For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
-Romans 10:13 (NLT)
Here Paul, a leader of this revolutionary new religion called Christianity, is writing to the Roman people. One can assume that he was getting a lot of questions about what it took to become a follower of Christ and receive eternal life. Previous to this verse he talks about confessing with your mouth and believing with you heart, and he summarizes it all in verse 13 by quoting the prophet Joel: Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
What a beautifully simple answer. You need him? Just call him. He’s as close as our own lips.
One thing I’ve learned recently is that oftentimes non-believers expect becoming a Christian to be some complicated, cumbersome process where you have to specifically say the right words and oh-so carefully jump through the right hoops. But Paul says we just call him.
If I need my friend, do I light candles, chant their name over and over, and hope this ritual connects me to them? No, I just call him.
All the time I hear people say, “If you need me for anything, I’m just a phone call away.”
Our God is no different. Salvation is just one call away.
