Here the Jew has no exclusive privilege; and from this the Greek is not rejected. “At least they have a, Seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God, i. Confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus: We can never forget all that it meant to say that Jesus Christ is Lord.

- Though the apostle knew that the Jews were now in a state of rejection, yet he knew also that they were in this state through their own obstinacy, and that God was still waiting to be gracious, and consequently, that they might still repent and turn to him. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. And, as sacrifices were offered merely to procure pardon of sin, righteousness, or justification, Christ is the end of the law for this justification to every one that believeth on him, as dying for their offenses, and rising again for their justification, having made peace through the blood of his cross. One simple way of being saved is proposed to all, viz. You can check these in your browser security settings. We must devote and give up to God our souls and our bodies: our souls in believing with the heart, and our bodies in confessing with the mouth. Saul of Tarsus was a notorious persecutor of Christians before Jesus confronted him on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-20). And this gives the apostle opportunity to speak largely concerning their rejection in the following chapter. d. Believe in your heart: Mere intellectual agreement with the facts of the cross and the resurrection is not enough. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. “Christ did not come to make the law milder, or to render it possible for our cracked and battered obedience to be accepted as a sort of compromise. We may request cookies to be set on your device. So, Sometimes the quotation is only intended to explain a doctrinal point, as. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain.

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And both his death and resurrection are essentially necessary for the salvation of a lost world. Depend upon him without fear as to your present and eternal salvation. c. But the righteousness of faith: This is based on Jesus, and we don’t have to “work” to get Jesus. Having a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge, they sought salvation by works, and not by faith in Christ, Romans 10:2-4.

To this notion of them the apostle may refer in his use of them in this place, and to a Jew the application would be legitimate. They also had a moral problem: they have not submitted to the righteousness of God. I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me.”. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. Our Lord gives the law all it requires, not a part, for that would be an admission that it might justly have been content with less at first.” (Spurgeon). For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”. (14-15) The necessity of the preaching of the gospel. Genes. The law ends for the believer in the sense that our obedience to the law is no longer the basis for our relationship with God. How welcome the gospel ought to be to those to whom it was preached! All these things the apostle lays down as essentially necessary; and they all follow from his grand proposition, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Sometimes it is the intention of the quotation to prove that something was predicted, or properly foretold in the prophetic writings, as. b. (5-11) The Gentiles stand on a level with the Jews, in justification and salvation. But the righteousness which is of faith - As it is most evident that there can be no justification by works, as all are sinful and all in a guilty state; if God will grant salvation at all, it must be by faith: but faith must have an object and a reason for its exercise; the object is Jesus Christ - the reason is the infinite merit of his passion and death. The law is the letter that killeth; the Gospel is the spirit that giveth life. No man ever did, nor ever can, fulfill that law, so as to merit salvation by the performance of it: for, as all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, they are all under the curse of the law, which says: Cursed is every one who continueth not in all the things that are written in the book of the law to do them, Deuteronomy 27:26; Galatians 3:10; therefore by the deeds of this law none can be justified, because all are in a state of condemnation for transgressions already committed against it.

The gospel is given, not only to be known and believed, but to be obeyed. And how shall they Hear without a preacher? First Moses says: “I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. But I say, have they not heard? A disobedient and contrary people: This tells God’s assessment of disobedient, Messiah-rejecting Israel. ii. He shall neither be disappointed of his hope, nor ashamed of his confidence; because he has that faith which is the evidence of things not seen, the subsistence of things hoped for, Hebrews 11:1. How shall they hear without a preacher? There is not a part of the promised land in which these glad tidings have not been preached; and there is scarcely a place in the Roman empire in which the doctrine of Christ crucified has not been heard: if, therefore, the Jews have not believed, the fault is entirely their own; as God has amply furnished them with the means of faith and of salvation. It is not a system of notions, but a rule of practice. But, says the apostle, How shall they Call upon him in whom they have not believed? 1 Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. If you want to live by the law (find life through the law), you must do the law – and do it completely and perfectly.

To this the apostle answers, that the Spirit of God, by Isaiah, Isaiah 53:1, foretold it would be so, even in the case of the Jews themselves, where he said, Lord, who hath believed our report? Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here.

The patience of God towards provoking sinners is wonderful. a. All Rights Reserved. Therefore they are not saved. - But to return to the objection: You say they have not all Believed; I ask: Have they not all Heard? The righteousness or justification, which is by faith, receives Christ as an atoning sacrifice, by which all past sin is pardoned. What is necessary to salvation, believing, hearing, preaching, a Divine mission, the Gospel, and obedience to its precepts, Romans 10:14-16. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. So that even under the law, all who were justified before God, obtained that blessing by faith, whereby they were made partakers of the perfect righteousness of the promised Redeemer. But Paul makes it clear: There is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.

The ingratitude and disobedience of the Israelites, Romans 10:21.

It didn’t surprise God or His prophets. Believe that he can save you; believe that he will save you; at any rate leave the whole matter of your salvation with him in unquestioning confidence. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. This is where so many religious people – even sincere Christians – go astray. But by now the gospel had been carried to most parts of the Mediterranean area where Jews were to be found; and that is all the argument requires.” (Bruce), b. What is heard must be credited; for they who do not believe the Gospel as the record which God has given of his Son cannot be saved.

Finding the new version too difficult to understand? © Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . (1-3) Israel’s refusal to submit to the righteousness of God. "Believing in Christ, or God, Romans 10:11, and calling upon God, Romans 10:12-14, are in effect the same thing; as calling upon God necessarily connects and supposes faith in him: and he who duly believes in Christ has such a sense of his dependence upon Divine grace, that he looks unto God and trusts in his power and goodness alone for happiness: which is the true religion of the Gospel."

Romans 10 – Israel’s Present Rejection of God A. Israel’s rejection of the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ.

15:18-24). “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): a. Christ is the end of the law: Jesus is the end of the law for those who believe. - Acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ as the only Savior. When, therefore, there is: Sometimes his intention goes no farther than using the same strong expressions, as being equally applicable to the point in hand. It is proposed to their understanding and conscience; but it does not become the means of salvation unless it be affectionately credited. 9, where it is said: מלין אינון משיחא עבדי Abdey mashicha innun millin . How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? i. Paul’s heart’s desire also translated into concrete action: prayer to God for Israel. You must believe in your heart; and even that belief is not enough without accompanying action: confess with your mouth. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law - The place to which the apostle refers, seems to be Leviticus 18:5; : Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments; which if a man do, he shall live in them. © 2020 Christianity.com. There are numerous options given to us by commentators and theologians for the Rom 10:9-10 passage to help explain what might have happened in Bob’s experience. i. (1-4) The difference between the righteousness of the law, and the righteousness of faith. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. Nevertheless God’s “normal” way of bringing people to Jesus Christ is through the preaching of the gospel. But when Paul emphasizes the need to believe that God has raised him from the dead, it is not that we believe the resurrection as opposed to the cross, but encompassing the work of Jesus on the cross. b. Romans 10 Inductive Bible Study. And what is the life of a Christian but a life of prayer? Chapter 10.

The law has not come to an end in the sense of no longer reflecting God’s standard or no longer showing us our need for a Savior. i. a. I will provoke you to jealousy: God told Israel that He would bring others close to Him and make them jealous. (19) The testimony of Deuteronomy 32:21. It is not as if we have to ascend into heaven or descend into the abyss to gain Jesus. "Commentary on Romans 10:4". For as the life of man and the practice of piety are compared to walking, Psalm 1:1, so his feet may signify the principles on which he acts, and the dispositions of his mind. He, foreseeing your unbelief and rebellion, said by Moses, Deuteronomy 32:21, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

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