Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved. I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God.

Romans 10:1-4 (NLT)

The message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart. ”And that message is the very message about faith that we preach:

Romans 10:8 (NLT)

If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.

Romans 10:9–10(NLT)

For “Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.”

Romans 10:13 (NLT)

But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent?

Romans 10:14–15 (NLT)

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BOTTOM LINE:

You can't earn GRACE. And you can't KEEP it to yourself.