Essential for Salvation

Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Romans 10:9-10 — What are the essential truths that must be made known for a person to be saved? Many say that the Bible teaches that one must only believe on the name of Jesus Christ to be saved. Others preach that one must believe in the person of Mary or that they must have extraordinary knowledge in order to be saved. In this sermon on Romans 10:9–10 titled “Essential for Salvation,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones shows the fallacy of both extremes. One temptation is to take away essential doctrines of the gospel in order to make it less offensive and more inclusive. The other temptation is to add more to the gospel than what is necessary, making it impossible for anyone to come to God and creating a works-based salvation. Dr. Lloyd-Jones shows through Scripture that the gospel message must include an explanation of who Jesus is, why He is needed, and why He is sufficient. This sermon will remind the listener of the biblical truth that a true evangelistic message must include repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ. In light of the truths presented in this sermon, the listener will be challenged to analyze their own beliefs and practices to see if they line up with the message of the apostles. Listeners will be encouraged to be bold in the proclamation of the gospel because it is the only true hope for the world.

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0:00.0	Most of you will remember that we are at the moment considering verses 9 and 10 in the 10th
0:05.8	chapter of Paul's epistle to the Romans.
0:11.1	That if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine
0:15.8	heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
0:22.4	For with the heart men believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth,
0:28.4	confession is made unto salvation.
0:33.2	Now, here we are looking at what we have described as Paul's definition of saving faith.
0:42.9	It's a most important statement.
0:45.5	It is rarely the point at which he sums up this whole argument with respect to the Jews
0:51.4	who are outside salvation because they have not sought it by faith
0:56.6	but after the deeds of the law.
1:00.2	It is one of the great summaries of this doctrine of justification by faith only.
1:07.5	And it is, as I say, a very wonderful summary at the same time of what is meant by saving faith.
1:13.6	And I've suggested that it can be divided in a threefold manner.
1:17.6	First of all, the content of saving faith, then the character of saving faith, and thirdly, the proof of saving faith.
1:26.6	Now we've been so far looking at that first heading,
1:30.4	the content of saving faith, two divisions.
1:34.6	The Lord Jesus, or that Jesus is Lord,
1:38.0	and secondly that God hath raised him from the dead.
1:42.3	But the point we've been trying to establish is this,
1:45.9	that we must be careful to observe the content of those two statements,
1:52.1	that they're not merely some kind of cliches or statements in and of themselves,
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