[BlackAdderess]

Well, what do you make of Romans 10:9-10 then?

[LearsFool]

Well I don’t see any conflict or disharmony, if that’s what you’re asking.

Some might see a disharmony between faith saving us (Eph. 2:8) and baptism saving us (I Peter 3:21). Yet they see no conflict between faith saving us (Eph. 2:8) and grace saving us (Eph. 2:8). The disharmony is all in their minds, not the Scriptures.

If we’re saved by grace, by the blood of Jesus, and instructed to have faith, what shall we do? If we’re told to confess, will we resist? If we’re commanded to repent, will we oppose? If we’re told to be baptized, will we refuse?

Which of God’s instructions will we disobey and still expect Him to forgive us?

[LearsFool]

Let me add one more thing. Then I'm off to bed, but will be happy to discuss further tomorrow if you like.

There's a little word in Romans 10:9 that prevents people from seeing disharmony between being saved by confession and being saved by belief. That little word is "and".

"that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead"

There's nothing in that verse about repentance, is there? But of course it's found elsewhere in the Bible, so people understand that there's an implied "and" with reference to repentance.

Yet they steadfastly and stubbornly refuse to admit an implied "and" with reference to baptism, though it's as much a condition of forgiveness as repentance.