What is missing today in the church is failure to recognize the lordship of Jesus Christ.

Dr Tony Evans says the evidence of that recognition is when we decide to go public with our commitment.

You get righteousness by your faith in Christ, but you only get delivered by your confession of Christ.

This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, author, speaker, senior

pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, and president of the

Urban Alternative.

Sometimes there's a difference between what we believe and what we admit to believing.

Dr. Evans says that can be a dangerous distinction,

both during our life and after it. You'll want to turn

to Romans chapter 10 as he begins today's lesson.

Today I want to look at the name. When the fullest expression of Jesus is given, it is given in this

phrase, the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is his human name, Christ is his office, Lord is his title. This

passage has led to a great deal of misunderstanding and confusion.

But the implications are nothing short of staggering.

We're told that if you confess with your mouth, verse 9, the Lord Jesus, and believe in your

heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Now something about that ought to catch your attention,

and that is that that verse says that there are two things you need to get saved.

It says you must confess with your mouth, and you must believe in your mouth and believe in your heart and when you do those

two things you will be saved. Now what ought to capture your attention about that

is that there is a dual requirement for salvation

which goes against so many other scriptures

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