is given the mysteries of God will never stand and shout to every everyone that he alone has the truth and no one else. Those kind of thinkers God gives nothing to.

 

[Call me Nic]

To call upon the name of the Lord is by faith: or he won't hear you.

A person already believes when they call upon the name of the Lord. It’s a confession God-ward of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 10:10 “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

This verse marries the concepts of belief and confession. One won’t confess without belief; and one will not believe without confession. It’s not works; it’s an acknowledgement toward God that you are fully persuaded of him.

 

[d taylor]

A person already believes when they call upon the name of the Lord. It’s a confession God-ward of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 10:10 “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

This verse marries the concepts of belief and confession. One won’t confess without belief; and one will not believe without confession. It’s not works; it’s an acknowledgement toward God that you are fully persuaded of him.

Not everyone who believes will confess

Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

 

[Dorothy Mae]

A person already believes when they call upon the name of the Lord. It’s a confession God-ward of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 10:10 “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

This verse marries the concepts of belief and confession. One won’t confess without belief; and one will not believe without confession. It’s not works; it’s an acknowledgement toward God that you are fully persuaded of him.

Again, some people lie. That is, they confess with their mouth what is not true. That is, they confess without faith. It is a blindness to think people never lie. There will be those who come to Jesus (many) confessing and calling on the name of the Lord who will be lost according to a jesus. Confession is not magic.

 

[Dave-W]

What a lot of folk don't understand is that the whole Bible is a salvation text.

What a lot of folk don't understand is that most of the bible is about how to live AFTER salvation.

 

[Presbyterian Continuist]

What a lot of folk don't understand is that most of the bible is about how to live AFTER salvation.

The Bible is centred around Jesus, his death and resurrection. It was prophesied in the Old Testament, and was the foundation of the Apostles doctrine and the gospel. Any other foundation is a false foundation and another gospel.