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To: xzins
What do you think that “confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus” means?

St. Paul specifies in the preceeding verse: "that is, the word of faith which we are preaching" (Rom 10:8). That refers to the deposit of the faith, the doctrine preached by the Apostles and perpetually guarded and passed on by the Church. The "confess with your mouth" St. Paul refers to is not just some kind of private statement (in one's bed at night), or in a conversation at the lunch table with friends that 'magically' makes one saved. It refers to the confession of the faith before the Church at the rite of initiation (baptism and confirmation/chrismation), through which one is incorporated into the Church. At that moment, one states that one believes and professes all that Church teaches, believes and proclaims to be revealed by God. Evangelicals and fundamentalists typically take the verse (Rom 10:9) completely out of its historical and ecclesial context, and turn it into 'sinner's prayer' theology.

-A8

260 posted on 05/18/2007 9:48:25 AM PDT by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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To: adiaireton8
sinner's prayer theology

As a fully ordained minister in my protestant denomination, I can assure you that it does not mean anything at all about any sinner's prayer.

It is a full, sincere acknowledgement and confession of Jesus as one's eternal, divine Lord.

I daresay that such words are not coming out of the mouth of Satan.

261 posted on 05/18/2007 9:57:27 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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