Yeah, you heard me.
That's my confession.
You see? I just said it. What am I saying exactly? Here you go.
Romans 10:10 [10]For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Over the years, you've heard stuff like, "If you don't open your mouth to confess Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, you're not yet born again." "If they put gun straight at your head that you should deny Christ by saying 'I'm no longer a Christian, I'm a Muslim' and you do, you're no longer saved."
You know the rest.... (Funny) Now the deal is this. Is Salvation on the mouth? What you say? Those few words you say during altar call, etc? No! That's not it. Salvation that makes righteous is by faith, and that faith is a function of the heart, your conviction on the inside.
With the heart you believe unto righteousness, that is, you believe that you are righteous. That you have been saved by faith. What about the confession? Let me tell you, SAYING a thing is not the same as BELIEVING the thing or being convinced about it.
Few examples here.
The Antichrist.
1 John 2:18-19 [18]Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
[19]They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
They say they're we with us, that's their CONFESSION, they act like us, they pray with us, but TRULY within them, THEY DO NOT BELONG WITH US, they do not believe in Christ; they're are not righteous, they are only a disguise.
False Prophets 2 Peter 2:1-3 [1]But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
[2]And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
[3]And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. Now, use the pattern as of before; this is their CONFESSION: "I'm a teacher, a minister...", they're even in the church, they SAY it's God's work they do, but really within them, the ministry is a ground to MAKE MONEY. They want to be rich like other prominent MOG...
You see?
CONFESSION is a bias estimator of Reality. You wonder why in the court of law, a witness is not enough to validate a case, the Judge needs more proofs?
Now, God would not leave salvation to a stance that can be faked. You can't decieve your heart/yourself, it's what you believe that is there...
But certainly, you can deceive everyone by what you say, your confession. Hear me, because somebody publicly confesses apologetically that he masturbates(ed) or fornicates(ed) does not TRULY imply that he won't still do it again.
The real change and deal is not in the CONFESSION part, rather, it is in the HEARTing part, the mind, the Believe. If you're not truly saved, saying you are is USELESS. The stuff that truly saves is on the inside, believing by faith in the son of God and your saviour.
That's all that is needed.
Now let's rewrite Romans 10:10 succinctly.
It says, "With the heart, man believes that he's righteous, and with his mouth, he tells everyone that he's saved." Simple. The first part is the deal. You're what you Believe, what you really are, not really what you say. Truly confession comes from a sincere heart.
Friend, If the Muslim guy accepts and believes in Christ that he's his saviour, and tells his parents that he's still a Muslim [maybe due to some financial stuff], HE IS STILL SAVED.
If at verge of being gunned down, and he's asked to say "I'm not a Christian anymore" and he says so and then they kill him, HE IS IN HEAVEN ALREADY.
Forget those tales that are touching, his faith saves him ONCE and at all times it does. Please note, I do not at any point in this writing say that one may "deny" his faith on every cause, nay, rather, I say "Confessing/saying you're not a Believer does not make you an Unbeliever." Semantics; "Not saying you're saved does not make you unsaved or unborn again."
Semantics; "Saying you're saved does not truly make you saved." "Repeating every word after the man of God during every altar call isn't what truly saves. Salvation is not in confessing."
Semantics; "
WHAT SAVES REALLY IS BELIEVING ON JESUS CHRIST—FAITH. YOU NOW TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE SAVED WITH YOUR MOUTH."
Do you understand Romans 10:10 now?
Hope this helps someone.
Blessed.
Hagios Akins