Taking belief from knowledge into faith until it becomes reality!!
Satan wants us to speak disbelief, death, sickness, poverty, grief, loss, strife, because if he can keep us speaking those things then he can hold us in bondage to them. . .
God wants us, commands us, to believe Him and to confess (He uses “confess”, “profess”, “say”, “proclaim” all throughout scripture, they all mean “to speak out”) our belief in Him, Speak Life.
As we begin our study, I want to stress that speaking without believing is not effective and believing without speaking is not effective. But we must sometimes speak/declare the Word repeatedly in order to get it out into our hearts in a manner that turns to belief. The Word tells us that faith cometh by hearing, and I believe that hearing our own voice verbally saying the Word is astronomically more effective than hearing another person speak it.
Again, in this and all Bible Study, the understanding of the fact that we are three-part beings helps to make all of this make more since. So, let’s take a few minutes to refresh ourselves on “Spirit, Soul, and Body.”
Romans 10:17 (KJV) 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:9 (KJV) 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Andrew Wommack’s Life For Today Study Bible Notes
Note 9 at Romans 10:9: Remember that, in context, Paul had been contrasting two types of righteousness (see note 2 at Romans 10:3). The righteousness of the Law binds a person up in “doing,” while the righteousness of faith just receives what Christ has already done (see note 5 at Romans 10:5).
This verse is stressing the simplicity of receiving righteousness by faith, as opposed to the bondage of trying to produce our own righteousness that is by the Law (Philippians 3:9). An attempt to amplify too much on the conditions of this verse would counter the point that Paul was making. However, in light of other scriptures, some explanation needs to be given.
This verse is not saying that anyone who just says the words, “Jesus is Lord,” and believes that He rose from the dead is born again (see note 2 at John 3:3). As explained in note 1 at Mark 1:24, the Greek word “HOMOLOGEO,” translated “confess” here, means more than just saying words. It literally means “to assent, i.e. covenant, acknowledge” (Strong’s Concordance). By looking at Jesus’ statement in Luke 6:46, a true confession of Jesus as Lord has to be heartfelt enough to involve a person’s actions.
There are some groups that interpret the word “Lord” in a way that denies the deity of Jesus (see note 3 at Luke 1:43 and note 8 at John 5:23). This confession of Jesus as Lord has to be a declaration of faith in Jesus as God manifest in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16). A Jesus who is less than God could not provide salvation for the whole human race.
Therefore, this verse is a promise to those who believe on Jesus to the extent that they are willing to change their actions accordingly and confess Him as Lord (God) with their mouths so that they might be saved.
Romans 10:10 (KJV) 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Life For Today Study Bible Notes
Note 10 at Romans 10:10: For true salvation (“sozo”, remember that the word sozo includes more than just a promise of heaven when our mortal bodies die) to take place, there must be confession with the mouth and belief from the heart. People tend to major on one or the other of these requirements, but that fails to obtain the desired results.
Confession is scriptural, but it is a result of faith in the heart. Only when people have already believed with their hearts will confession release the power of God. Confession without sincere belief in the heart is dead works (Hebrews 9:14).
Likewise, faith without works is dead (James 2:17). When people really believe in their hearts, they will speak what they believe (Matthew 12:34 and Luke 6:45). A faith that won’t confess what is believed is not God’s kind of faith (see note 6 at Romans 4:17).
Failure to properly combine these two truths has caused some people to fail in their attempts to receive from God, and reject “faith teaching” or “confession teaching.”
However, if one of these truths was presented without the proper emphasis on the other, then it wasn’t scriptural teaching. The truths of faith and confession will work when used according to the instructions in this verse.
Romans 10:11 (KJV) 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Note on Romans 10:11
This Old Testament scripture was also quoted in Romans 9:33 and 1 Peter 2:6. The scripture being quoted is Isaiah 28:16.
The Isaiah passage says those who believe on the Lord “shall not make haste,” while Peter said “shall not be confounded.”
Life For Today Study Bible Notes
Note 11 at Romans 10:11: The emphasis here, as well as in Romans 10:13, is on the word “whosoever.” In the first chapter of Romans, Paul started making the point that Gentiles did not have to become Jews to be saved (Romans 1:16). He had developed that truth all the way through this epistle and was declaring it once again.
Romans 10:12 (KJV) 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Life For Today Study Bible Notes
Note 12 at Romans 10:12: The differences between Jew and Gentile do not mean much to the Christian church today. Therefore, many church people may feel that they agree with this verse. However, Paul was speaking of more than just racial differences.
Paul was saying that there is no difference between moral and immoral people. There is no difference in the sight of God between the religious and the nonreligious. All people are sinners and in need of the same salvation. This point still aggravates the religious people today as much as it did in the days of Paul.
Romans 10:13 (KJV) 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Note on Romans 10:13
Notice that “whosoever” calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Those who preach that some are predestinated to salvation while others are predestinated to damnation are wrong (see my note on predestination at Romans 8:29). “Whosoever” means anyone can be saved. All they have to do is believe (Romans 5:2).
Life For Today Study Bible Notes
Note 13 at Romans 10:13: Paul was quoting from Joel 2:32. Paul interchanged the word “saved” for the word “delivered” that Joel used. There is no contradiction. Salvation includes deliverance (see note 7 at Acts 2:21).
Romans 10:14 (KJV) 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Life For Today Study Bible Notes
Note 1 at Romans 10:14: Paul had just conclusively proven that salvation was not according to people’s performance but according to their acceptance of God’s grace by faith in Christ Jesus. This was great news! Yet this great news will not do people any good if they don’t know it. The Gospel has to be heard to release its power (Romans 1:16).
Note 2 at Romans 10:14: Romans 10:14-15 shows a number of things that must happen in order for people to be born again. Individuals must believe, but they need to have something or someone to believe in. Therefore, ministers have to share the Gospel with them. But in order for that to happen, others have to send the ministers to the uttermost parts of the earth.
So there are three areas of responsibility for salvation: individuals have to believe, ministers have to preach, and others have to send. Satan works on all three of these areas to stop people from receiving God’s gift of salvation.
Satan tries to harden people’s hearts through the deceitfulness of sin (Hebrews 3:13) to the point that the Gospel will not penetrate. If people are faithful to the two other responsibilities, salvation still will not occur if the individuals reject the good news.
Yet many times, people are hungry and ripe for salvation, and still there is no one to share the good news with them. If Satan can stop people from preaching the Gospel through a lack of preachers or a lack of people who will send them, then he can stop people from being saved.
Kimberly add in- “If Satan can stop people from confessing the Gospel, through a lack of knowledge, or through a concern of what man will think of them, then he can stop people from being saved (sozo).
As Christians, we cannot take responsibility for people’s reactions to the Gospel, but we must take the responsibility of preaching (sharing, confessing) the Gospel and giving (not just money, but also of ourselves) so that others can preach the Gospel.
Andrew Wommack's Living Commentary.
Let’s look together at page 13 in the book "Speak Life," “A Mess of Pottage= red stuff = edom” and hang out in Genesis chapters 25-27 for a bit.
Genesis 25:20-34 (HCSB) 20 Isaac was 40 years old when he took as his wife Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and sister of Laban the Aramean. 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived. 22 But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the LORD. 23 And the LORD said to her: Two nations are in your womb; two people will ⌊come⌋ from you and be separated. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger. 24 When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb. 25 The first one came out red-looking, covered with hair like a fur coat, and they named him Esau. 26 After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel with his hand. So he was named Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born. 27 When the boys grew up, Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home. 28 Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for wild game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field exhausted. 30 He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I’m exhausted.” That is why he was ⌊also⌋ named Edom. 31 Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” 32 “Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?” 33 Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore to Jacob and sold his birthright to him. 34 Then Jacob gave bread and lentil stew to Esau; he ate, drank, got up, and went away. So Esau despised his birthright.
Note on Genesis 25:32
I doubt seriously that Esau was at the point of death from hunger. Hebrews 12:16 portrays Esau as a profane person who despised his birthright (Genesis 25:34). He was no doubt hungry, but he could have made it home and had his mother, Rebekah, cook him something to eat.
Andrew Wommack's Living Commentary.
Hebrews 12:16 (HCSB) 16 And make sure that there isn’t any immoral or irreverent person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for one meal.
So, what we all need to understand, and get used to is that there is power in our words. Power for good, for our future and our future generations, and there is also power for bad. This book is about understanding that from the scripture, and also about how to pull scriptures and put them to work for in your life for your good. First we must believe that all scripture was written that we might learn from it.
Romans 15:4 (AMP) 4 For whatever was thus written in former days was written for our instruction, that by [our steadfast and patient] endurance and the encouragement [drawn] from the Scriptures we might hold fast to and cherish hope.
John 10:10 (NLT2) 10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
James 4:7 (KJV) 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Amos 3:3 (NLT2) 3 Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?
In order to walk with God, we must agree with Him in our beliefs, in our words, and in our deeds. When we screw up, and we will, we are to own it, ask for forgiveness, and move on in Christ.
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