Who can be saved? Romans 10:13

Romans 10:13 says whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. The first is that whoever calls upon the Lord can be saved. Who does whoever includes? It includes everyone, from the vilest lowest criminal to the sweetest grandmother. Basically all men are the same, anything good comes from God. The only difference between Billy Graham and Hitler is Jesus Christ. Hitler killed over seven million people during WW2, Jim Jones Who led over 900 Americans in a mass suicide, but these men as vile as they were if they had called on the name of the Lord and repented would have been just as saved as anyone in this room. Let’s say there’s a man who kills everyone in your family but you, your mother, your father, your son’s daughters, husbands and wives. Imagine the vilest person possible. If they call upon the Lord, and repent of their sins they would be saved just as saved as you and me.

What makes all this possible? Romans 10:13

Jesus makes our salvation possible. Acts 4:12. Romans 10:13 says that whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. So what is so great about the name of Jesus? As I’ve said, Men are filthy sinners who deserve to go to Hell and be separated from God forever. However, God became man a man and was born in a stable in Bethlehem. Jesus grew up impressing even the priest with his infinite Knowledge of God. Jesus lived a perfect life, in which he loved, taught, and healed. Then, the people that he had spent so long with, the people that knew him saw him grow up, and perform miracles, these same people that he spent his life loving teaching and healing betrayed him. His best friends betrayed him. They mocked him; they beat him, and finally nailed him to a tree. After all that they continued to mock him, they stabbed him with a spear. Christ was hung on that cross to pay for our sins, the Bible says he became sin, our sin, you, I, we hung him on that cross. That had to have been the worst part because he became our sin, the only thing he could really count on had to turn away from him, his father had to turn his back on him, and his father couldn’t look at him because of our sin that he was carrying. And after all that, after we hung him on that cross, what did he say? After all they did to him Jesus said “Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” Jesus died so that we could live.

What are the results of calling on the Lord? Romans 10:13

The result of calling on the Lord is salvation. After we called out to God, repented of our sins and were saved, we became slaves or servants to Christ. When you call out to God it’s like your signing a contract agreeing to give him your life in exchange for saving it. Paul and Peter acknowledged this when they call themselves slaves or bondservants at the beginning of Romans and 2nd Peter. Some other things that happen as a result of salvation are: we’re saved from condemnation, we go to heaven to be with Jesus, we have absolute joy, we’re a new creature, your desires change and become more God centered, your treasures change, Jesus is magnified in your life, your made alive in Christ, no longer a slave to sin, you have someone to bear your burdens, and an advocate to the father, or someone to go to him on your behalf.

How are we saved

Romans 10:13 says whoever calls upon the Lord shall be saved. The second thing we see is how we are saved. We are saved by calling. Now obviously I don’t mean calling on a phone, but I mean to cry out to God. Now the question that comes to mind is why call? We call or cry out to proclaim with humility our need for God, which glorifies him. However, we must be careful merely mouthing Jesus is Lord and Proclaiming that he raised from the dead or walking an aisle and being baptized, or trying to be a good person won’t save anyone. Satan can and will declare that Jesus is Lord, but that won’t save him. Salvation comes from a heartfelt confession of Jesus’ Lordship and designates a lifelong commitment that comes from the heart. What matters is not saying Jesus is Lord, but really believing it and making him the Lord of your life at the core of your existence.

Common Grace

Men are born sinners through Adam, Psalm 51:1, and the punishment for sin is death Rom 6:23. Common Grace is the time people spend on earth and away from Hell. Common grace is also the limited love and happiness men experience on earth. Now, let me say this, the love and happiness lost people experience is nowhere near as great as the love and happiness a Christian finds in Christ. Common Grace is experienced by both lost people and Christians, Hence the term Common Grace. Common Grace will not save anyone! The only way to be saved is through Jesus Christ. Some more examples of common Grace are great intellect and understanding, artistic, musical, and athletic abilities. Moral restraint is also an example of Common Grace. God by Common Grace keeps his hand on most people and stops them from being as evil as they could be. The only good people do come from God, from the missionary who gives up everything for their savior, to the boy who comes to church even though his family doesn’t. Another example of Common Grace is the beauty of the natural world. By the grace of God we get to experience the beauty of flowers, rivers, oceans, land forms, and outer space. God’s Common Grace is also evident in the different organizations, and governments he’s created. The Lord does this to help keep evil in check.