Romans 10:9-10

If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord", and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it with your mouth that you confess and are saved. Romans 10:9-10

I looked up three key words in this passage in Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary (my favorite) so I could better understand this passage.

Confess: to own, publicly acknowledge, or avow

Believe: to be persuaded of the truth of another; to expect or hope with confidence

Justified: Pardoned or cleared from guilt; acquitted from punishment

Do you believe that Jesus is the son of God and that he died for you?

Have you made a personal decision to make him Lord and King of your life?

Do you understand that baptism does not save you and that it is a symbol of what has already happened in your heart?
Is it your intention now to publicly acknowledge him as your Lord?

These were the questions posed to us right before our water baptism this past weekend.

Our response: Yes, Yes, Yes, and Yes!!

Down with the old - up with the new!

On this rock I will build my church!



An act of obedience that we will never forget!