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Romans 10
1Brothers, my heart’s and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be .
2For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
3For being ignorant of God’s , and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
4For is the fulfillment of the law for to everyone who believes.
5For Moses writes about the of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”
6But the which is of says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring down);
7or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring up from the dead.)”
8But what does it say? “ is near you, in your mouth and in your heart;” that is, the word of which we preach:
9that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be .
10For with the heart one believes resulting in ; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in .
11For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”
12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
13For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be .”
14How then will they call on him in whom they have not ? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
15And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”
16But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has our report?”
17So comes by hearing, and hearing by of God.
18But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
19But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation. I will make you angry with a nation void of understanding.”
20Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”
21But about Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
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What is faith?
Faith is not a feeling of certainty or a leap taken without evidence. Hebrews 11:1 defines it as substance and evidence, real confidence in what God has said and promised, even before it is seen. Biblical faith always has an object, God and his word, and it is proven genuine by how it acts, as the long roll call of Hebrews 11 demonstrates.
How do I get saved?
You are saved by turning from sin and trusting Jesus Christ, believing in your heart that God raised him from the dead and confessing him as Lord. Paul states it plainly: whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. This is not a formula to recite but real faith, a genuine turning to Christ as the one who died for your sins and rose again, and it is offered freely to anyone who will receive it.