In another thread several weeks ago, it was asserted that justification is not the same thing as salvation; that is, one can be justified but still not saved, that justification basically is a new standing with God (not guilty) that allows one to then go on to receive the forgiveness of sins at baptism and to be regenerated at the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
It seems that
Rom 10.9-10 will not allow this interpretation. In this passage justification and salvation appear to be parallel ideas--they are one and the same.
9 because, if you
confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and
believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be
saved. 10 For with the heart one
believes and
is justified, and with the mouth one
confesses and
is saved.
If you believe that justification and salvation do not occur at the same time, what passages do you use to support that view? If you think they do occur at the same time, what other passages do you think best articulate that view?
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