He suffered agonizing pain, but his peace was as deep as the sea. (i) A man must say Jesus Christ is Lord. Zealous the Jews were and are. That is the first necessity for the sinner with God. $150.00 + $30 . 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." The moral law was but for the searching of the wound, the ceremonial law for the shadowing forth of the remedy; but Christ is the end of both. Faith comes by hearing, hearing by the Word of God. The law demanded, but could never receive righteousness from man. Is he one of those that we elected? All who confess Christ as Lord, and believe in His resurrection, will be saved. Not so, says the apostle; it is because of the evil of the nature, not of the law. THE DESTRUCTION OF EXCUSES ( Romans 10:14-21 ), 10:14-21 How are they to call on him on whom they have not believed? What else does the Scripture say? The thing is done for us, and we have only to accept. We need not here enter into the details; but on the surface we see how the apostle brings all down to that which is of the deepest interest to every soul. 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. He speaks of the sovereignty of God having elected that it might stand by election. Ah, then the heart foolishly cries, "I must know a great deal; as much as if I had been to heaven and seen for myself, or as if I had dived into the depths and made discoveries there." In this chapter are contained an account of the two righteousnesses of faith and works, a summary of the Gospel of Christ, a description of the grace of faith, in the nature, use, and means of it, and several testimonies concerning the calling of the Gentiles; and whereas the apostle knew that this, as well as what he had said in the latter part of the preceding chapter, that the Jews had not attained to the law of righteousness, but stumbled at the stumbling stone, would be offensive to his countrymen the Jews; wherefore that it might appear that he said this not out of disaffection and ill will to them, he declares his sincere regard unto them, and the great respect he had for them, by calling them "brethren", by expressing his good will to them, by praying for the salvation of them, Ro 10:1, by bearing testimony of their zeal for God, Ro 10:2, though he faithfully observes to them, that it was an ignorant zeal, of which ignorance he gives an instance, Ro 10:3, particularly in the attribute of God's righteousness; from which ignorance arose all their misconduct in religious things, especially in the article of justification; hence they sought to be justified by their own righteousness, and rejected the righteousness of Christ, and then points out to them the true end of the law, for righteousness which is Christ, Ro 10:4, which if they had known would have set them right, and which is another instance of their ignorant and misguided zeal: this leads him on to what he had in view, which was to give an account of the two righteousnesses he had suggested in the latter part of the former chapter, the righteousness of the law, which the Jews sought for and found not, and the righteousness of faith, which the Gentiles without seeking for enjoyed; and this account he gives in the words of Moses, for whom they had the greatest regard: the description of the former is given in his words, in Ro 10:5, which suggest the impossibility of keeping the law, and obtaining life by it, and therefore it is a vain thing to seek for righteousness by the works of it; the latter is described, Ro 10:6,7, by the certainty of it, being wrought out by Christ, who came down from heaven, fulfilled the law, and died, and rose again from the dead; and by the plainness and evidence of it, as revealed in the Gospel, Ro 10:8, the sum of which Gospel is, that whoever believes in Christ and confesses him shall be saved, Ro 10:9, which faith and confession, when genuine, are with the heart and mouth agreeing together; the consequences of which are righteousness and salvation, comfortably apprehended and enjoyed, Ro 10:10, and that the above is the sum of the Gospel, and that there is such a connection between faith and righteousness, and between confession and salvation, is confirmed, Ro 10:11, by a testimony from the prophet, Isa 28:16, which being expressed in such a general manner, as to extend to every believer, whether Jew or Gentile, reasons are given, Ro 10:12, in support of such an explanation of that passage, taken from the equal condition of all, there being no difference between them naturally, from the universal dominion of God over them, and from his liberal communication of grace and goodness to all that call upon him; which last reason is confirmed, Ro 10:13, by a passage of Scripture in Joe 2:32, on occasion of which, the apostle proceeds to treat of the calling of the Gentiles, and of the means of it, the preaching of the Gospel, which was necessary to it, which is made out by a train of reasoning after this manner; that seeing salvation is only of such that call upon the name of the Lord, and there could be no calling upon him without believing in him, and no believing without hearing, and no hearing without preaching, and no preaching without mission, which is proved by a citation out of Isa 52:7, and no success in preaching, when sent, without the exertions of efficacious grace, as appears from the case of the Jews, who had the ministration of the Gospel to them by Isaiah, and yet all did not believe it; as is evident from Isa 53:1, and seeing the conclusion of which is, that faith comes by preaching, and preaching by the order and command of God, Ro 10:14-17, it follows, that it was proper that ministers should be sent, and the Gospel preached to the Gentiles, and that attended with power, in order that they should believe in the Lord, and call upon his name and be saved; and which method God had taken, and which he had foretold he would take, in the prophecies of the Old Testament, and which were now fulfilling: that the Gospel was preached to them, and they heard it, were matters of fact, and were no other than what should be, or might be concluded, from Ps 19:4, cited, Ro 10:18, and that the Jews could not be ignorant of the calling of the Gentiles is clear, first from the words of Moses, De 32:21, which the apostle produces, Ro 10:19, and from a passage in the prophecy of Isa 65:1. It was the boast of the Jews that the law spoke about them; that the Gentiles had no right to it, and were but presuming on what belonged to God's chosen people. There would be found a stumblingstone there. 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. How blessed it is when a child of God has actually fallen into sin, God keep us so that we never may, but if guilt is on the soul, what is a poor creature to do? Once, again, though your faith should only be strong enough to lead you to pray, yet it shall save you, for "Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." He is, of course, the same absolutely perfect and unchangeable God of goodness; but His perfection has displayed itself in new and more glorious ways in Christ's death, in Him who humbled Himself, and was obedient even to the death of the cross. No, you must not: the gospel is simple; salvation is as plain as a pikestaff; familiar an homespun; easy as the A B C of your childhood. "For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. June 2023. It is not meant that Paul knew nothing of this; but that the ground of inference, and the general theory built up, are alike mistaken. The language of faith says, Do nothing. 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. They did not understand, and believe, and consider, the strict justice of God, in hating and punishing sin, and demanding satisfaction, did not consider what need we have of a righteousness wherein to appear before him; if they had, they would never have stood out against the gospel offer, nor expected justification by their own works, as if they could satisfy God's justice. To say that faith-righteousness says these things simply means it is characterized by them. 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. Now listen. He fell and a soldier kicked him. (that is, to bring Christ down:) 7 or, Who shall descend into the abyss? Has God then no delivering power from this? We need 2 cookies to store this setting. The law never delivers; it condemns and kills us. Yes, God is sovereign. There never can be solid peace with God without both. It would not have been righteous in any sense to have remitted the sins, until they were actually borne by One who could and did suffer for them. You that hope to be saved by your works are indulging a forlorn hope; what never you may do or be in the future, the past has already ruined you. In Romans 7:1-25 we have the subject of the law discussed for practice as well as in principle, and there again meet with the same weapon of tried and unfailing temper. As positively as the law utters its promise and threat, so positively and unalterably doth the gospel deliver its decree. Second, he cites Joel 2:32: "All who call upon the name of the Lord shall be delivered." It is not the awakening of conscience, however real; neither is it the attraction of heart by the grace of Christ, however blessed this may be. (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) There the truth is held, and apparently with firmness too. The believer in Jesus shall be saved because he is a believer; and Christ's veracity is staked thereon: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. Choose a chapter and verse from 'Romans' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org. He told me how that they now feel that their good works will make them acceptable to God. Well, then, suppose I say: "Did Israel not understand?" You may now believe in Christ and live eternally. This would not have been just. 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. Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel, I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, i. yet, that is might be the more effectual to drive people to Christ and to make the covenant of grace welcome, it had a very great mixture of the strictness and terror of the covenant of works. Turn to Deuteronomy 30:11 . For the Scripture says, Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. Finally he comes to two other witnesses; as from the Psalms, so now from the law and the prophets. Up also his body rose on the light of the third day; and he sojourned for forty days among his disciples. That early prophet tells Israel, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. And she gives me the worst time because she knows how totally she has me wrapped around her little finger. 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. They did not know it, because they would not; they shut their eyes against the discoveries of it, and love darkness rather. This clearly takes in man, it will be observed; and this is his grand point now. Believe in him as your risen Saviour, declare him to be your Lord, and you will receive from God the righteousness that saves (9-10). Look to him and salvation is thine. This Good News is readily available to anyone who will receive it freely from God through Christ. But when Paul emphasizes the need to believe that God has raised him from the dead, it is not that we believe the resurrection as opposed to the cross, but encompassing the work of Jesus on the cross. 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. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. Thereby is identification with His death. 8 But what saith it? There was no part of heathenism practically viewed now, so corrupting as that which had to do with the objects of its worship. and therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may bear it, and do it? "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." Do you mean to tell me that because my father does not believe that Jesus is the Messiah that he is lost?" As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, It is not so alone; but in His death, unto which I am baptized, I am dead to sin. Finally he brings in Isaiah, showing that, far from retaining their blessing as an unbroken people, a remnant alone would be saved. He did not say, "Do and thou shalt live, and yet there is another way." The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. Instead of having to go to great lengths to achieve righteousness by the law, we can immediately receive righteousness by faith, by trusting in the word of the gospel. He had this, of course, in a revelation that was from God; he had law; he had prophets; he had divine institutions. and how can they believe in him in whom they have not heard? Now, your hope lies wholly in what this Son of God did in his descent and ascent. So Paul's first answer is: "You cannot say there was no messenger; Isaiah describes these very messengers; and Isaiah lived long ago.". Moses had so often inculcated it, that it was understood and talked about by the people, so that there was no need to search in distant climes to obtain it. Christ is come, and has changed all. So when the other grandkids come over, I make a big to do over them, exaggerated. 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. We have had justification, both by blood and also in virtue of Christ's resurrection. and in your heart -- --when you believe on Him. Law works wrath because it provokes transgression; grace makes the promise sure to all the seed, not only because faith is open to the Gentile and Jew alike, but because God is looked to as a quickener of the dead. The meaning is not what was executed on Christ, but what is in virtue. There is no limitation there; the promise is to everyone; therefore, there is no difference between Jew and Greek. People cannot come to Jesus without the right information about the gospel, but information alone is not enough to save anyone. Chapter Summary Paul's heart is broken for his people, Israel. While there were people who could read, the ordinary first-century citizen depended rather on being able to hear something. (Morris). 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. 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. It was for this then that Paul describes himself as apostle. (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) 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." But what saith it? Paul's joy and boast were in the gospel of God. His pathway follows; and he shows that the very troubles of the road become a distinct matter of boast. (b.) The application of this was more evident to the Gentile than to the Jew. You asked, "Who shall descend into the deep?" Basically the scheme is this--in the previous passage Paul has been saying that the way to God is not that of works and of legalism, but of faith and trust. (2.) It is evident, therefore, that dispensational position will not suffice for God, who holds to His own unchangeable estimate of good and evil, and who judges the more stringently according to the measure of advantage possessed. First, as to practical holiness, it is not merely that Christ has died for my sins, but that even in the initiatory act of baptism the truth set forth there is that I am dead. Confessing the Lord Jesus--openly professing relation to him and dependence on him, as our prince and Saviour, owning Christianity in the face of all the allurements and affrightments of this world, standing by him in all weathers. And the cross offends people, because the cross tells you there is only one way to God. "What do you mean? But this does not content the apostle, or rather the Spirit of God; for he goes on to point out that Isaiah "is very bold" in a similar way; that is, there is no concealing the truth of the matter. (that is, to bring Christ again from among the dead)." If I had a sense of sin as deep as that of lost souls in hell, I could hope that I should be saved." We believe and receive. Hence, what he is here discussing is not remission of sins, but deliverance from sin. This he proves by showing the different constitution of these two. John MacArthur New Testament Commentary, Book of Romans 2 Volume Set. It means we recognize that Jesus is God, that He is the Messiah, and that His work on the cross is the only way of salvation for mankind. And by the foolish nation I will anger you.". What canst thou need more than to rely upon the Anointed of the Lord? 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. There the prophet points out how welcome those are who bring the good news of good things. The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; that 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." Mark you, Moses does not tone down the law to suit our fallen state, or talk of our doing our best and God's being satisfied with our imperfect obedience. (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? Not that any part of the truth has escaped: it is the fatal brand of that "great house" that even the most elementary truth suffers the deepest injury; but as to this truth, it seems unknown altogether. Angels saw him and wondered. "Don't scold," said one. You, dear friend, down the aisle there, it you trust in Christ you shall never be ashamed of your hope. Romans 10:17, NASB: So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. It was a message that went out from God to sinners as such. Faith is to both; it is the condition of our justification (Romans 5:1; Romans 5:1), and it is the root and spring of our sanctification; in it it is begun; by it it is carried on, Acts 15:9. People cannot come to Jesus without the right information about the gospel, but information alone is not enough to save anyone. Israel is indeed the only people of whom there is always a portion that believe. Is there no call, no mercy, of God for any besides? This makes them more accountable for their rejection of the good news. Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. From Romans 9 alone we might think that salvation is Gods doing alone, but from Romans 10 we might think that salvation is mans doing alone together we see the matter from each perspective. There is no language where their voice is not heard. 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. 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. was true, accordingly, before the law, right through the law, and ever since the law. Therefore they are not saved. But Paul makes it clear: There is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. Herein is no mystery: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, and whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. He begins with the great epoch of the dispensations of God (that is, the ages since the flood). The same was true of the doctrine requiring faith in Christ. Nothing of this is intended in the class that is here brought before us. Jesus has already come to the earth and brought us the information we need to serve God and find heaven. Therein God is both vindicated and glorified. Our Lord Jesus lays a great stress upon this confessing of him before men; see Matthew 10:32; Matthew 10:33. Romans 8:1-39 displays this comforting truth in its fulness. It was a very great thing, especially, when the profession of Christ or Christianity hazarded estate, honour, preferment, liberty, life, and all that is dear in this world, which was the case in the primitive times. But he meets their proud exclusiveness in another way. Again, we cannot neglect the emphasis on. We all know where it is and must be for the Christian. And we hear it on all sides. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 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. In the rest of chapter 15 the apostle dwells on the extent of his apostleship, renews his expression of the thought and hope of visiting Rome, and at the same time shows how well he remembered the need of the poor at Jerusalem. "What are you?" "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness" (ver. 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. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. that is, the word of faith, which we preach -- --that is, the word which men were to believe and obey for salvation (compare 1 Timothy 4:6). It was laid down that he must lift no burden which weighed more than two dried figs. 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