One is from Deuteronomy 32:21 where God says that, because of Israel's disobedience and rebellion, he will transfer his favour to another people, and they will be forced to become jealous of a nation which has no nation. Let us take the objections and the answering scripture texts one by one. So then faith must come by hearing, and hearing by the word of God ( Romans 10:16-17 ). "He resisted," says the writer, "even to the agonies of death, for the law's sake.". Verse 17. Not all will accept the message, but Christians must proclaim it nevertheless. We are heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ. Paul's Discourse of Righteousness; The Method of Salvation. Christ is come, and has changed all. Thus the introduction opened with Christ's person, and closes with God's righteousness. Such is the doctrine and the fact. It is not here a question of how a man is to be saved, but of God's indispensable moral judgment, which the gospel, instead of weakening asserts according to the holiness and truth of God. People cannot come to Jesus without the right information about the gospel, but information alone is not enough to save anyone. 10:5-8: For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby. There is no mystery or obscurity about it. * I scarcely knew what to preach from this morning; but at last I settled in my mind that I would raise a memorial to my departed friend by preaching a sermon which should be connected with himself. No man can tell. It is God who now makes known a righteousness to man, instead of looking for any from man. In Romans 14:1-23 and the beginning ofRomans 15:1-33; Romans 15:1-33 we have the delicate theme of Christian forbearance in its limits and largeness. Clarke's Commentary Verse Romans 10:8. The gospel at its height in no wise weakens but maintains the moral manifestation of what God is. In hours of dire distress and great heaviness of spirit, of which I know enough, I prove the power of faith in Jesus. Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel: Paul again feels compelled to relate his heart regarding his fellow Jews. It was laid down that, in the event of sickness, measures might be taken to keep the patient from becoming worse, but not to make him better. Judge ye whether any one of us has fulfilled the whole law. Anybody being able to . Why should this be so strange and incredible to you? As I said the other day, Do not behave like a rat behind the wainscot, only daring to come out in the dark. I confine myself to its doctrinal import, and the full Christian sense of the word; and I maintain that salvation signifies that deliverance for the believer which is the full consequence of the mighty work of Christ, apprehended not, of course, necessarily according to all its depth in God's eyes, but at any rate applied to the soul in the power of the Holy Ghost. Which we preach - Which is proclaimed by the apostles, and made known to Jews and Gentiles. Suppose your faith cannot work miracles; never mind about miracles. To this he refers likewise, Galatians 3:12, The man that doeth them, shall live in them. This is precisely what salvation does not mean; and I would strongly press it on all that hear me, more particularly on those that have to do with the work of the Lord, and of course ardently desire to labour intelligently; and this not alone for the conversion, but for the establishment and deliverance of souls. Romans 1:1-32. It is not yet executed. We all know where it is and must be for the Christian. Jewish religion was based on meticulous obedience to the law. This is unto righteousness. There is sure ground here. 4). Christianity is belief plus confession; it involves witness before men. (i) There is the ignorance which comes from neglect of knowledge. First Moses said, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation and I will anger you ( Romans 10:19 ). This would make me wonder what kind of a character am I that she is having such a hard time believing me. All that which is done for us is already done to our hands. And thus, I have great difficulty with their present and current status before God. He does not, however, exclude other parts of the word, no, not even the precepts of the law; but his design is, to show that remission of sins stands for righteousness, even apart from that strict obedience which the law demands. Hence, then, we find that the whole chapter is founded on this truth. It is true that Israel did not accept the good news from God, and in their refusal they were simply running true to form; history was repeating itself. Now, what Paul declared of the Jew then is still true today. This phrase, , "the word of faith", may be seen in the Jewish writings z; and this shows what word is here meant, even the Gospel so called, because it contains doctrines which are to be believed upon the testimony of God, and particularly the doctrine of justification by the righteousness of Christ received by faith; and because it proposes Christ as the object of faith, and encourages souls to believe in him for life and salvation; and is also the means of begetting and implanting faith in the heart, and without it the preaching of it is of no avail: and it is further described by the ministration of it. If you will just confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord. Be it so then; it was a foolish nation by which Moses declared they should be angered. And the cross offends people, because the cross tells you there is only one way to God. And as it is for obedience of faith, it was not in anywise restricted to the Jewish people "among all nations, for his (Christ's) name: among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ" (verses 5, 6). The downfall of man, when he thus abandoned God, was most rapid and profound; and the Holy Spirit traces this solemnly to the end ofRomans 1:1-32; Romans 1:1-32 with no needless words, in a few energetic strokes summing up that which is abundantly confirmed (but in how different a manner!) faith comes by hearing [ the thing heard], (19) The testimony of Deuteronomy 32:21. He would not therefore have them ignorant how they had lain on his heart for a visit (ver. This brings out a most emphatic truth and special side of Christianity. Verse 20. He said he had no experience but this, The good elders very properly asked, "Are you converted? You already have it; all you have to do is obey it (Vol. To this day there are strict orthodox Jews in this country who will not poke or mend a fire on the Sabbath or switch on a light. That there is none righteous, none that doeth good, none that understandeth. He was in the end killed. Here you have it, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." There is nothing now to be done, but a work in us; this must be our care, to look to our heart and mouth. Romans 10:17, NASB: So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. He will not be ashamed to own that Christ in whom he trusts; he that believes in the heart will not be ashamed to confess with the mouth. There never can be solid peace with God without both. 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. Isaiah says: "I was found of them who sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me." By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. 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. So there must be confession with the mouth. And their words to the ends of the world.. Accordingly Romans 8:1-39 pursues in the most practical manner the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. in order to understand this declaration: it is as plain as words can make it. I am sure we should not. 11, 12). No, confess yourself a sinner; trust in the sinner's Savior, and you are saved. They ought to have known better: they had every chance to know better; but they rejected the appeal of God. The word is close to you, it is even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth that Jesus is Lord, and will believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved ( Romans 10:8-9 ). We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. For Moses described the righteousness which is of the law, [he said,] That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. The rest of the chapter (7-25) is an instructive episode, in which the impotence and the misery of the renewed mind which attempts practice under law are fully argued out, till deliverance (not pardon) is found in Christ. If you find him in it will not much matter where you find him, in heaven or in the deep, for he must be almighty everywhere. I assure you that I daily find the value of living by faith. In the fourth verse this could not be absent; in the first verse it ought not to be present. I am afraid we say a great deal at times which rather lumbers and cumbers the gospel than makes it clear. This he shows further, Romans 10:3; Romans 10:3, where we may observe. It is not said to be revealed in the gospel. The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart "that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Such men have never been wanting since the truth has shone on this world; still less are they now. No one would undertake it at all unless he was supremely in earnest. (1-3) Israel's refusal to submit to the righteousness of God. For the Jew stumbling at Jesus Christ going about by works trying to establish a righteousness before God.Paul declares they just haven't made it and can't make it for they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God and Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes. (that is, to bring Christ down from above:): In Moses sermon these words mean the law that he commanded Israel to obey was not some far off impossibility requiring heroic superhuman efforts to discover and obey. This Good News is readily available to anyone who will receive it freely from God through Christ. and therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. was true, accordingly, before the law, right through the law, and ever since the 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. Of it nothing has been heard till now. So, then, faith comes from hearing, and hearing comes from the word which comes from Christ and which tells of him. What about His word passed and sworn to the fathers? Changes will take effect once you reload the page. III. Would we follow up the heights of heavenly truth, would we sound the depths of Christian experience, would we survey the workings of the Spirit of God in the Church, would we bow before the glories of the person of Christ, or learn His manifold offices, we must look elsewhere in the writings of the New Testament no doubt, but elsewhere rather than here. First, What is promised to us: Thou shalt be saved. 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. 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. The apostle shows them with astonishing force at the starting-point that he was far from slighting their privileges. And how can they believe in Him unless they hear about Him? 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. He says his prayers every day. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report? So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. This is an important consideration because Paul specifically applies the allusions he makes to Deuteronomy 30 to "the righteousness which is of faith," whereas Moses is clearly talking about the law and obedience to it. His answer is: "You cannot say that Israel never got the chance to hear; for scripture plainly says that God's message has gone out to all the world.". He heard a poor woman sing somewhere, He remembered the words, and what was better, he felt their sense; and he kept on humming them to himself till God's good Spirit engraved them on his heart. Sufficient then for pacifying minds, and for rendering certain our salvation, is the word of the gospel; in which we are not commanded to earn righteousness by works, but to embrace it, when offered gratuitously, by faith. The meaning is, the doctrine is not difficult to be understood and embraced. They also had a moral problem: they have not submitted to the righteousness of God. Last of all, the apostle links up this fundamental treatise of divine righteousness in its doctrine, its dispensational bearings, and its exhortations to the walk of Christians, with higher truth, which it would not have been suitable then to bring out; for grace considers the state and the need of the saints. If slurred over, as it too often is in souls, it invariably leaves practical obedience lame, and halt, and blind. The soul of prayer is the heart's desire. To profess this doctrine was, therefore, virtually to profess all the truths of the Christian religion. He demands perfect and entire obedience, if life is to come of it. It is not a question of His mercy merely; for this weakens the truth immensely, and perverts its character wholly. Deuteronomy 30:14. is the double prophecy. Thence thou must fetch thy evidences, not out of the records of heaven. (That is, to bring Christ up from the dead.) "He that doeth those things," that is, always, without exception, with all his heart and soul and strength "he shall live by them"; but nobody else. Whoever you are, God's promise is to you that if you call upon the name of the Lord you will be saved. Yet, how many times we take the promises of God and say, "Oh, God, just help me to believe. 2. or "what saith he", Moses? The scope of the apostle in this part of the chapter is to show the vast difference between the righteousness of the law and the righteousness of faith, and the great pre-eminence of the righteousness of faith above that of the law; that he might induce and persuade the Jews to believe in Christ, aggravate the folly and sin of those that refused, and justify God in the rejection of such refusers. Nevertheless there is in this passage something of permanent value. Then Isaiah says, greatly daring: "I was found by those who did not seek me. Thou art my hiding-place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. 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. It must not be, assumed too readily. To whom, then, did the law address itself? No fresh revelations from God can nullify those which preceded them; but as the prophets looked onward to what was coming, so is the gospel already come, supported by the past. The subserviency of the law to the gospel (Romans 10:4; Romans 10:4): Christ is the end of the law for righteousness. He wished his beloved ones to go to their beds; and since they would stop with him, he desired them to sing." "For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek" (ver. But God has established the way through Jesus Christ. 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