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The doctrine of salvation.

Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation. For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth. For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.
    
For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “The one who does these things will live by them .” * But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, * ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” * (that is, to bring Christ down) or “Who will descend into the abyss? ” * (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? “ The word is near you , in your mouth and in your heart ” * (that is, the word of faith that we preach), because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord * and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness * and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation. * For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame .” * For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him. Foreveryone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved . *
    
How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them *? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How timely * is the arrival * of those who proclaim the good news .” * But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord , who has believed our report ?” * Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word * of Christ. **
    
But I ask, have they * not heard? * Yes, they have: * Their voice has gone out to all the earth , and their words to the ends of the world . * But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? *First Moses says, “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger .” * And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me .” * But about Israel he says, “All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people! ” * 

It is clearly taught hear that Christ is the end of the law if we look at Romans chapter 10 verse four it says that Christ is the end of the law with the result that there was righteousness for everyone who believes. We are not to say in our hearts who will ascended to heaven or who will descend to the abyss in other words we are not to question who makes it to heaven and who doesn't make it to heaven in the sense that we need to bring Christ down from the depths of the earth or from heaven itself to save us. The salvific profession as pointed out in verse nine when it says because if you confess Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead you will be saved. 

Another verse that needs to be taken into consideration is the following, from first Corinthians 15 Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain. For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received – that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures, 

The  Salvific profession that Jesus is Lord in the belief that he died on the cross for our sins is a necessary requirement for anyone to be saved. It is the Holy Spirit who removes the veil from our 
eyes to reveal to us the glory of Jesus Christ the son of God as Savior and Lord. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ, romans chapter 10 verse 17. There are many other verses 
that claim the sufficiency of Scripture and the understanding that one must repent and receive the good news of the word of God, but as these two Pauline books explains one must confess Jesus as Lord believe in his heart that God has raised him from the dead, and believe that Christ died on the 
cross for the payment of your sins. When one does this he is assured of eternal life presently and after death.

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