Jack answered, "I never get lower than I am, for I am down at the bottom. Has He mercy only for guilty Israel? Christ has already done that and has returned gloriously by His resurrection from the dead. 2. 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? When we confess the Lord Jesus, we agree with what God said about Jesus, and with what Jesus said about Himself. There is hardly any phraseology that tends to more injury of souls in these matters than a loose way of talking of salvation. For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness are going about to establish their own righteousness, and they have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. But God has established the way through Jesus Christ. This it was before it was his prayer. In thy mouth - This is taken from the Septuagint. Nothing shows better the Jewish attitude than the three classes into which they divided mankind. His life and death pointed in one direction. Look at our dear, departed brother, Mr. Higgs, the last who has crossed the stream. - That is, what is the language of the doctrine of justification by faith? They too should live. It is here that you will find a great failure of Christendom as to this. No one had ever witnessed to him. He cared nothing for oratory, which I have heard him call "a flash in the pan"; he delighted in the plain, solid gospel of Jesus Christ. (2.) 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. Their own Scriptures maintained, as nothing else could, that all the wretchedness which is now found in the world, and the condemnation which hangs over the race, is the fruit of one man, and indeed of one act. The stumbling-stone was their despised and rejected Messiah. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. There is nothing now to be done, but a work in us; this must be our care, to look to our heart and mouth. It is not our effort which wins us goodness. (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? 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). Help me to believe, Lord." This, accordingly, is the essential spring of worship. But Paul's answer is: "Israel may have failed to understand; but the Gentiles did not. They did not know it, because they would not; they shut their eyes against the discoveries of it, and love darkness rather. Pauls intent here is to use the same words to express the same idea about the gospel instead of the law. 14, 15). May faith be increased as you study His Word. No man could believe this who did not also believe all the truths dependent on it. So God's grace and mercy extended towards the Gentiles. That is, it is not merely pardon of past sins, but deliverance from sin, and in due time from all its consequences. Includes cross references, questions, verse by verse commentary, outline, and applications on Romans 10. 2. If one says that Paul is quoting from Deuteronomy 30, the reconciliations attempted between Pauls use of these words and Moses use of them are strained. There was a most important trial of man in the person of Adam; but after this, what dispensation was there? To man this is the hardest of all obedience; but when once secured, it leads peacefully into the obedience of every day. Rules for the conduct of Christians to one another, as members of the Christian church, Rom. They tried him with their various attainments, depressions, anxieties, quibbles, and questions; but still the huckster would not budge. The direction is "unto all;" the application is, of course, only to "them that believe;" but it is to all them that believe. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. 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." An evil pronouncement .read more. But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it." 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." Hence it is essentially founded on the gift not only of a Saviour who would interpose, in the mercy of God, to bear our sins, but of One who is already revealed, and the work done and accepted, and this known in the fact that God Himself has interposed to raise Him from among the dead a bright and momentous thing to press on souls, as indeed we find the apostles insisting on it throughout the Acts. Possession of it is not dependent on some act of Herculean proportions, such as ascending into the heavens or crossing the sea. In true faith, there is need of a great deal of submission; therefore the first lesson Christ teaches is to deny ourselves. In the first ten verses of Deuteronomy 30:1-20, Moses described the two paths that Israel could take: obedience that would result in great blessings or disobedience that would severely damage the nation. There is no hope for man otherwise; for the gospel is not all that is now made known. Hearing is a reflection of first-century life. a. Isaiah is very bold: Isaiahs bold prophecy was a warning that Israel ignored, making them more accountable. "But unto Israel he saith, All day long have I stretched out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.". He must not only know about Christ: he must know him. And the cross offends people, because the cross tells you there is only one way to God. For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, The man who does those things shall live by them. But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above) or, Who will descend into the abyss? (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). There is then the solemn truth also of divine wrath. Some wonder why Paul didnt mention the crucifixion in this passage. or "what saith he", Moses? God gave us conscience and the guidance of his Holy Spirit; and often we plead ignorance, when, if we were honest, we would have to admit that in our heart of hearts we knew the truth. It has four stages of meaning. He shall never have cause to repent his confidence in reposing such a trust in the Lord Jesus. The wrath of God could not possibly be glad tidings. No apostle had ever yet visited Rome. Have as many good works as you can cram into your life, but never tell anybody about them, or think anything of them. We believe everything which the Lord Jesus has taught, but we must go a step further, and trust him. Has God then no delivering power from this? I have tried my best; and so I close by bidding you hear WHAT EXPERIENCE SAITH. 3. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen. One thing remains to be said of this passage. Such has been their singular fruit of promise; such even in the midst of all their misery it is at present. Whoever will in the whole world believe in Christ may do so; he is neither too old or too young, or too rich, or too poor, or too wicked, or too moral; if he will but trust Christ he shall be saved, and he is fully allowed and permitted, yea, commanded to believe and live. Those that were under the law were to do all themselves, Do this, and live; but the gospel discovers the greatest part of the work done already, and what remains cut short in righteousness, salvation offered upon very plain and easy terms, brought to our door, as it were, in the word which is nigh us. 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. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. While there were people who could read, the ordinary first-century citizen depended rather on being able to hear something. (Morris). I will read his exact words to you. 3. This is the essential point. If His grace attract, His truth humbles, and leaves no room for vain boasting and self-confidence. There never was an hour since Israel's existence as a nation that God has not had His remnant of them. The story of Jesus Christ passed through all of the Jewish communities around the world. This, he says, was his heart's desire and prayer, which intimates, (1.) That was said to Paul, rather than what was taught by Paul. III. (324) The righteousness of faith is evidently the it in this question: See Romans 10:6. There the truth is held, and apparently with firmness too. Our Lord Jesus lays a great stress upon this confessing of him before men; see Matthew 10:32; Matthew 10:33. Beware that you do not confound it with souls being quickened, or even brought into joy. They give us the basis of the first Christian creed. All day long I have stretched out My hands He shall come, says one Testament, out of Zion. a. Nevertheless there is in this passage something of permanent value. What is the righteousness which is of the law? Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. It is God Himself who, infinitely glorified in the Lord that expiated our sins by His one sacrifice, remits them now, not looking for our victory, nor as yet even in leading us on to victory, but by faith in Jesus and His blood. Just say it, "Jesus is my Lord," and believe in your heart that God did raise Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. That there is none righteous, none that doeth good, none that understandeth. But what saith it? For He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life, and no man can come to the Father but by me" ( John 14:6 ). "At any rate he is a saved soul," we hear. 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. That is quite true, because Isaiah says: "Lord, who has believed what they heard from us?" 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. Now it is the positive power of God in raising up from the dead Him that was delivered for our offences, and raised again for our justifying. Then there is another and crowning part of the blessing: "And not only so, but also boasting in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation." Zeal for God, but not according to knowledge: This is a perfect description of Paul himself before his conversion. 2. "Oh, God surely loves all mankind, and God loves the Buddhist and God loves the Mohammed, and God loves everybody." Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 Upon what ground? Yes, whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. And this lies in the fact that Abraham believed God before he had the son, being fully persuaded that what He had promised He was able to perform. This same term occurs again in verses 14 and 15. In the moments when the soul is in the lowest depths, faith is the only way to live. Christianity is not a system of promise, but rather of promise accomplished in Christ. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. I will move you to anger by a foolish nation.. Now the doctrine which we saw asserted in the latter part ofRomans 5:1-21; Romans 5:1-21 is applied to both. The whole history of Israel, past, present, and future falls in with, although quite distinct from, that which he had been expounding. May you experience the joys of His power, of His presence, of His glory, as God day by day showers you with His goodness and with His love. (ii) A man must believe that Jesus is risen from the dead. Retrieve. We are heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ. Then he enlarges, and points out that there is a remnant of grace in the worst of times. As positively as the law utters its promise and threat, so positively and unalterably doth the gospel deliver its decree. Hence, as God's wrath is revealed from heaven, it is against every form of impiety "against all ungodliness." d. Seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God: Israel had a lack of knowledge. The language of faith says, Do nothing. The condition of the Roman saints called for a setting forth of the gospel of God; but this object, in order to be rightly understood and appreciated, leads the apostle into a display of the condition of man. One does not have to climb to heavenas though one couldto bring it down. . In the argument so far as it has gone there is a paradox. . Live, that is, be happy, not only in the land of Canaan, but in heaven, of which Canaan was a type and figure. 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. 47. Going to where Jesus went (the abyss/Hades/the realm of the dead, verse 7) is also unnecessary. For they're ignorant of God's righteousness and they are going about to establish their own righteousness.I had a Jewish fellow one night as we were talking say to me, "Well, Chuck, my father is a very religious man. For "every one who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.". Moses said, "That the man which doeth those things shall live by them." "Ah, well," says one, "I know I must undergo a singular experience-either I must be carried right away to heaven with delirious delight, or be plunged into the waves of hell in frightful despair." And how can they believe in Him unless they hear about Him? The man who, being baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, or Christian baptism, would assert any license to sin because it is in his nature, as if it were therefore an inevitable necessity, denies the real and evident meaning of his baptism. Yes, but this is another principle. If he was called, so were they he an apostle, they not apostles but saints; but still, for them as for him, all flowed out of the same mighty love, of God. Well, then, suppose I say: "Did Israel not understand?" He says rema is "the word of faith" that is proclaimed by the followers of Jesus. Far from denying or obscuring what they boasted of, he goes beyond them "Who are Israelites," says he, "to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all God blessed for ever." This he shows further, Romans 10:3; Romans 10:3, where we may observe. And the ceremonies shadowed forth Christ as fulfilling the righteousness, and bearing the curse of the law. Because this word is so important, Paul said it was preached (present tense). And by the foolish nation I will anger you.". The word of faith - The doctrine which requires faith, that is, the gospel; compare 1 Timothy 4:6. When they see the way God has blessed the Christian believer and their love for God and for the Lord Jesus Christ, that they'll be provoked to jealousy, when they see the Gentiles receive the covenant and the grace and the blessings and the glory of God.As we were studying the book of Romans recently I sought to illustrate this by this beautiful, sharp, darling, little granddaughter of mine, who I love so greatly, as I do all my grandchildren. Christ is come down from heaven; we need not go to fetch him. And how shall they hear without a preacher? I appeared plainly to those who did not enquire after me." "Shall we sin," says he, proceeding yet farther (ver. Now, what Paul declared of the Jew then is still true today. It will not suffice for you to learn those commands by heart, or to write them up in your churches, or to read them over and say, "Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law": all that may be well enough, but it is not to the point. They must admit they are helpless sinners and accept the righteousness of God through Christ (10:1-4).The language of law says, Do all this and you will live. There is satisfaction; but the work of Christ goes a great deal farther. And their words to the ends of the world.. Romans 10:17, NLT: So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ. Salvation isn't way off in heaven some place. There is no simple mind that can evade the plain force of this last expression. The ground taken by a Jew for supposing God exclusively for Israel was, that they had the law, which was the measure of what God claimed from man; and this the Gentile had not. Christ's fullness is meant for our emptiness; Christ's righteousness is meant for our sin, salvation is for the lost. Believing in the heart that God raised him from the dead. If you will go around and knock on a hundred doors a day and peddle the magazines and wake people up, continue this faithfully, and you will be saved. God's righteousness was now manifested as to the past sins He had not brought into judgment through His forbearance, and yet more conspicuously in the present time, when He displayed His justice in justifying the believer. Confess with your mouth: Confession has the idea of agreeing with. It is the product of many graces, evinces a great deal of self-denial, love to Christ, contempt of the world, a mighty courage and resolution. This maintains both the glory and the moral universality of Him who will justify the circumcision by faith, not law, and the uncircumcision through their faith, if they believe the gospel. Difficulty there is none: only believe and thou art saved. 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. This is a clear statement. He would not therefore have them ignorant how they had lain on his heart for a visit (ver. Jesus died my soul to save, my lips shall still repeat, for Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. Listen to it, lost ones; you need not climb to heaven: Christ has come down from heaven to you; and if you lie among the spiritually dead to-day, or think you do, he has come down to you, and you need not enquire bow you can go up to him. In his final sermon, Moses made some other points. The word of faith is to be taken for the word of promise, that is, for the gospel itself, because it bears a relation to faith. A good wish (Romans 10:1; Romans 10:1), a wish that they might be saved--saved from the temporal ruin and destruction that were coming upon them--saved from the wrath to come, eternal wrath, which was hanging over their heads. Anyone who thinks that justification by faith is a new concept needs to re-study the Old Testament and the book of Romans. Perhaps I am doing the same this morning, but I do not mean to do it. Have you been born again?" Nothing can be more simple and essential. This plainly shows that Christ's descent into the deep, or into hades, was no more than his going into the state of the dead, in allusion to Jonah. To the ends of the world: 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 of salvation. (Clarke). I. Paul here professes his good affection to the Jews, with the reason of it (Romans 10:1; Romans 10:2), where he gives them a good wish, and a good witness. Christ is nigh thee, for the word is nigh thee: nigh thee indeed: it is in thy mouth, and in thy heart; there is no difficulty in understanding, believing, and owning it. If we fail to equip ourselves for a task when every chance is given to us to equip ourselves adequately for it, we must stand condemned. I have lost a friend tender and true to me, and my heart is too full for utterance. This is further illustrated (Romans 10:10; Romans 10:10), and the order inverted, because there must first be faith in the heart before there can be an acceptable confession with the mouth. 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. to deal with the whole posterity of Adam as involved in death because of one, their common father, who could deny the consistency of one man's saving? 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. There must be a radical submission to the righteousness of God, putting away our own righteousness. Romans 10:17, KJV: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. He introduced a new religion and way of worship, to which the former must give place. Amen, so let it be. The question then is raised in the beginning ofRomans 3:1-31; Romans 3:1-31, If this be so, what is the superiority of the Jew? It is God who now makes known a righteousness to man, instead of looking for any from man. The use of the law was to direct people for righteousness to Christ. One said somewhat roughly to him a fortnight before, "Don't be downhearted; you may got better yet." The doctrine of Moses and of the gospel was nigh; that is, it was easily obtained, embraced, and understood. for he came to bring everyone who believes and trusts into a right relationship with God. "But there is no place for boasting neither now or eternally when we get to heaven and when before the throne I stand in Him complete. e. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation: These two together (belief and confession) result in righteousness and salvation. And I love it. They set up the golden calf, and thus cast off the true God, their God, even in the desert. Not a pretty toy for Sundays, but food to live upon; a common-sense hope; a blunt man's religion that he can carry into business. Romans 10:8-17 8 But what does it say? He quotes from Joel, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But they have not all obeyed the gospel: If salvation is so simple, available to all who trust in the person and work of Jesus, then why does Israel seem to be cast off from God? This is the first ground. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. Sin is our operating outside of God's grace. "What shall we sing?" You, dear friend, down the aisle there, it you trust in Christ you shall never be ashamed of your hope. God, therefore, had not cast off His people, but was employing the interval of their slip from their place, in consequence of their rejection of Christ, to call the Gentiles in sovereign mercy, after which Israel as a whole should be saved. The great point is to note the true picture given us of a soul quickened, but labouring and miserable under law, not at all consciously delivered. 13). Undoubtedly there are fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, and God values them I will not say from man, but from His saints; but here it is what, according to the apostle, God has for man. The top and bottom of the matter is, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ." So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, Their sound has gone out to all the earth, i. Turn to Deuteronomy 30:11 . You say, "Well, I can't reconcile that with God's divine election." Righteousness can be gained by sinful men, but it can only be secured by faith and not by deeds. Verse 18. But it is a word one must believe with all his hearta word he must believe enough to give up all hopes of self-righteousness and submit his whole being to it in faithful, obedience. I can't accept it." The gospel replies, if you did ascend to heaven what would you do there, without Christ, the anointed Savior? For Christ is the end of the whole system of law. In verse 11 of that chapter, Moses tells Israel that Gods commands are not beyond their grasp as if they could find them only by ascending to heaven or crossing the sea. It is for the saints to learn, of course; but it is that which goes out in its own force and necessary aim to the need of man a divine righteousness, which justifies instead of condemning him who believes. and how can they hear without a preacher? Abraham believed God when, according to nature, it was impossible for him or for Sarah to have a child. There could be but one satisfactory answer. Anybody being able to . Their sound has gone out to all the earth: This quotation from Psalm 19:4 proves that the word of the gospel went forth and Israel heard it. How are they to proclaim the good news unless they are sent to do so? b. I hope that brethren in Christ will bear with me if I press on them the importance of taking good heed to it that their souls are thoroughly grounded in this, the proper place of the Christian by Christ's death and resurrection. Surely it would need that I mount to heaven to own my sin, or dive to hell to bear its punishment. God has done all that is necessary, and we receive His gift of righteousness by faith" (Vol. The gospel at its height in no wise weakens but maintains the moral manifestation of what God is. i. 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. Though it directs us to a better and more effectual righteousness in Christ, yet in itself, considered as a law abstracted from its respect to Christ and the gospel (for so the unbelieving Jews embraced and retained it), it owneth nothing as a righteousness sufficient to justify a man but that of perfect obedience. We know not how low he went, but we are told that "he descended into the lower parts of the earth." 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. There is no good reason for such an assumption, but much against it. (1.) of Jesus has already come to the earth and brought us the information we need to serve God and find heaven. It is not a soul's overcoming its difficulties, but a sinner's submission to the righteousness of God. But there is a third. 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