A Right Confession

Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Romans 10:9-10 — What are the evidences of salvation? Some say that confessing belief in Jesus is what saves but in this sermon on Romans 10:9–10 titled “A Right Confession,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones shows that confession only comes after a heart has been changed. This sermon shows that confessing Jesus as Lord is the confirmation of salvation but it is not what saves the person from their sin. The church in Acts gives an example that true salvation has evidence: one confesses that Jesus is Lord, turns away from their sin, follows the teaching of the Bible, and continues in fellowship with other believers. If one does not have these as marks in their life, confession is pointless because the heart has not been changed. By applying Paul’s letter, one sees that the work of a Christian is to proclaim Jesus as Lord by words and lives, not by parading Him around as a bumper sticker or Christian T-shirt. The work of God is much deeper than just outward signs and He works on the person in their entirety.

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0:00.0	Most of you, I'm sure, will remember that we are engaged in an investigation of the 9th and
0:07.1	10th verses in the 10th chapter of Paul's epistle to the Romans, that if thou shall confess
0:15.7	with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,
0:24.1	thou shalt be saved.
0:26.5	For with the heart men believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made
0:33.4	unto salvation.
0:34.9	Now we've described this statement as a definition of saving faith, and that is why we've
0:45.7	spent so much time on it.
0:47.4	It is one of these great, crucial statements in the New Testament.
0:52.6	You remember the context, the apostle is concerned about the failure of
0:56.8	the Jews to believe the gospel. They were going about to establish their own righteousness,
1:03.9	and it rejected the righteousness which is of faith. And the apostle says that this is a great
1:10.0	tragedy, that they should be exerting all this energy, traveling backwards and faith. And the apostle says that this is a great tragedy, that they should be exerting
1:12.2	all this energy, traveling backwards and forwards, encompassing land and sea to make proselytes,
1:19.8	and the whole time the gospel, as it were, is there before them and with them. It is this word
1:26.3	of faith, he says, which we preach. And what is that?
1:29.9	Well, it is this, that if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in
1:35.2	thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be said. And then he expounds that.
1:41.0	For he says, it is with the heart that men believeth unto righteousness, and with
1:46.2	the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Now, you remember that we've divided it into
1:51.0	three headings. First of all, there is the content of saving faith, and that's most
1:57.8	important. It is that we believe that Jesus is Lord, and all that that includes.
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