The good question Paul posed in his Roman letter is, “How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed?” (Romans 10:14a). What was the purpose for calling on the Name of the Lord? To be saved, as it is written, “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13).
Calling in the Old Testament Abraham “…And there he built an altar to Jehovah and called upon the name of Jehovah” (Gen. 12:8), David wrote, “I call upon Jehovah, who is worthy of praise; and from my enemies I was saved” (2 Sam. 22:4) and “In my distress I called upon Jehovah…” (2 Sam. 22:7). Joel’s prophecy, “And everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved” (Joel 2:32). The New Testament believers continued to practice calling on the name of the Lord, but it is more often taught wrongly that calling on the name of the Lord simply means asking Jesus into your heart.
On the day of Pentecost God poured out His Spirit and the early Christians received the Salvation Spirit by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus “And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 22 “Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.” (Acts 2:21-22). In Acts 22:16 Paul “…arise and be baptized washing away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.”
The first and primary reason to call on the Lord is to be saved. But before you can call on the name of the Lord, there are conditions, and in this lesson we’ll invest our time studying the scriptures to learn truth about calling on His name. . .