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[Gummies]

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Romans 10:13) What's the name of the Lord? Jesus? Yahweh?

This verse is confounding me. The name of the Lord can't just be "Lord".

Something is being kept hidden from us in our Bibles. What is this saving name?

[jimwalton]

Context gives it to you. It's Jesus.

• 10.4: CHRIST is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes (in Christ).
• 10.6: This righteousness is by faith (in Christ; Christ's saving work)
• 10.6: Paul is applying the words of Moses to Christ
• 10:7: Paul is again referencing Christ
• 10:8: The message concerning faith that we proclaim is salvation by grace through faith in the death and resurrection of Christ.
• 10:9: JESUS is LORD. If you believe in JESUS as LORD, and believe that God has raised JESUS from the dead, you will be saved.
• 10:10: It is with you heart that you believe in Jesus.
• 10:12: Paul is equating Jesus with YHWH. He and the Father are one. If you call on Jesus, you are calling on YHWH, and vice versa.
• 10:13: "The Lord" here is specifically Jesus, but Paul is quoting the OT and equating Jesus with YHWH.
• 10:17 affirms that the message is about Christ and faith is in Christ and belief is about and in Christ.

[We Shall See]

10.6: This righteousness is by faith

This is true, but the good book also says that Faith without works is dead. Whether or not your faith transfers to good works and good deeds is the litmus test for your faith. In other words, if it does not translate to good deeds, and good works, it’s not true faith. Works will always follow true faith

[jimwalton]

Of course, I agree. Paul says our works cannot save us, but James says that if we are saved, we will certainly see works. As Irving Jensen writes, "Paul only denies works as the root of salvation. Paul is not writing about Christian conduct as such, but about the way to become a Christian. James is not denying faith as the way of salvation, but he is maintaining that works will issue from a faith that is genuine. Paul is looking at the root; James is looking at the fruit. Paul is talking about the beginning of the Christian life; James is talking about its continuance and consummation. With Paul, the works he renounces precede faith and are dead works. With James, the faith he denounces is apart from works and is the dead faith."