Most of you will remember that we are considering at the moment the words which are to be found in Paul's epistle to the Romans in chapter 10 verses 9 and 10.

The 9th and the 10th verses in the 10th chapter of Paul's epistle to the Romans,

that if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in thine heart that God

hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart, men believeth unto righteousness,

and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.

Now, we began a consideration of these two verses last Friday evening, and I described them as a definition of saving faith.

For that is what they are.

They are a definition of what is meant by saving faith, for that is what they are. They are a definition of what is meant by saving faith.

Now, you remember, the apostle came to make this statement in order to elaborate and to

explain yet more fully what he had been doing in the previous verses from verse 5 to

verse 8, where he had been comparing and contrasting

the way of salvation which the Jews thought was possible, namely by observation of the law

and by works, with the way of faith, which he Paul had preached, the way of justification by faith only.

So that this definition which we have here of saving faith

is also at the same time a very wonderful synopsis

a statement concerning the way of justification by faith only.

Now, nothing is more important than that we should be clear about this.

As I said last Friday night, especially at this present time, there is nothing that is more important.

We undoubtedly are having to fight all over again the great

fight of 400 years ago, the fight fought by Martin Luther and those who came after him,

the great fight for the doctrine of justification by faith only. It is being questioned

and queried on all hands, And I believe the whole state and condition

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