What Dr. Peter S. Ruckman meant in his 2003 Romans Commentary (The Bible Believers Commentary Series): "After all, it isn't his prayer that saves him anyway; it is Jesus Christ that saves him. But Jesus Christ saves the sinner when he places his faith in Him, and the same Lord...
Romans 10:9-10 sets out what appear to be two distinct conditions for salvation: believing with the heart and confessing with the mouth. Commentators have not agreed on what the second condition requires. Ambrosiaster read the confession of Romans 10 as a public act, a profession made before other people. This...
“And here it comes: the simplest, clearest presentation of salvation found anywhere in either Testament. Two conditions: If. ‘If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,’ number two, ‘And shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.’ No ifs,...