This is where so many religious people even sincere Christians go astray. It is no longer a question of man's guilt, but of his nature. "No, I am not." (1.) Therefore it is here for the first time that we find salvation spoken of in the grand results that are now brought before us in Romans 5:1-11. Live, that is, be happy, not only in the land of Canaan, but in heaven, of which Canaan was a type and figure. (iii) The third objection is a restatement of the first: But, what if I insist that they never got the chance to hear? But this one is a special little angel. "What shall we then say that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? Man seeks to complicate it. The way to heaven up the steep sides of Sinai is inaccessible to trembling feet like ours. But we have had it fully in Romans 3:1-31. He is not studying an historical personage, however great; he is living with a real presence. And here it may be repeated that it is no question of pardoning the sinner, but of condemning the fallen nature; and this so as to give the soul both power and a righteous immunity from all internal anguish about it. I believe that whoever you are, chosen or not, predestined or not, if you will call upon the name of the Lord you will be saved. Did Gentiles believe? You need not go to the universities and earn a degree of D.D. It say's this. As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Zion shall yet behold her mighty, divine, but once despised Deliverer; and when He thus comes, there will be a deliverance suited to His glory. This also is a most important truth, my brethren, to bear in mind. Thereby is identification with His death. We should say the best we can even of our worst enemies; this is blessing those that curse us. Moreover, He gave up the knowledge of God that had been handed down from father to son (ver. The righteousness of God means that God is just, while at the same time He justifies the believer in Christ Jesus. What about the doctrine of election? They have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,"[ a] that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: 9 If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. This makes them more accountable for their rejection of the good news. (4-8) The contrast between Gods righteousness and our attempts at righteousness. For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God." You must carefully guard against the notion of its being a question of Paul's own experience, because he says, "I had not known," "I was alive," etc. To the contrary, the salvation of God is as near them as their own mouths and hearts. They become angry and envious when they see their supposedly ignorant Gentile neighbours accepting the gospel, but they themselves will not listen to it (19-21). I mean to let it stand out simply before you, that the incarnation, the life, the death, and the resurrection of Christ are the one foundation upon which we must depend for eternal salvation, and upon that alone; and if we do so depend we shall most assuredly be saved. Yes, whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But besides this he adds "to faith." Paul's answer is: "Israel's disbelief was only to be expected, for, long ago, Isaiah was moved to say in despair: 'Lord, who has believed what we have heard?'" What a title, then, God gives me now in beholding Christ, no longer dead but risen, to have it settled before my soul that I am in Him as He now is, where all questions are closed in peace and joy! He says his prayers every day. A great present-day preacher called preaching "pleading with men." For all this, as he presses further, there was the weightiest reason possible. Romans 10:17; Hebrews 6:5; Hebrews 11:3. He suffered agonizing pain, but his peace was as deep as the sea. Ah, then the heart foolishly cries, "I must know a great deal; as much as if I had been to heaven and seen for myself, or as if I had dived into the depths and made discoveries there." Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel: Paul again feels compelled to relate his heart regarding his fellow Jews. Even in their best estate the saved ones need their Lord: even if we walk in the light as God is in the light, and have fellowship with him, we still sin, and still the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth us from all sin. When we confess the Lord Jesus, we agree with what God said about Jesus, and with what Jesus said about Himself. He must not only know about Christ: he must know him. Therefore I cast about me, and I considered what subject he would wish me to preach from if he were sitting behind me this morning as he was last Lord's-day. This is applied in the two chapters that follow. He can be yours through faith right where you are (6-8). Choose a chapter and verse from 'Romans' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org. (ii) There is the ignorance which comes from wilful blindness. And to this agreed the testimony of the prophet. Romans 1:16,17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek Isaiah 57:19 How can they hear about Him unless someone preach to them? I. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. If we fail to equip ourselves for a task when every chance is given to us to equip ourselves adequately for it, we must stand condemned. To profess this doctrine was, therefore, virtually to profess all the truths of the Christian religion. Without faith there is neither justice nor life that God owns; where faith is, the rest will surely follow. 8 But what saith it? Finally, Paul insists that, all through history, God has been stretching out hands of appeal to Israel, and Israel has always been disobedient and perverse. Moses does not allow any person to dream that under the law he can be saved in any other way than by perfect obedience thereto. Moses is saying that God's law is not inaccessible and impossible; it is there in a man's mouth and life and heart. But what saith it? To my mind this word of Moses is conclusive that none of us can possibly live by the works of the law. There was no law there or then; for Abraham died long before God spoke from Sinai. The work thou hast to do lies within thee: the kingdom of God is within you,Luke 17:21. The gospel goes forth universally. The excellency of the gospel above the law. 3. The use of the law was to direct people for righteousness to Christ. "Are you a Protestant?" Thus then, if Paul gave his own sense of Jewish privileges, there was no unbelieving Jew that rose up to his estimate of them. He has no longer to win God's favour; he need simply take the grace and love and mercy which he freely offers. It is the paradox of the human situation that God is in control and yet the human will is free. 18). The first of these phrases, "from faith," excludes the law; the second, "to faith," includes every one that has faith within the scope of God's righteousness. Romans 1:1-32. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. 6 But the righteousness which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? ", Oh, but this is a very blessed thing to have to say to you. 21). This he shows further, Romans 10:3; Romans 10:3, where we may observe. The righteousness of God flows from His mercy, of course; but its character and basis is righteousness. The Jews built on a false foundation, and refused to come to Christ for free salvation by faith, and numbers in every age do the same in various ways. In the fourth verse this could not be absent; in the first verse it ought not to be present. "But if [for so it should be read] thou art named a Jew," etc. Finally he comes to two other witnesses; as from the Psalms, so now from the law and the prophets. Have not submitted. Christ is the end of the moral law in that he did what the law could not do (Romans 8:3; Romans 8:3), and secured the great end of it. 15:18-24). Such men have never been wanting since the truth has shone on this world; still less are they now. Strange as it was, this too was foretold. Thou art my hiding-place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. First, What is promised to us: Thou shalt be saved. 2. It didnt surprise God or His prophets. No; he knew that Christ was the resurrection and the life, and he was ready to depart. Just as I lean all my weight upon this rail so do I lean my soul wholly upon Christ. If God has blessed your ministry or other holy work, the devil whispers, "You are a pretty fellow; you have done wonders"; and up you will go if you are not steadied by the firm conviction that you may not glory, since you are nothing at all in yourself, and your sole help is in Jesus your Lord. "Yea verily, their sound went forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world." The Gentiles did not seem to him to be in the same position as the Jews at all. One does not have to climb to heavenas though one couldto bring it down. Then he quotes Deuteronomy 30:12-13. Go to Jesus for everything. Just as the sun in the heavens is not for one people or land alone, no more is the gospel. The doctrine of Moses and of the gospel was nigh; that is, it was easily obtained, embraced, and understood. He brings out the peculiar glories of Israel according to the depth of the gospel as he knew and preached it; at least, of His person who is the object of faith now revealed. They have plenty of, Zeal for God, but not according to knowledge, iii. Look at our dear, departed brother, Mr. Higgs, the last who has crossed the stream. Now, was it not extreme folly in the Jews to adhere so closely to this way of justification and salvation, which was in itself so hard, and by the corruption of nature now become impossible, when there was a new and a living way opened? Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 10:12-17 There is not one God to the Jews, more kind, and another to the Gentiles, who is less kind; the Lord is a Father to all men. The promise is the same to all, who call on the name of the Lord Jesus as the Son of God, as God manifest in the flesh. Of course, it could hardly be the law: that was the boast of Israel. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may bear it, and do it? For this he quotes that scripture (Leviticus 18:5), You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them. ", But all have not obeyed the good news. Do not leave that out. Because this word is so important, Paul said it was preached (present tense). When you and I are no longer sinners, Christ is no longer our Savior; when you and I no more need him, then we shall not have him. They wanted Jerusalem to be shut down completely on the Sabbath day, and he just let their sections be shut down but allowed cars to be driven in other sections. This same term occurs again in verses 14 and 15. The judgments of God will fall on man as man, but the heaviest blows are reserved for Christendom. "The just shall live by faith" (not by law). There we find Christian knowledge as to the matter introduced; but still it is the knowledge of one who is not in this state pronouncing on one who is. $9.99 + $8.50 shipping. The word of faith is to be taken for the word of promise, that is, for the gospel itself, because it bears a relation to faith. Dig not into the bowels of the earth to find the gold of salvation. Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. Hence it is wholly apart from the law, whilst witnessed to by the law and prophets; for the law with its types had looked onward to this new kind of righteousness; and the prophets had borne their testimony that it was at hand, but not then come. He does not say that if you have broken the law you may still live by some other means. Clear, then, as possible it must be to every man among us who will think, that if the only way of salvation by the works of the law is by the keeping of the law in its entirety, then that road is closed against us, and the sooner we have done with it the better; for then we shall turn our thoughts in the right direction, and travel on the way which the Lord in great mercy has prepared for us. So also the gospel by no means involves itself in obscurity, but says, Believe and live, quite as distinctly as Moses said, "Do and live." "What do you mean? It is hard to trust somebody you don't know. It is not among the Gentiles, but in the honoured centre of the polity of Israel. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? Paul wants the Jews to be saved, but they cannot be saved while trying to create their own righteousness through law-keeping. It is implied in this wish that they might be convinced and converted; he could not pray in faith that they might be saved in their unbelief. He could not have remitted heretofore. Faith comes by hearing, hearing by the Word of God.We are told in Jude that one of the ways by which we keep ourselves in that place of blessing, the blessings of God's love, is building up ourselves in the most holy faith. The solution is given elsewhere in the Bible: Get back to what brought us together in the first placethe combination of the word of Christ and devotion to Him, to the love . Conscious deliverance, to be solid according to God, must be in the line of His truth. "Ah, well," said one, "sometimes I enjoy good frames and feelings, and feel very happy, and then I lose them, and sink in spirit." (324) For the purpose of removing the impediments of faith, he has hitherto spoken negatively: but now in order to show the way of obtaining righteousness, he adopts an affirmative mode of speaking. He demands perfect and entire obedience, if life is to come of it. You cannot believe in him unless you hear about him. Moses claimed for the law which God had given to the people through him that it was clear, and within the range of their knowledge and understanding. Romans 10 - Israel's Present Rejection of God A. Israel's rejection of the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ. That act denoted not even the washing away of our sins by the blood of Jesus, which would not apply to the case, nor in any adequate way meet the question of nature. Charity teaches us to have the best opinion of persons, and to put the best construction upon words and actions, that they will bear. This God has wrought in Christ. Thus the discussion of Abraham strengthens the case in behalf of the uncircumcised who believe, to the overthrow of the greatest boast of the Jew. This is where so many religious people even sincere Christians go astray. And as that little remnant is ever sustained by the grace of God, it is the standing pledge of their final blessedness through His mercy, whereon the apostle breaks out into raptures of thanksgiving to God. That was said to Paul, rather than what was taught by Paul. Read this verse, "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." There was a most important trial of man in the person of Adam; but after this, what dispensation was there? Their sins had been passed by. First of all, the groundwork of it is laid in the first four verses, the last of them leading into every-day walk. And what led to the call of Abraham, of whom we hear much in the epistle to the Romans as elsewhere, was the departure of man into idolatry. But even if it were not already broken, should we get through to-morrow with its temptations, bearing such a heart as we have within us, without breaking that perfect and spotless law? III. Believing in the heart that God raised him from the dead. What was to be the stumbling-stone? Of whom does it declare all this? He quotes from Joel, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. () in Romans 10:8, as afterwards . What He does is to pierce and penetrate the man's conscience. i. The expression means that righteousness which God can afford to display because of Christ's atonement. You must believe in your heart; and even that belief is not enough without accompanying action: confess with your mouth. Here now we have the basis for missionary activity by the church. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the soul is alive to God, and has begun its holy happiness which shall endure for ever. Depend upon him without fear as to your present and eternal salvation. The story of Jesus Christ passed through all of the Jewish communities around the world. That is God's promise.So we have the divine sovereignty of God, but we also have the human responsibility of man, and you will not be saved unless you do call upon the name of the Lord. Beware of those endeavors of men today to broaden the gate. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. Abraham believed God when, according to nature, it was impossible for him or for Sarah to have a child. As your next door neighbor's house is not hard to get at, so neither is salvation by the gospel. They did not understand, and believe, and consider, the strict justice of God, in hating and punishing sin, and demanding satisfaction, did not consider what need we have of a righteousness wherein to appear before him; if they had, they would never have stood out against the gospel offer, nor expected justification by their own works, as if they could satisfy God's justice. You, dear friend, down the aisle there, it you trust in Christ you shall never be ashamed of your hope. , , The word, that is, the word of faith is nigh thee. (1-3) Israels refusal to submit to the righteousness of God. Be it so then; it was a foolish nation by which Moses declared they should be angered. He here shows the folly of that mistake, and what an unreasonable thing it was for them to be seeking justification by the works of the law, now that Christ had come, and had brought in an everlasting righteousness; considering. The unbelieving Jews were the most bitter enemies Paul had in the world, and yet Paul gives them as good a character as the truth would bear. This knowledge was readily available and known to all. Such is the doctrine and the fact. "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man," etc. The righteousness of God, then, could now go forth in virtue of His blood. Now, I hope I have put it plainly. Thus corruption not only overspread morals, but became an integral part of the religion of men, and had thus a quasi-divine sanction. b. The Jews have no reason to believe that God has rejected them. "The word is near you. It is not meant that Paul knew nothing of this; but that the ground of inference, and the general theory built up, are alike mistaken. There is a preaching which blasts the sinner with tempestuously angry words; but always Paul speaks the truth in love. So Paul concludes his argument by citing two Old Testament texts to prove his case. He shows that, on the responsible ground of being His nation, they were wholly ruined. I have always felt obliged to the Cardinal for that admission; because the best is good enough for me, and since trusting in Jesus is the safest, I intend to stick to it even to the end. to deal with the whole posterity of Adam as involved in death because of one, their common father, who could deny the consistency of one man's saving? In the same way the apostle disposes of all pretence on the score of ordinances, especially circumcision. But there is more than this in Romans 4:1-25 He takes up a third feature of Abraham's case; that is, the connection of the promise with resurrection. If I had a sense of sin as deep as that of lost souls in hell, I could hope that I should be saved." Even those that seek a place of separation to the Lord outside that which is now hurrying on souls to destruction are, nevertheless, deeply affected by the condition of that Christendom in which we find ourselves. There is no question of a people on earth, and of God's wrath breaking out in one form or another against human evil in this life. It is close to you; it is as close as your mouth. In verse 11 of that chapter, Moses tells Israel that Gods commands are not beyond their grasp as if they could find them only by ascending to heaven or crossing the sea. I will read his exact words to you. . Sirs, what must I do to be saved? The Gentiles the despised heathen were to be brought in; the self-satisfied Jews are left behind, justly and beyond question, if they believed the law and the prophets. The design of the law was to lead people to Christ. Paul's Discourse of Righteousness; The Method of Salvation. The offering up of this desire to God. 16). First, in 10:8b, he uses rema ("the word") to explain faith. Did they fall back on Abraham? Here I shall be very brief. The law is not compelled to lower its terms, as though it had originally asked too much; it is holy and just and good, and ought not to be altered in one jot or tittle, nor can it be. If a man confessed faith in Jesus, as the Lord and Saviour of lost sinners, and really believed in his heart that God had raised him from the dead, thus showing that he had accepted the atonement, he should be saved by the righteousness of Christ, imputed to him through faith. These dear ones at this hour look back upon me and say, "Go on: preach the same gospel to others; for we found it blessed truth to die upon." They are a disobedient and contrary people, and all the more so because of their great responsibility before God. speaketh on this wise: In these verses (6-8), Pauls language is clearly based on the Septuagint rendering of Deuteronomy 30:11-14 where Moses enumerates the blessings that accrue to Israel if she keeps the law. f. The Scripture says: Referring, I think, to the general sense of Scripture, rather than to any one passage. First, Moses says: "I will make you jealous of a nation which is no nation. But now it is "the wrath of God from heaven;" and consequently it is in view of eternal things, and not of those that touch present life on the earth. 1. So Paul's first answer is: "You cannot say there was no messenger; Isaiah describes these very messengers; and Isaiah lived long ago.". And how shall they hear without a preacher? He can meet the sinner, but He justifies the believer; and in this, instead of trenching on His glory, there is a deeper revelation and maintenance of it than if there never had been sin or a sinner. the top and bottom of such an ascent must be, "to bring Christ down." May you experience the joys of His power, of His presence, of His glory, as God day by day showers you with His goodness and with His love. 8, after thanking God through Jesus for their faith spoken of everywhere, and telling them of his prayers for them, he briefly discloses the desire of his heart about them his long-cherished hope according to the grace of the gospel to reach Rome his confidence in the love of God that through him some spiritual gift would be imparted to them, that they might be established, and, according to the spirit of grace which filled his own heart, that he too might be comforted together with them "by the mutual faith both of you and me" (vv. We have the tenour of it, Romans 10:9; Romans 10:10, the sum of the gospel, which is plain and easy enough. It seems to us that what we have here is not so much a finished passage as summary notes. (b.) But if children, we are His heirs. Its simplicity and plainness he proceeds immediately to state. From the first verse we have the application of the dead and risen Christ to the soul, till in verse 11 we see the power of the Holy Ghost, which brings the soul into this liberty now, applied by-and-by to the body, when there will be the complete deliverance. To call Jesus kurios ( G2962) was to count him unique. Here you have it, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Christ is come, and has changed all. It was the Lord giving us the profit of sorrow, and ourselves bowing to the way and end of God in it, so that the result of tribulation should be rich and fruitful experience. But what does it say? At the same time the apostle does allude to that mystery which was not yet divulged at least, in this epistle; but he points from the foundations of eternal truth to those heavenly heights that were reserved for other communications in due time. It must possess this place because the gospel is Gods power to save us (1:16). . This word of faith is our message, that, if you acknowledge with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and if you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. They're both true. We are as full of evil as an egg is full of meat, and our heart is like a cage of unclean birds. The past prepared the way, as it is said here, "which God had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures, concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, [here we have the great central object of God's gospel, even the person of Christ, God's Son,] which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh" (ver. A person cannot believe unless they hear. ): Paul says it is not necessary for men to descend into the realms of death and Satan to attain salvation. b. I now plunge into my text. Choose a verse from 'Romans 10' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org. They set up the golden calf, and thus cast off the true God, their God, even in the desert. No one is lost until he sins and sin becomes full grown (James 1:15). As no keeper of the law would have been lost on any ground whatever, so no believer in Christ shall be lost on any ground whatever; as no breaker of the law could escape punishment, so no unbeliever in Christ can he saved. 6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? "For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified." Because they were sons of Abraham. Hence, as God's wrath is revealed from heaven, it is against every form of impiety "against all ungodliness." For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes ( Romans 10:3-4 ). Lectionary Calendar. then, go out to Gentiles? i. For his sake let me tell it again. There is then the solemn truth also of divine wrath. They also had a moral problem: they have not submitted to the righteousness of God. By the preaching of the Gospel the doctrine of salvation is nigh thee, and the saving influence is at hand: it is in thy mouth, easy to be understood, easy to be professed: and in thy heart, if thou art upright before God, sincerely desiring to be saved on his own terms, not striving to establish thy own method of justification by the law, which must for ever be ineffectual, but submitting to the method of justification which God has devised. He was debtor both to the Greeks and the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise; he was ready, as far as he was concerned, to preach the gospel to those that were at Rome also (ver. He had bought the truth and would not sell it, and so he stuck to. Thus the first argument shows that the rejection was not total; the second, that it was but for a season. "But there is no place for boasting neither now or eternally when we get to heaven and when before the throne I stand in Him complete. To prove this point Paul quotes two passages. This is a state of mind, and not the necessary or immediate fruit of Romans 3:1-31, but is based on the truth of Romans 4:1-25 as well as 3. or who hath been his counsellor? Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. But what saith it? That mode of living which will do for the depths is safe for the heights. We accordingly are dead, says he, to the law; not (as no doubt almost all of us know) that the law dies, but that we are dead to the law in the death of Christ. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets" (verses 20, 21). His life and death pointed in one direction. Jack answered, "I never get lower than I am, for I am down at the bottom. The word is near you -- --easily accessible. 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