A Change of Heart

Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Romans 10:9-10 — Is salvation merely an intellectual endeavor that begins and ends with the mind or does it include the heart? In this sermon on Romans 10:9–10 titled “A Change of Heart,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones examines what the apostles preached in their missionary journeys and what true salvation looks like. Throughout the New Testament, the apostles preach that saving faith is not only in the mind, but that it must include a change of heart. In the Old Testament, God promises to change the heart of stone into a heart of flesh. The question now is not whether or not the mind believes, but if the heart believes that Jesus is Lord. In today’s age many believe that one must only make a decision in order to be saved. Yet if this decision does not stem from a heart burdened by sin and seeking repentance from God, then it is not saving faith. Dr. Lloyd-Jones shows the hope of salvation that can only be given by God through the Son, a salvation that is so miraculous it changes a wicked heart into one that loves God.

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0:00.0	Well, now we are still considering this great statement which the Apostle makes in the
0:05.5	tenth chapter of the Epistles to the Romans in verses 9 and 10, that if thou shall confess
0:12.2	with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
0:19.1	from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For, with the heart men
0:24.6	believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. We've called this
0:32.6	the Apostle's description of saving faith, and we've already considered the content of saving
0:39.5	faith.
0:40.5	We are now considering what we are describing as the nature or the character of saving
0:46.8	faith.
0:47.8	We are compelled to do this because the Apostle puts this emphasis upon believing in the heart and confession with the mouth.
0:58.5	We've seen that the heart means not merely the feelings and the sensibilities and the
1:04.6	emotions.
1:05.7	It means more.
1:07.1	It means the center of personality.
1:09.8	It includes the emotions and feeling, the effective part of men's character, but it includes more than that.
1:17.2	The heart in the scripture stands for the very center and seat of personality.
1:24.4	And the point the apostle is making is that our belief must be with the heart, not only, not merely with the intellect.
1:36.5	Now, that is the point we are dealing with and are trying to establish.
1:40.9	And what we did last Friday was to show that very clearly and plainly on the negative side,
1:47.1	the scripture teaches that unbelief likewise is always a matter of the heart primarily,
1:54.3	not of the intellect.
1:56.5	You see, that is the way to approach this subject.
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