romans 10:8 17 commentary

Keep to it. But what saith it? 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 Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. It could not therefore be the source or means of his righteousness. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.". 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. 5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. "Oh, God surely loves all mankind, and God loves the Buddhist and God loves the Mohammed, and God loves everybody." But for the time it is held fast, though in unrighteousness. Oh, how nice you look today. "If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by [or because of] his Spirit that dwelleth in you.". This accordingly leads, as connected with the deliverance of the body, to the inheritance we are to possess. , , The word, that is, the word of faith is nigh thee. b. There is no good reason for such an assumption, but much against it. Let me hold you." It is not doing, but believing; therefore it is what is proclaimed to them, and what they receive and believe. Not only is God's righteousness revealed, but also His wrath. b. "Doubts," he said, "what do you mean? There is entrance into favour, and nothing but favour. Let man be what he might, or where he might, God's good news was for man. The word is near you -- --easily accessible. This is what made the gospel to be so sweet and precious, and, what is more, absolutely necessary, if he would escape certain and eternal ruin. If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved: We do not gain God's righteousness by works. 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. Of it nothing has been heard till now. I can't accept it." Believing in the heart that God raised him from the dead. Uttering a wish of evil against somebody or a thing. Our need is our warrant, and if that be gone, all is gone. [2.] Because if you know God well you will have no problem trusting in Him at all.How can you know 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. "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized unto Jesus Christ were baptized unto his death?" In thy heart - The word heart is very variously used in the sacred Scriptures. Moses writes that the man who works at the righteousness which comes from the law shall live by it. The apostle applies this according to divine wisdom. Hence the apostle does not, as in the early chapters of this epistle, take up our sins, except as proofs and symptoms of sin. 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. Horribly offensive as sin is to God, and inexcusable in the creature, it is sin which has given occasion to the astonishing display of divine righteousness in justifying believers. There may be desires in the heart, and yet no prayer, unless those desires be presented to God. "Christ's Prayer for his People.". No trembling sinner doubts but that by the breaking of the law we are condemned: be you equally sure of it, that by not believing you are condemned. The subject terminates with the grand truth which must never be obscured by details that we are to receive, one another, as Christ has received us, to the glory of God. Tonight whoever you might be salvation is so close to you, all you have to do is call upon the name of the Lord and you will be saved. 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. Saul of Tarsus was a notorious persecutor of Christians before Jesus confronted him on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-20). The word of faith - The doctrine which requires faith, that is, the gospel; compare 1 Timothy 4:6. He was Emmanuel, yea, the Jehovah, God of Israel. Both Jew and Greek were quick to give some credit to national or ethnic origin, as if being saved were a matter of being born into the right family. Going to where Jesus went (the abyss/Hades/the realm of the dead, verse 7) is also unnecessary. He had bought the truth and would not sell it, and so he stuck to. For Moses described the righteousness which is of the law, [he said,] That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. To call Jesus kurios ( G2962) was to count him unique. He knew whom he had believed, and knew what the Lord had done for him, and he could not see a weak point in it all. 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. He did not say, "Do and thou shalt live, and yet there is another way." That is, [a.] He wished his beloved ones to go to their beds; and since they would stop with him, he desired them to sing." 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 . When we drift away from it, we become confused, and we begin dividing, bickering and fighting among ourselves. It is salvation that the gospel exhibits and tenders--saved from guilt and wrath, with the salvation of the soul, an eternal salvation, which Christ is the author of, a Saviour to the uttermost. Jewish pretensions were therefore disposed of; not here by new and fuller revelations, but by this divinely skilful employment of their own Old Testament Scriptures. ): Paul says it is not necessary for men to descend into the realms of death and Satan to attain salvation. What gives glory to God like this? Glad tidings of good things, but not all who hear obey. We have the tenour of it, Romans 10:9; Romans 10:10, the sum of the gospel, which is plain and easy enough. May faith be increased as you study His Word. The whole Jewish approach was that by this kind of obedience to the law a man earned credit with God. (ver. "Sing" said he. The design of the law was to lead people to Christ. But there was far more in Jesus. It is not as if we have to ascend into heaven or descend into the abyss to gain Jesus. As they watched him rising higher, and yet higher, at last a cloud received him: he has gone up to the Father's throne, as the sinner's Savior: at the throne he stands to-day to intercede for sinners, and from that throne he bends to comfort those who come to him. Let me call your attention again to its force. 1. When God established His covenant with Israel, God established the various offerings that they must bring to Him for their sins. First, he cites Isaiah 28:16: "Every one who believes in him will not be put to shame." This applies to all who cast themselves upon God in faith, Jews and Gentiles alike (11-13).Before people can believe this message, they must hear it. His language conveys the main idea which Paul wished to do, that the doctrine was plain and intelligible. Saying that something more than the Bible is needed affirms that we need to bring Christ down. In doing so, he personifies righteousness based on faith. No, if by keeping the law, then that encourages boasting, but it is eliminated because I am saved just through simple faith in Jesus Christ. Just as I lean all my weight upon this rail so do I lean my soul wholly upon Christ. Perhaps I am doing the same this morning, but I do not mean to do it. 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 ). Romans 10:17, NLT: So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. Man despised at first the outward testimony of God, His eternal power and Godhead, in the creation above and around him (verses 19, 20). Now it is interesting that this follows Paul's declaration about how God will have mercy upon whom He will have mercy and harden those whom He will harden. If salvation for man is possible by any other means, if man can be saved by the law, if man can be saved by his own efforts, by his good works, if a man can be saved by sincerity, then, God, let this cup pass from Me. This blessed faith keeps men down when they are apt to go up, and up when otherwise they would be apt to go down. Though the whole might have been announced in one continuous sentence, yet a question is interposed for the sake of exciting attention: and his object at the same time was to show how great is the difference between the righteousness of the law and that of the gospel; for the one, showing itself at a distance, restrains all men from coming nigh; but the other, offering itself at hand, kindly invites us to a fruition of itself, Nigh thee is the word. No, my dear friend, do not say that even in your thought. And there (for such was the point) it was the complete condemnation of this evil thing, the nature in its present state, so as, nevertheless, to set the believer as before God's judgment free from itself as well as its consequences. This verse shows that believing faith does not come ultimately from the believer's witness but from the Word of God. Thus, how can your father have the forgiveness of sins which is essential for fellowship with God?" If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved: We do not gain Gods righteousness by works. Confess Jesus Christ as Lord. The gospel or the system of grace or "the righteousness which is of faith" is not difficult to find or to accede to. To this Paul answers: "Christ is the end of the law." Your father is not offering sacrifices. 1. But we have had it fully in Romans 3:1-31. It was meant to make sin exceeding sinful. The soul therefore now is represented for the first time as already justified and in possession of peace with God. This it was before it was his prayer. 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. Acts 17:31; 2 Corinthians 4:14; 1 Corinthians 15:13-20. I. 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