Rom 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
Jews listen to what Moses said.....
Deu 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, .......
Rom 10:9 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.
Say what? Adonai Yesha? There is only one Adonai, Yahweh.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Rom 10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Isa 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
You need not be ashamed, as though you are turning away from the God of your fathers.
Rom 10:12 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.
Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
As usual Paul builds his case, like any worthwhile attorney would. When he begins by quoting Moses we can know he is building his case towards the Jewish beliefs and thoughts in Judaism. For the Gentile to be able to accept Father and Son was not that contrary to what they were accustom to. But for a Jew it was heretical. So the idea of confessing Yesha as Lord was more important than I think we can understand as people not raised in the Jewish faith system.
Just what I see....
God Bless you both.
Yes Deb. It's far more important than people living in 21st Century America understand.
The idea of a Gospel, [Evangelion] came even before the days of John the Baptist and Christ.
When a kingdom would go out and conquer other kingdoms, the massive army would travel to the country and the city where the opposing king had his palace, and they would surround that city and besiege it.
Then the Commander of the conquering army, or sometimes the king himself, would ride out and announce the "gospel".
The terms by which the opposing kingdom would surrender.
"The kingdom of Babylon is at hand; turn from your king who you serve now, and come and bow before the king of Babylon, and serve him, or you will perish this very day".
Repent means to turn away from the king or lord [master or ruler], and serve the King of the kingdom of God.
The Lord's commission to Paul -
14 And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
15 So I said, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.
17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,
18 to open their eyes,
in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'
Acts 26:14-18
...from the power of Satan to God, [so] that they may receive forgiveness of sins.
When we understand the importance of repenting, it is
so that we may receive the forgiveness of sins.
We are not "repenting of our sins", as some teach, but we are repenting, turning away from Satan and his kingdom
, to the Lord Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God.
Baptism in water is
the public demonstration of this turning away,
by being united together with Him in the likeness of His death, as well as identifying ourselves with the likeness of His Resurrection.
For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,
Romans 6:5
We are showing we have died to this world, which lies under the dominion of the god of this world, Satan.
- However, like Jethro pointed out, we are born again before we are Baptized, not because we are Baptized.
The idea of having "repented",
turned to God, continues for the rest of our life, as we find that the consequences for "turning back" which is called turning away from God, or falling away, is to be sentence to join Satan, the one whom they have turned back to, has been sentenced.
Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in
departing from the living God;
Hebrews 3:12
This is the same Greek word Jesus used in the parable of the Sower, that is rendered
"fall away".
But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root,
who believe for a while and in time of temptation
fall away. Luke 8:13
This was particularly clear to those who dwelled in Rome and were compelled to bow to the image of Caesar, of which Domitian referred to himself as son of god.
JLB