But the righteousness which is of faith speaks like this, Don't say in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? It seems incredible that a man should die like that for a law like that. He was God over all blessed for ever, as well as their Messiah. So I believe it. g. All who call upon Him: Again, note the emphasis on human responsibility. 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. ", Oh, but this is a very blessed thing to have to say to you. Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . It is our duty that we must not, it is our privilege that we shall not, be ashamed of our faith in Christ. No, we will find out next week as we move into Romans 11:0 that God still has a plan whereby He is going to bring salvation to the Jew. He loved even here at the threshold to show the breadth of God's grace. Now, I hope I have put it plainly. Pastor Mark Schlamann. The gospel states its message as clearly as the law. Be nothing; be nobody; and trust Him. There could be but one satisfactory answer. "What do you mean? So therefore it addressed itself to the obedience of faith; not by this meaning practice, still less according to the measure of a man's duty, but that which is at the root of all practice faith-obedience obedience of heart and will, renewed by divine grace, which accepts the truth of God. So faith comes by hearing, hearing by the Word of God. This is what that word of faith says, even the gospel which we preach. There is such a thing as a blind misguided zeal: such was that of the Jews, who, when they hated Christ's people and ministers, and cast them out, said, Let the Lord be glorified (Isaiah 66:5); nay, they killed them, and thought they did God good service, John 16:2. It is through the Word of God that we come to know God. Just help me to believe." June 2023. Why, next, it forbids the questions of despair. ROMANS 10:8-17 INTRODUCTION: It is amazing how little people know about the Word of God, especially here in America where virtually everyone has access to the Bible. But still, all day long His hand stretched out to the Jew who refused to come God's way through Jesus Christ. There is hardly any phraseology that tends to more injury of souls in these matters than a loose way of talking of salvation. What were the principles of it? The best of them are but filthy rags: stow them all away in the coal-hole, and look to the merits of your Lord for salvation. 8 But what saith it? That word is the gospel of Christ. But after the flood man as such was put under certain conditions the whole race. To this then the apostle comes, after having spoken of the divine favour shown himself, both when a sinner, and now in his own special place of serving the Lord Jesus. Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. There is then the solemn truth also of divine wrath. But what saith it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Of course our new Perfection brethren, spick and span saints as they are, are not like Jack, they are not "poor sinners, and nothing at all," and I am afraid lest some of them should find out that Jesus Christ is not their all in all. Thus then, if Paul gave his own sense of Jewish privileges, there was no unbelieving Jew that rose up to his estimate of them. What glory so rich as that of the Christ Himself duly appreciated? I can say no less. For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God." ** In Park-street early in my ministry I told the story, and it did my friend good, and helped to rest his soul all those years ago, so that he remembered it and repeated it at the last. Perhaps thou wouldst be ashamed to say it with thy lips; but do not say it at all; do not say that the way to heaven is hard, or mysterious, or in any degree apart from the simple act of believing. God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever would believe in Him would not perish but can know the eternal life of God and the glory of God's eternal kingdom and can share as children of God, heirs of God, joint-heirs with Jesus Christ, kings and priests in that glorious age that is coming. A Jew would find it hard to believe that the way to God was not through the law; this way of trust and of acceptance was shatteringly and incredibly new to him. Do you mean to tell me that because my father does not believe that Jesus is the Messiah that he is lost?" Paul was well aware of that; at this very time he was planning the evangelization of Spain, a province where the name of Christ was not yet known (. 18). All the while God is wanting the Jews to come elbowing, which is a trait for them anyhow, to come on in and get close.Moses said, "I will provoke you to jealousy by them that were not my people. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. We are heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ. This Huckster Jack was a poor, wicked fellow, who had gone about from village to village, swearing, drinking, huckstering and perhaps pilfering. the word of faith -- The gospel peached by the apostles. Suppose your faith cannot work miracles; never mind about miracles. For the scripture says, Whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed. Some wonder why Paul didnt mention the crucifixion in this passage. If you trust in him with your heart, trust him openly, and confess him with your mouth, owning that he is your Lord, and your Savior. The Holy Ghost, who now gives the soul its consciousness of deliverance from its place in Christ, is also the witness that the body too, the mortal body, shall be delivered in its time. He suffered agonizing pain, but his peace was as deep as the sea. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. For information about the word heart (kardia), see the commentary on verse 1. 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. The doctrine of faith therefore, which reposes on the cross, establishes law, instead of making it void, as every other principle must (verses 27-31). The information in this verse is a rather loose quotation from Deuteronomy 30:12-14 (it would be best to read these verses). One night he collared some young people to ask them questions about the Bible. At the same time he connects, in a singularly interesting manner, this disclosure of the principles of the eternal judgment of God with what he calls "my gospel." and how shall they preach unless they be sent? This do, and thou shalt live. His sons and daughters will tell you that his death was sad to them, but not to him. Then he knows that Jesus will blot out his transgressions, and create in him a clean heart, and restore him to himself again, though now, like David, his sin is ever before him. No one is lost until he sins and sin becomes full grown (James 1:15). But it is quite possible for the unconverted to be tenacious of the truth, yet unrighteous in their ways; and so much the worse for them. Confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus: We can never forget all that it meant to say that Jesus Christ is Lord. Then he enlarges, and points out that there is a remnant of grace in the worst of times. Rather he means to say the same thing about the system of grace ("the righteousness which is of faith") that Moses says about the law. It is important to note, however, that Paul does not quote Moses. Then he quotes Deuteronomy 30:12-13. Now that God has revealed Himself in the gospel, it is not what will suit man on earth, but what is worthy of the presence of the glory of God. Having received, having heard, having known the grace of God through Jesus Christ, we are now obligated to let the world know of that same grace.I have a very good friend, Keith Erickson, whom I love in the Lord. Through His Word. Yet Israel ignored this word also, making them more accountable. You will get the foreboding of this world with all of its problems. This would make me wonder what kind of a character am I that she is having such a hard time believing me. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? Christ has already done that and has returned gloriously by His resurrection from the dead. So that we have here a brief summary of the terms of salvation, and they are very reasonable; in short this, that we must devote, dedicate, 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. Thus the latter portion of the chapter is not doctrine exactly, but the proof of the difficulties of a soul who has not realised death to the law by the body of Christ. As He is the spring of our joy, He is the power of sympathy in our sorrows, and the believer knows both. By the cross God has a deeper moral glory than ever a glory that He thus acquired, if I may so say. The law which was given upon Mount Sinai, though it was not a pure covenant of works (for who then could be saved under that dispensation?) To say that faith-righteousness says these things simply means it is characterized by them. Now it is clear that that obedience could be given only by a man who was desperately in earnest about his religion. The word of God is to be close to the heart of every Christian. This is the key word of early Christianity. It was laid down exactly how far a man could walk on the Sabbath. It will be observed therefore, that in this connection the apostle shows the place both of conscience and of the law, that God in judging will take into full consideration the circumstances and condition of every soul of man. The things about which we are in doubt are far fewer than we would like to think. For instance, if a man signs a contract without having read the conditions, he cannot complain if afterwards he finds out that the conditions are very different from what he thought they were. 4. The righteousness of the law required absolute sinless perfection achieved through flawless obedience; however, the righteousness that is of faith does not make requirements that are impossible for sinners. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Here, then, it is a comparison of the two great heads Adam and Christ, and the immeasurable superiority of the second man is shown. 3. Verse Romans 10:8. May the Lord be with you and may the blessings of the Lord surround your life as you walk with Him. Because many among them had not believed his report because they did not trust in Gods word through Isaiah and other messengers of the gospel. b. But how, argues he, could this stand, seeing that Abraham had another son, just as much his child as Isaac? For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek ( Romans 10:11-12 ): Quite a statement for Paul a Hebrew of the Hebrews to make--no difference between the Jew and the Greek, that is, as far as salvation is concerned. Paul allegorizes that passage. Hear this! Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, and Lo-ammi were of awful import for Israel; but, in presence of circumstances so disastrous, there should be not merely a people but sons of the living God, and then should Judah and Israel be gathered as one people under one head. So he essayed to join himself unto the church, but the brethren looked suspiciously at him and enquired, "What is your experience?" Hence, then, we find that the whole chapter is founded on this truth. If God had absolutely cast away His people, would there be such mercy? For, essentially associated as He is with the glory of God the Father, the full deliverance of souls from the realm of death was His also. He begins with the great epoch of the dispensations of God (that is, the ages since the flood). The believer is not put under law, you will observe, but under grace, which is the precise reverse of law. You, up there in the gallery, however guilty you may have been, or however moral you may have been, it matters not, if your one hope is in what Christ has done, you shall never turn round on your dying bed, and cry, "I made a mistake in trusting Christ." He shall come to Zion, says the other. Moses is saying that God's law is not inaccessible and impossible; it is there in a man's mouth and life and heart. As used by Moses in this place, it evidently means that his doctrines were in their mind, or were a subject of meditation and reflection. You already have it; all you have to do is obey it (Vol. (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. The practical part follows, wherein we find, 1. Moses spoke a word that had to be obeyed, but Paul proclaims a word that must be believed. This is the essential point. The man who does those things shall live by them, ascend into heaven or descend into the abyss, But what does it say? Romans 16:1-27; Romans 16:1-27 brings before us in the most. (1-3) Israels refusal to submit to the righteousness of God. Take his counsel. But thus the way is now clear for bringing the Jew into the discussion. i. 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. 5 Things You Should Know about the ESV Bible Translation. 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. We believe and receive. Christ is come down from heaven; we need not go to fetch him. And how can they proclaim it unless they be sent?So the basis for missions: having heard, having believed, having known, we are now responsible to send those to tell others of this glorious salvation and righteousness that God has offered to all men, Jew and Greek, who will just simply believe on His son Jesus Christ. Thereby is identification with His death. It is fit that God should be honoured with the mouth, for he made man's mouth (Exodus 4:11), and at such a time has promised to give his faithful people a mouth and wisdom,Luke 21:15. You say, "Who shall descend into the deep?" Next, what the gospel says: "But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise," and so on. 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). 1. You need not go to the universities and earn a degree of D.D. Proud member "I am of Mr. Spurgeon's religion, which makes people happy themselves, and causes them to do good to others." The conies are a feeble folk, yet have they their habitations among the rocks: they are safe, but they keep to their hiding place. Second, he cites Joel 2:32: "All who call upon the name of the Lord shall be delivered." Christ indeed did both; and so the word was nigh them, in their mouth and in their heart. (iii) But a man must not only believe in his heart; he must confess with his lips. 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? The word of faith - The doctrine which requires faith, that is, the gospel; compare 1 Timothy 4:6. He dwells in the heart by 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 . 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). But if you and I are as he was, "poor sinners, and nothing at all," we may, with firm and resolute grip, lay hold upon the other line, "But Jesus Christ is my all in all." It is not merely a call then; but as we have by our Lord Jesus Christ our access into the favour wherein we stand, so there is positive boasting in the hope of the glory of God. "Their voice is gone out to all the earth, and their words to the boundaries of the inhabited world." Let us go a little further. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.". Verse 17. No wonder, if souls confound the two things together, that they never know deliverance in practice. 2. They are merely persons who plume themselves on their orthodoxy, but in a wholly unrenewed condition. There is no limitation there; the promise is to everyone; therefore, there is no difference between Jew and Greek. Christ's work of redemption deserves that God should act as He does in the gospel. Romans 8:1-39 displays this comforting truth in its fulness. Its remarkable that Paul found something good to say about these Jewish people who persecuted him so mercilessly. Therein God is both vindicated and glorified. He did not say, "Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O my friends, for the hand of the Lord hath touched me." God established that they had to bring an animal and kill the animal in their stead, that their sins must be transferred onto the animal and the animal slain. Hence the apostle does not, as in the early chapters of this epistle, take up our sins, except as proofs and symptoms of sin. Following up with the teaching of the olive-tree, he carries out the same thought of a remnant that abides on their own stock, and points to a re-instatement of the nation, And I would just observe by the way, that the Gentile cry that no Jew ever accepts the gospel in truth is a falsehood. "His flesh was torn off by the whips, and he streamed down with blood, and his flanks were laid open by wounds." But if it were so, He had not done with them. Of course, it could hardly be the law: that was the boast of Israel. 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. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. Nevertheless there is in this passage something of permanent value. and in your heart -- --when you believe on Him. John MacArthur New Testament Commentary, Book of Romans 2 Volume Set. 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. i. This is all perfectly true true of a Jew as of a pagan true of any unrenewed man that never heard of a Saviour. In essence this passage is an appeal to the Jews to abandon the way of legalism and accept the way of grace. Their crowning glory was precisely what they would not hear of. Beneath it there runs the conviction that there are certain kinds of ignorance which are inexcusable. StudyLght.org. 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Compare Peter's use in1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:10. 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. 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! If slurred over, as it too often is in souls, it invariably leaves practical obedience lame, and halt, and blind. This blessed faith keeps men down when they are apt to go up, and up when otherwise they would be apt to go down. 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. But for the time it is held fast, though in unrighteousness. The offering up of this desire to God. For they being ignorant of Gods righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. Antiochus ordered him to eat pork. They get so extreme in the election predestination and all, they get so extreme that there are some churches that will not put a scripture on the board out in front, lest some sinner who has not been elected might walk by and believe in Jesus Christ and get saved when he wasn't predestined to do so.Don't get extreme. He shall come, says one Testament, out of Zion. He can do nothing unless he has learned this precious truth, that he is nothing at all, and Jesus Christ is his all in all. 1. Yes, but this is another principle. Yes, whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Birthright from the same father would let in Ishmael on the one hand, as from both parents it would secure the title of Esau on the other. Let me refer in passing to a few points more in the introduction, in order to link them together with that which the Spirit was furnishing to the Roman saints, as well as to show the admirable perfectness of every word that inspiration has given us. He "will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first and also of the Gentile.". I want to call your special attention to the fact that Paul borrows the words of Moses; for his intent was the ending of all fears. Romans 10:5-9 . "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness" (ver. Now as to the test of death. Then, in Romans 9:1-33; Romans 10:1-21; Romans 11:1-36, the apostle handles a difficulty serious to any mind, especially to the Jew, who might readily feel that all this display of grace in Christ to the Gentile as much as to the Jew by the gospel seems to make very cheap the distinctive place of Israel as given of God. 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. 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?'" This is where so many religious people even sincere Christians go astray. Your father is not offering sacrifices. Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Harga saham emiten migas Grup Bakrie PT Energi Mega Persada Tbk (ENRG) dan emiten milik taipan Prajogo Pangestu PT Barito Pacific Tbk (BRPT) kompak menjadi top losers hingga penutupan sesi I, Rabu (1/3/2023). What was it? If a man called Jesus kurios he was ranking him with the Emperor and with God; he was giving him the supreme place in his life; he was pledging him implicit obedience and reverent worship. (Barclay), ii. 2018 David Guzik No distribution beyond personal use without permission. In the gospel there is revealed God's righteousness. God pronounces against the unrighteousness of such; for if the knowledge, however exact, of God's revealed mind was accompanied by no renewal of the heart, if it was without life towards God, all must be vain. 3. He lays down such a summary as no Jew ever gave since they were a nation. But we believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead. Let us take the objections and the answering scripture texts one by one. You may now believe in Christ and live eternally. But this is the very thing that has happened, as it stands written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news of good things. He is not coming according to the covenant that God established by Moses for sins to be forgiven. Hast thou not heard the tale? Man seeks to complicate it. The righteousness of faith, on the other hand, is easily available to all men upon the conditions mentioned in the next phrases. Salvation is so close to every one of you tonight. Can your faith pray? Paul wants the Jews to be saved, but they cannot be saved while trying to create their own righteousness through law-keeping. I. It was not our effort which brought Christ into the world or raised him from the dead. Concerning profession: It is with the mouth that confession is made--confession to God in prayer and praise (Romans 15:6; Romans 15:6), confession to men by owning the ways of God before others, especially when we are called to it in a day of persecution. Hence, therefore, it was in no way limited to any particular nation, such as those that had already been under the law and government of God. But the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against them pre-eminently. Just as I lean all my weight upon this rail so do I lean my soul wholly upon Christ. Hereupon he enters upon the direct proofs, and first cites Hosea as a witness. But they have not all obeyed the gospel. It is not as if we have to ascend into heaven or descend into the abyss to gain Jesus. Rightly does Paul take this as granted; for the doctrine of the law does by no means render the conscience quiet and calm, nor supply it with what ought to satisfy it. ( Isaiah 53:1.) "Don't scold," said one. Every mouth was stopped; the Jew by his own oracles, as the Gentile by their evident abominations, shown already. What is near us may be easily reached. "Christ's Prayer for his People.". Was it possible to limit this to Israel? (i) The first objection is: "You cannot call on God unless you believe in him. who would defraud God of that which He delights in the blessedness of bringing in deliverance by that One man, of whom Adam was the image? Now the doctrine which we saw asserted in the latter part ofRomans 5:1-21; Romans 5:1-21 is applied to both. "Not so," replies the apostle. In thy heart - The word heart is very variously used in the sacred Scriptures. So that this was no other than what Moses and the prophets said should be, Ro 10:20, and the chapter is closed, Ro 10:21, with another passage out of the same prophet in the next verse, showing the rejection of Christ and his Gospel by the Jews, and which justifies their being cast off by him, of which the apostle treats largely in the next chapter. I want to preach that same gospel this morning, in the hope that in after days this word may be scattered far and wide, and some Jack the Huckster, or some other like him, may find himself to be utterly empty and undone, and may then know that Christ is ordained to be his salvation. 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. He says, "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." At the close of that period he rose into the air, ascending high. - That is, what is the language of the doctrine of justification by faith? 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. There was somewhat as yet lacking to the saints there; but even this was ordered of God to call forth from the Holy Ghost an epistle which more than any other approaches a complete treatise on the fundamentals of Christian doctrine, and especially as to righteousness. The meaning is, that the doctrine was already so familiar, and so well understood, that it was actually in their mouth, that is, their language, their common conversation. But did this satisfy the apostle? When a person comes up to me and says, "Oh, I have the hardest time trusting God," what they are really saying is, "I really don't know God very well." This existential pain is deepened and furthered by the divisions between Paul and his own people as he simultaneously argues his claims for inclusion of the Gentiles within God's salvific plan. You will find that story in the first volume of my sermons. 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. We cannot keep the law now, for we have already broken it: the vase is fractured, and to talk of keeping it entire is nonsense. It is true, it is needful for man to learn; but in nowise is it good news. 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.". 17.) 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