It is with that objection Paul deals; and, as he deals with it in its various forms, on each occasion he clinches his answer with a text from scripture. 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? a. Isaiah is very bold: Isaiahs bold prophecy was a warning that Israel ignored, making them more accountable. I wonder what my response would be if I came home in the evening and said, "Honey, I have decided to take you out for dinner tonight, thought we would go out and get prime rib." The gospel, instead of treating this as a light matter, alone vindicates God in these eternal ways of His, in that which must be in him who stands in relationship with God. Directions for our behaviour, as members of civil society, Rom. 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. There is no language where their voice is not heard. The word of God is to be close to the heart of every Christian. You cannot hear about him unless there is someone to proclaim the good news. Wonderful to think the Spirit of God associates Himself with us in it all, deigning to give us divine feelings even in our poor and narrow hearts. Man became the object, first, of general dealings of God under Noah; next, of His special ways in the calling of Abraham and of his family. But now they were; and thus God vindicated Himself perfectly as to the past. THE DESTRUCTION OF EXCUSES ( Romans 10:14-21 ), 10:14-21 How are they to call on him on whom they have not believed? c. Establish their own righteousness: This effort shows Israels lack of knowledge and that they are ignorant of Gods righteousness. It is not said to be revealed in the gospel. It is close to you. But the Jew might argue that it was an unjust thing in principle this gospel, these tidings of which the apostle was so full; for why should one man affect many, yea, all? "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. Then he enlarges, and points out that there is a remnant of grace in the worst of times. He was Emmanuel, yea, the Jehovah, God of Israel. Romans 10 - Israel's Present Rejection of God A. Israel's rejection of the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ. Beneath it there runs the conviction that there are certain kinds of ignorance which are inexcusable. 47. which we preach; being sent, commissioned, qualified, and assisted by Christ thereunto; which shows the agreement between Moses and the apostles of Christ; for the word which he spoke of, they preached, and indeed said no other things than what the prophets and Moses said should come, that Christ should suffer in the stead of his people, and rise again for their justification; the sum of which is delivered in Romans 10:9. The legal institutions were associated with temporal judgment. What is remote, with difficulty. What gives glory to God like this? The idea of salvation by works sits like an awful incubus upon the breast of humanity, and presses out of the soul all hope, thus robbing man of strength to attempt true holiness. In the beginning ofRomans 2:1-29; Romans 2:1-29 we have man pretending to righteousness. No man can tell. 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. Chapter 10Now Paul again reaffirms his love and desire for his brethren after the flesh. As Moses explains in v. 11, "What I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach." It must also be noticed, that the word, by which we have a firm and calm trust as to our salvation, had been set forth even by Moses: This is the word of faith. He still loves the Jews, independent as far as God's way of righteousness and all, but God still loves them, and thus, He blesses you, and says, "Oh, come and receive the kingdom and into the joys and the blessings and all." "Not so," replies the apostle. In the same way the apostle disposes of all pretence on the score of ordinances, especially circumcision. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. In thy heart - The word heart is very variously used in the sacred Scriptures. This might seem an exaggeration: the gospel had not been carried throughout all the earth, not even to all the lands that were known to the inhabitants of the Graeco-Roman world. To say that faith-righteousness says these things simply means it is characterized by them. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. Strange as it was, this too was foretold. As He has given us through the blood of Jesus full remission, as we shall be saved by this life, as He has made us know even now nothing short of present conscious deliverance from every whit of evil that belongs to our very nature, as we have the Spirit the earnest of the glory to which we are destined, as we are the vessels of gracious sorrow in the midst of that from which we are not yet delivered but shall be, so now we have the certainty that, whatever betide, God is for us, and that nothing shall separate us from His love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Take his counsel. One day I was in my office studying Romans, and I was just so upset I put my Bible down and I said, "God, I can't reconcile it," and I walked out of the room. 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. (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) All the world was guilty before God. He had bought the truth and would not sell it, and so he stuck to. 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? "Stop a minute," said he. We have had justification, both by blood and also in virtue of Christ's resurrection. It is nigh you; it is nigh you now: it will never be nigher than it is at this moment. 2. Israel responsible for its own loss (9:30-10:21). Nothing shows better the Jewish attitude than the three classes into which they divided mankind. Yes, God has chosen and elected and predestined. 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. So I believe it. Justification by faith lays the foundation of our title to salvation; but by confession we build upon that foundation, and come at last to the full possession of that to which we were entitled. But now to faith all this is gone not lightly, but truly in the sight of God; so that he may live on a Saviour that is risen from the dead as his new life. ** 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. The word is nigh thee There is no occasion to seek high or low for the saving power; the word of reconciliation is nigh. The same was true of the gospel. What the apostle had given him in fulness was the great truth, however fundamental it may be, that I am entitled, and even called on in the name of the Lord Jesus, to know that I am dead to sin; not that I must die, but that I am dead that my baptism means nothing less than this, and is shorn of its most emphatic point if limited merely to Christ's dying for my sins. The law is written in the ten commandments; you know them; and if you desire to live by them you must keep them. Here we pass out of the introduction of the epistle. I was found by those who did not seek Me; It was undeniable that the Gentiles did not seek the Lord, nor ask after Him; and the prophet says that Jehovah was found of them that sought Him not, and was made manifest to them that asked not after Him. Not so, says the apostle. Thus the first argument shows that the rejection was not total; the second, that it was but for a season. There are two things that might make insuperable difficulty: the one is the obstacle of sin in the nature to practical holiness; the other is the provocation and condemnation of the law. IV. as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! Zeal for God, but not according to knowledge: This is a perfect description of Paul himself before his conversion. It is an appeal to them to see that their zeal is misplaced. Again, we cannot neglect the emphasis on personal responsibility. They already possessed them, and talked and thought about them: so that there was no need of going to distant places to learn them. I. Yes, whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Accordingly, for the first time, the Spirit of God fromRomans 5:12; Romans 5:12 traces the mature of man to the head of the race. So Paul concludes his argument by citing two Old Testament texts to prove his case. When our time comes to depart, we shall just step aside and say, "Good-bye, dear friends, awhile: we will meet again in the home of the blessed." Romans 13:1-14; Romans 13:1-14 urges their duties towards what was outside them, more particularly to the powers that be, but also to men in general. higher, if so high, in this epistle. You won't get glad tidings of good things. The extent is what God Himself, so to speak, possesses the universe of God, whatever will be under Christ: and what will not? When a man has lost all hope he throws the reins upon his neck and runs into all manner of iniquity, judging that he may as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. 5. Next, he enters upon another branch of the truth the Spirit not as a condition contrasted with flesh (these two, as we know, being always contrasted in Scripture), but as a power, a divine person that dwells in and bears His witness to the believer. 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