1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hello, and thank you for listening to your 2 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: Daily Bible Verse, the podcast that examines one verse each 3 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: day to learn more about God and his will for us. 4 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Jessica Vnrokel, and after the short word 5 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: from our sponsor, will dive into today's Bible verse. Romans, 6 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: chapter ten, verse nine. Today's Bible Verses, Romans Chapter ten, 7 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: verse nine. If you declare with your mouth Jesus is Lord, 8 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,919 Speaker 1: and believe in your heart that God raised him from 9 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: the dead, you will be saved. There are times when 10 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: rescue is not an abstract but becomes an immediate need. 11 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: For example, a driver may be caught in a violent storm. 12 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: This driver doesn't need vague encouragement, he needs someone to 13 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: bring him safely through. This image can help us feel 14 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: the urgency of salvation. In Romans, chapter ten, verse nine 15 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: explains it in far more precise terms. In this section, 16 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: Paul is not offering a sentimental picture of rescue. He 17 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: explains the righteousness that comes by faith in contrast to 18 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: righteousness based on the law. Paul summarizes the human response 19 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: to the Gospel and two expressions confessing with the mouth 20 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: Jesus is Lord and believing in the heart that God 21 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: raised him from the dead. That wording is significant. Paul 22 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: joins outward confession and inward belief not as two unrelated actions, 23 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: but as the fitting response to the proclaimed Gospel. The 24 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: confession Jesus is Lord I identifies Jesus as the risen 25 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: and exalted one, while belief that God raised him from 26 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: the dead grounds that confession in the central event of 27 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: the gospel. For Paul, salvation is not achieved by human 28 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 1: effort or access to hidden knowledge. It is received by 29 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: trusting and confessing the Christ whom God is raised. Verse 30 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 1: ten then clarifies the relationship between these two expressions of faith. 31 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: Belief with the heart is unto righteousness, and confession with 32 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: the mouth is unto salvation. So as we begin, the 33 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: main question is not how to impart our own ideas 34 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: into this verse, but how Paul is using confession, belief, resurrection, 35 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: and salvation within his argument that this saving message is 36 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: available to all who call on the Lord. Paul defends 37 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: righteousness by faith and reminds the Romans of two necessary 38 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: elements of salvation, one the belief in the lordship of 39 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. Two belief in the bodily resurrection. Jesus is 40 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: Savior and Lord. Faith in Jesus involves committing oneself publicly 41 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: to Jesus as Lord in both words and actions. To 42 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: confess Jesus's Lord is agreeing with the truth that he 43 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: is equal with God and worthy of power, our worship, 44 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: our trust, and our obedience. In this verse, the word 45 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: lord reveals Jesus's exalted status and his equality with God. 46 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: Christ is the culmination of the law of righteousness. The 47 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: Greek term for lord in this passage means having supreme 48 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: authority with the right to exercise ruling power as master. 49 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: Declaring Jesus's Lord reveals this outward profession and an inner 50 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: attitude of the heart. Where an individual recognizes Jesus as 51 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: the highest authority over one's life, it is embracing a 52 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: willingness to live under his leadership in how an individual 53 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: spends their time, money, and energy. Believe in the statement 54 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: God raised him from the dead means that a person 55 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: affirms a literal resurrection. Resurrection matters because it is part 56 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: of the saving message that identifies who Jesus is. He 57 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: is the living Lord. He is fully God and fully man. 58 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:26,119 Speaker 1: Jesus's perfect sacrifice was accepted by God, and he bore 59 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: the wrath of God which our sins deserved, so that 60 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: we might be made right with Him. Walking by faith 61 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: in this means we hold on to the truth of 62 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. Salvation doesn't come through works or our own effort. 63 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: Today's verse tells us it comes through confessing Jesus is 64 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: Lord and believing God raised him from the dead. When 65 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: we do, we also get to experience daily help. With 66 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: living a life fully surrendered to Jesus, there are great 67 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: blessings in store for us. We choose the life of 68 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: rightness before God, where we walk by faith, knowing that 69 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: any righteousness in our lives is a gift from God. 70 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: It can be a little like following those Tillites in 71 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: a terrible storm. We trust the person going ahead of 72 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 1: us to lead and guide us through the downpour. Honestly, 73 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: it's easy to lose our way in the difficulties of life, 74 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: or to stall out on our journey because of discouragement. 75 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: I found that rejection can be a hardship that's difficult 76 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: to recover from, which is why I am going to 77 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: invite you to check out my resource reframing rejection. I've 78 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: found that faith in Jesus Christ looks like an obedient 79 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: heart reshaped by confessing and believing that Jesus is Lord 80 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: and that God raised him from the dead. And these 81 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: are the central points of Romans chapter ten, verse nine. 82 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: God offers us the greatest rescue, and today I invite 83 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: you to take a step to receive it. Let's pray, 84 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, thank you so very much that you have 85 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: made a way for us to be made right before 86 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:18,679 Speaker 1: you and Lord, it's through confessing publicly that we believe 87 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: that Jesus is Lord, and it's believing in our heart 88 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: that You've raised him from the dead. And this is 89 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: what enables us to walk by faith, trusting you to 90 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: have the benefits of being your child. God. I pray 91 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: that for anyone listening today who is wondering if they're 92 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: secure in their salvation, Lord, that you would remind them 93 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: of these words from Romans chapter ten, verse nine. In 94 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 1: Jesus name, we pray Amen.