Well, i agree with that teaching.
Romans 10:13
For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
This does not mean a formal calling upon the Lord, but a committing of themselves unto him as their Lord and Master.[The calling here is of the kind by Saul by Ananias: "Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name." (
Acts 22:16.)
in Acts 2:21, Peter said, “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." There is not a doubt concerning the validity of what Peter said. But as we think about what the New Testament says, we need to examine
everything that God has to say on a subject and take the total of what God has said.
In Acts 2, Peter went on to say other things that people overlook. Acts 2:21 does say, “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” But what does that mean? Peter went on to say in Acts 2 that a person must hear, believe, be convicted, repent, and be baptized (vs. 38). But here is one of the most important principles that re*lates to this objection. How, according to Scripture, does a person “call on the name of the Lord”?
Think of it like this,man is in sin. He is sinking in the cesspool,the muck and mire,of sin. He realizes that God is the only One Who can save him. Man is sinking in the cesspool of sin, and he cries out to God, “Save me!” What does the person have to
do? Does he have to do
anything? He is sinking in sin. Does he have to meet God’s con*ditions to get out of sin? Does he have to do whatever God says in order to get out of that predicament? How does a person call on the Lord’s name?
In Acts 22:16, we are given a commentary on Acts 2:21. What Saul did. Ananias said to Saul, “And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” How did Saul call on the Lord’s name according the Scriptures? He got up, did what God said, and was baptized for the remission of his sins in order to have those sins washed away. That is what it means to call on the Lord’s name. When we find ourselves sinking in sin, if we call out to God for help, and if God says, “Here I am; I am ready to help you,” then we have to be willing to do what God says in order to get out of that predicament. That is what Acts 22:16 is teaching us. We must get up, obey God, and be baptized in order to wash away our sins. Saying simply, “All you have to do is ‘call on the Lord’s name’ is a very shallow comment on what the Bible actually says that a person must do to be saved.