“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39
This is a great eternal security passage. It can also be used to expose the fallacy that “God loves everybody.” God’s love is not universal; it is “in Christ Jesus our Lord.” He so loved (past tense) the world (at Calvary) that he gave his Son. Those who reject His Son also reject his love and receive his wrath instead (John 3:36). “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”
“For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.” Romans 10:3
That’s what people are doing: seeking to establish their own righteousness instead of submitting to God’s righteousness.
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:9-10
Here’s another couple verses from the Roman’s Road group.
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13
The Lord really has a way of simplifying salvation. How can anything be more simple than calling on someone? No good works, no baptism, no church membership—just asking.
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17
Faith isn’t blind. Faith is based on God’s word. So, since it takes faith to be saved (Eph. 2:8-9, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”), it takes God’s word to be saved (1 Pet. 1:23, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”). The proper order is fact, faith, then feeling.