Romans 10:6-10
6But trusting God to shape the right living in us is a different story--no precarious climb up to heaven to recruit the Messiah,e
7no dangerous descent into hell to rescue the Messiah.
8So what exactly was Moses saying? The word that saves is right here, as near as the tongue in your mouth, as close as the heart in your chest. It''s the word of faith that welcomes God to go to work and set things right for us. This is the core of our preaching.f
9Say the welcoming word to God--"Jesus is my Master"--embracing, body and soul, God''s work of doing in us what he did in raising Jesus from the dead. That''s it. You''re not "doing" anything; you''re simply calling out to God, trusting him to do it for you. That''s salvation.g
10With your whole being you embrace God setting things right, and then you say it, right out loud: "God has set everything right between him and me!"h