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This is a quiet extreme view. What leads you to conclude that the context and the aim of Paul's address in Rom.10 is about nothing else than timely salvation?
Paul spoke to the brethren of faith regarding those jews who still were not in the faith, thus they were still lost, not saved. Nothing in the text or its context implies that Paul meant that their lostness was merely regarding temporal, timely matters. To conclude that these lost men, at that point were "eternally saved" seems like nothing but a far-fetched and presumptuous way of reading your own (or someone else's) pre-conceived ideas into the text. Of course there is a possibility that these lost men were of the elect and later would come to faith. However, they were at that time he spoke this at least not regenerate, and therefore not also justified. All those who are ignorant about the righteousness of God, which is revealed in the gospel, are lost. Not saved. Paul prayed for these non-believers that they might be saved. In context it deals with the issue of righteousness which is definitely connected to "eternal salvation". He rebuked their self-righteousness just for what it was indicating: lostness. If they died in such state they would not be "eternally saved".
Go ahead and list all the scriptures. The means are conversion, faith in Christ and baptism and also communion. These are means for the elect to both receive God's salvation and/or have assurance of same.
Let's just take a look at Rom.10 finally:The zeal that these non-believers had was of no help for them since they lacked knowledge about the righteousness of God. Therefore their motives were dark and their zealous works were filthy rags, dead works bearing fruit unto death. All this rooted in the fact that they denied the Lord Jesus Christ as being the Messiah. Nothing of such behavior indicates anything else than lostness, and if died in such state eternal lostness.
Paul spoke to the brethren of faith regarding those jews who still were not in the faith, thus they were still lost, not saved. Nothing in the text or its context implies that Paul meant that their lostness was merely regarding temporal, timely matters. To conclude that these lost men, at that point were "eternally saved" seems like nothing but a far-fetched and presumptuous way of reading your own (or someone else's) pre-conceived ideas into the text. Of course there is a possibility that these lost men were of the elect and later would come to faith. However, they were at that time he spoke this at least not regenerate, and therefore not also justified. All those who are ignorant about the righteousness of God, which is revealed in the gospel, are lost. Not saved. Paul prayed for these non-believers that they might be saved. In context it deals with the issue of righteousness which is definitely connected to "eternal salvation". He rebuked their self-righteousness just for what it was indicating: lostness. If they died in such state they would not be "eternally saved".
Go ahead and list all the scriptures. The means are conversion, faith in Christ and baptism and also communion. These are means for the elect to both receive God's salvation and/or have assurance of same.
Let's just take a look at Rom.10 finally:The zeal that these non-believers had was of no help for them since they lacked knowledge about the righteousness of God. Therefore their motives were dark and their zealous works were filthy rags, dead works bearing fruit unto death. All this rooted in the fact that they denied the Lord Jesus Christ as being the Messiah. Nothing of such behavior indicates anything else than lostness, and if died in such state eternal lostness.
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