Most churches today just tell people that if you confess to God that you’re a sinner and believe in Jesus Christ, you will be saved. And they’re absolutely right, but they’re forgetting a very important detail that also goes along with that. They overlook the fact that accepting Jesus as our Saviour does not only include the repentance of our sins, but the accepting of a covenant with our Lord. Reciting the sinner’s prayer, perhaps shedding a tear or two, and then continuing living a life of sin, does not make you saved. Romans 10:10 is often used to back up this message of repentance without change: “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Interpreted in English this verse seems to mean that by merely confessing, you’re saved, but by studying this verse’s Hebraic roots, we can uncover its true meaning.  

The Strong’s Concordance tells us that to “make confession” is from the Greek “compound of the base, confession and made, meaning to make a covenant, or a promise”.  Strong's #G3670 homologeō

“For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth a covenant is made unto salvation.”

In order to understand this covenant, we must go back to when the children of Israel were taken to Mt. Sinai. It was here that they made a covenant with our Lord. 

“Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine.” The children of Israel responded with an, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” (Exodus 19:5-8).  He had given them His law which was the instruction manual as to how to live their lives. 

      The law is like a mirror. It was designed to so show us the sin in our lives so that we repent and change our ways to those of the Lord. It alone can not save us. 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 (Eph 2:8-9). 

When we accept Christ into our lives, we are also agreeing to obey and follow His law. While we are not saved by works (Gal 2:16), we should want to follow Christ’s commandments because we love Him and want to obey Him. For Jesus has said:   If ye love me, keep my commandments (John 14:15).   

Now there are those who believe that the law was done away with at the cross, but what does God’s word say?:

• Rom 10:4  For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.  The word “end” does not mean abolished. It is the Greek word “telos” which means goal.  Christ is the goal of the law for righteousness… Strong's # G5056, The Marriage by Azaleah Gomez