{"id":95948,"date":"2026-06-04T15:39:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=95948"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:39:36","slug":"confession-is-made-unto-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/confession-is-made-unto-salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"Confession Is Made Unto Salvation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Hugh DeLong<\/p>\n<p>Paul writes: &#8220;<em>That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation<\/em>&#8221; (Romans 10:9-10).<\/p>\n<p>Yes, one must believe, but one <b>also <\/b>must confess that Jesus is <b>Lord <\/b>in order to be saved. Paul said so. Jesus said so: &#8220;<em>Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven<\/em>&#8221; (Matthew 10:32-33).<\/p>\n<p>Such promise of salvation is said to be for <b>all <\/b>who call on Him, for <strong>whoever<\/strong>\u00a0(Romans 9:11, 13).<\/p>\n<p>But how will they come to do this? Note, by arranging the text of Romans 9:14-15, the inverse arrangement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How then will they call on Him in whom they have <b>not <\/b>believed? [They won&#8217;t and can&#8217;t.]<\/li>\n<li>How can they believe in Him whom they have not heard? [They can&#8217;t.]<\/li>\n<li>How will they hear without a preacher (i.e., if the message is never preached)? [They can&#8217;t.]<\/li>\n<li>How will they preach unless they are sent (if God never reveals this saving message through His chosen messengers)? [They can&#8217;t.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Now<\/strong>, just invert this. God revealed His message of salvation through Jesus. Upon hearing this, people have believed in Jesus. In believing, they have called upon the LORD. In calling upon the LORD, they will be saved.<\/p>\n<p>Paul himself experienced this when he was told: &#8220;<em>Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name<\/em>&#8221; (Acts 22:16)! He did, and he was saved.<\/p>\n<p>Since you are reading this, you have also heard. You <b>can <\/b>be saved. You need to believe with the heart, confess with the mouth, and be baptized for the forgiveness of your sins. The question is not &#8216;if you can&#8217; but &#8216;if you will&#8217;. Will you?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Hugh DeLong Paul writes: &#8220;That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation&#8221; (Romans 10:9-10). Yes, one must&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[51,120],"class_list":["post-95948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-confession","tag-romans"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18676,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-saying-yes-enough-to-confess-christ-before-baptism\/","url_meta":{"origin":95948,"position":0},"title":"Is saying &#8220;yes&#8221; enough to confess Christ before baptism?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 14, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I enjoy reading your articles on your web site. I find your answers to questions biblically sound and with justification. I'm having trouble with confession, perhaps you can expound on it for me. Is simply answering \"yes\" when one is asked to confess Christ (before baptism) enough? Should the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44070,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/if-i-didnt-say-jesus-is-lord-do-i-need-to-be-baptized-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":95948,"position":1},"title":"If I didn&#8217;t say &#8220;Jesus is Lord,&#8221; do I need to be baptized again?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello there, Thank you for the articles and answers on your website.\u00a0 I believe they stand on good biblical ground and are a blessing to Christians and the world. I have a question about Romans 10:9.\u00a0 Many years ago, I was immersed in water for the remission of my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14708,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-the-thief-on-the-cross-work-when-he-rebuked-the-other-thief\/","url_meta":{"origin":95948,"position":2},"title":"Did the thief on the cross work when he rebuked the other thief?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I noticed your 'Is water baptism is a work?' and I found it very insightful. I was curious about the thief on the cross. Did\u00a0this thief\u00a0do a 'work' before he died by rebuking his neighbor? Answer: Obviously the thief demonstrates faith in Jesus. \"Then one of the criminals who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15189,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-if-a-person-dies-after-accepting-god-but-before-he-can-be-baptized\/","url_meta":{"origin":95948,"position":3},"title":"What if a person dies after accepting God but before he can be baptized?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have a question about baptism. People always ask what if a person is about to die and accepts God into his heart, does he go to heaven or hell? 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