I. I invite your earnest attention to the first point WHAT MOSES SAITH: "Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them." Now, I hope I have put it plainly. Now what is this word of faith? Fair-weather sailors, who go out in their little painted perfection boats, are people who have had small temptation and little soul-trouble. "He resisted," says the writer, "even to the agonies of death, for the law's sake.". (iii) But a man must not only believe in his heart; he must confess with his lips. 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. I know that he would have said to me, Give them Christ crucified, and salvation by grace through faith, as plainly as ever you can; for when he was sore sick and in the very agony of death, he repeated as his dying creed, and in his own quaint way he added, "They may talk as much as ever they like, but the whole of it lies in Jack the Huckster's verse. Such moral judgments will, no doubt, be used to leave man without excuse; they can never suit or satisfy God. This he proves by showing the different constitution of these two. In the fourth verse this could not be absent; in the first verse it ought not to be present. 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. The first is Moses himself. Time was when none of the English, nor French, nor of any other nation believed in the Saviour. The truth is, those are altogether mistaken who call it so. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. They did not know it, because they would not; they shut their eyes against the discoveries of it, and love darkness rather. The believer, whosoever he might be, should not be ashamed. The Text I can't accept it." In Romans 10:1-21 Paul made this same point. This phrase, , "the word of faith", may be seen in the Jewish writings z; and this shows what word is here meant, even the Gospel so called, because it contains doctrines which are to be believed upon the testimony of God, and particularly the doctrine of justification by the righteousness of Christ received by faith; and because it proposes Christ as the object of faith, and encourages souls to believe in him for life and salvation; and is also the means of begetting and implanting faith in the heart, and without it the preaching of it is of no avail: and it is further described by the ministration of it. A disobedient and contrary people: This tells Gods assessment of disobedient, Messiah-rejecting Israel. Romans 10:14-17. This is true for both Jews and Gentiles. Jesus did not bleed and die to be a superfluity to us: he cattle to meet a grim necessity. It is close to you; it is as close as your mouth. It is nigh you; it is nigh you now: it will never be nigher than it is at this moment. for on your own showing, according to that word to which we all bow, you must admit that one man's sin brought in universal moral ruin and death. 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? Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. 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. The way of the law was not easy. 2. 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. Such men have never been wanting since the truth has shone on this world; still less are they now. 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 God had absolutely cast away His people, would there be such mercy? Now, the gospel forbids us to dream in this fashion. You say, "Well, I can't reconcile that with God's divine election." The saving work is done, done by him who was anointed of the Lord to do it. And the message they proclaim is the good news concerning Jesus Christ (16-17). As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, This was no question of legal obedience, although the law came from Jehovah. (1-3) Israel's refusal to submit to the righteousness of God. This blessed faith keeps men down when they are apt to go up, and up when otherwise they would be apt to go down. 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. f. The Scripture says: Referring, I think, to the general sense of Scripture, rather than to any one passage. If you will just confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord. Not thus does God deal with souls. "Are you a Protestant?" Faith is easy compared to a lifetime of slavish obedience to the Law. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the soul is alive to God, and has begun its holy happiness which shall endure for ever. So Paul concludes his argument by citing two Old Testament texts to prove his case. You can check these in your browser security settings. Now there is a tremendous failure some place of getting the message out.For how can they call on Him who they don't believe in? This verse shows that believing faith does not come ultimately from the believer's witness but from the Word of God. There is no mystery or obscurity about it. 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. But for the time it is held fast, though in unrighteousness. (i) A man must say Jesus Christ is Lord. a. We know that God is behind everything; and yet, at the same time, we know that we have free will and can accept or reject God's offer. 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." 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. He could not have remitted heretofore. The gospel replies, if you did ascend to heaven what would you do there, without Christ, the anointed Savior? I will move you to anger by a foolish nation.. In the argument so far as it has gone there is a paradox. We have God and man in presence, so to speak. I would like to boast about what I have done, the dangers that I have braved for God, the sacrifices that I have made, the dedication that took me through those dark, smelly, dangerous swamps. Then call upon the Lord, and you shall be saved. So God's grace and mercy extended towards the Gentiles. A man cannot be blamed for not knowing what he never had a chance to know; but he can be blamed for neglecting to know that which was always open to him. If it was the Lord's will that I should die in the street at this moment, I would cheerfully go." Thus it is a mistake to suppose that saints may not be benefited by a better understanding of the gospel, at least as Paul preached it. 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 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.". "Shall we sin," says he, proceeding yet farther (ver. There is no hope for man otherwise; for the gospel is not all that is now made known. Your name is not on the list." 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? Calling for mischief or injury to fall upon a person. Further, he would have real difficulty in believing that the way to God was open to everybody. That is quite true, because Isaiah says: "Lord, who has believed what they heard from us?" 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 . He can meet the sinner, but He justifies the believer; and in this, instead of trenching on His glory, there is a deeper revelation and maintenance of it than if there never had been sin or a sinner. Christ indeed did both; and so the word was nigh them, in their mouth and in their heart. First, he raises the question, "Has God cast away his people?" How are they to believe in him of whom they have not heard? Not so, says the apostle. The word for Lord is kurios ( G2962) . I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.". Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. His language conveys the main idea which Paul wished to do, that the doctrine was plain and intelligible. "The man has not got anything like settled peace with God; perhaps he hardly knows his sins forgiven; but at least he is a saved soul." For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever.". Thy salvation rests in Jesus, rest thou in Jesus. The gospel at its height in no wise weakens but maintains the moral manifestation of what God is. It was laid down that, in the event of sickness, measures might be taken to keep the patient from becoming worse, but not to make him better. 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. Since the word of God is in our mouth, "confession" (homologeo) of Christ is almost automatic. I assure you that I daily find the value of living by faith. Thus the proof was complete. 3. The whole Jewish approach was that by this kind of obedience to the law a man earned credit with God. But if it were so, He had not done with them. c. Believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead: We must also believe this. The righteousness of God is revealed from faith; and consequently, if there be faith in any soul, to this it is revealed, to faith wherever it may be. Paul rightly observes that it all goes back to the preaching of the gospel, and preachers must be sent both by God and the Christian community at large. Hence, as God's wrath is revealed from heaven, it is against every form of impiety "against all ungodliness." (iv) The fourth objection is: "But what if Israel did not understand?" Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. Obedience to the gospel required under Gods system of grace ("the righteousness which is of faith") is the obedience that trusting faith always produces not the obedience of works of merit. (1.) 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?) In the beginning ofRomans 2:1-29; Romans 2:1-29 we have man pretending to righteousness. Though he had never visited Rome, many of them were known personally. Christ has already done that and has returned gloriously by His resurrection from the dead. A person cannot believe unless they hear. A wondrous way, but most blessed! 14, 15). 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. 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. Let me call your attention again to its force. How far? He dwells in the heart by faith. Oh, let's all get our climbing ropes and let's all climb into heaven and let's bring the Messiah down. Difficulty there is none: only believe and thou art saved. If you want to live by the law (find life through the law), you must do the law and do it completely and perfectly. Observe, the gospel is not simply remission of sins, nor is it only peace with God, but "the power of God unto salvation." Anybody being able to . 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. Witness the common joy that grace gives an apostle with saints be had never seen, so that even he should be comforted as well as they by their mutual faith. There is a kind of telegraphic quality about the writing. Say not in thine heart that thou must be educated, trained, and made into a scholar. This would make me wonder what kind of a character am I that she is having such a hard time believing me. 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 Christian must believe not only that Jesus lived, but also that he lives. Yes, they did hear. Its remarkable that Paul found something good to say about these Jewish people who persecuted him so mercilessly. This also is a most important truth, my brethren, to bear in mind. Have done with doings, and feelings, and trust yourself with Christ. It is in your mouth and in your heart." Thus, they are seeking for a righteousness from works, their good works, and they have rejected that righteousness that God has established for them. This is the essential point. The answer is found in this portion of our epistle (that is, from the middle of chapter 5). "I am dying by fiery torments for thy law's sake," he prayed to God. 3). a. Salvation is so close to every one of you tonight. What saith the gospel? Jack answered, "I never get lower than I am, for I am down at the bottom. Ed. The believing and the confession of that believing in God's own way are never to be separated, for "With the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." At least they have a, Seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God, i. All of Pauls teaching of Gods election and right to choose does not diminish mans responsibility. 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). It is the going forth of His richest blessing. What is remote, with difficulty. He bade them read that chapter, "Let not your hearts be troubled"; and, as they read it, he did not take the verses, and apply them to himself. One night he collared some young people to ask them questions about the Bible. A proud conceit of their own righteousness: Going about to establish their own--a righteousness of their own devising, and of their own working out, by the merit of their works, and by their observance of the ceremonial law. Christ holds it out to you: take it freely, and be rich for ever. Do not believe in yourself, but believe in Jesus. Free shipping for many products! Accordingly, in chapter 2 the Holy Spirit shows us man satisfying himself with pronouncing on what is right and wrong moralizing for others, but nothing more. 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. 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. Sin was in the world between Adam and Moses, when the law was not. It is not, as in Ephesians 2:1-22, dead in sins, which would be nothing to the purpose. Chapter 10Now Paul again reaffirms his love and desire for his brethren after the flesh. 17 So then [ therefore] The words "so then" indicate the consequence of those who believe the message. Now Paul here very adroitly takes these words out of the mouth of Moses, alters them somewhat, and as good as says, "It was the boast of the law that it was clear, known, and accessible to the people; but much more is this the glory of the gospel." Thereby is identification with His death. 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. You say, "Chuck, that is too narrow. There is nothing like the grace of God for producing the truest humility, the humility that not only descends to the lowest level of sinners to do them good, but which is itself the fruit of deliverance from that self-love which puffs itself or lowers others. Gods word provides a system to live by. To say You can be right before God if you work hard enough is not a gospel of peace, and that message does not bring glad tidings of good things. He fell and a soldier kicked him. I had no difficulty in answering that question. On both sides therefore the apostle is meeting the grand points he had at heart to demonstrate from their own Scriptures. Conscious deliverance, to be solid according to God, must be in the line of His truth. The gospel goes forth universally. It was undoubtedly enough for present purposes. (2.) You cannot hear about him unless there is someone to proclaim the good news. They will not accept that the way of salvation for them is the same as for the Gentiles - through faith in Christ (30-33). Paul deals with that objection by quoting Isaiah 52:7. The sacrifices, and offerings, and purifications appointed under the Old Testament, prefigured Christ, and pointed at him; and their inability to take away sin discovered the necessity of a sacrifice that should, by being once offered, take away sin. Did they venture to plead that it must be not only the same father, but the same mother? In his final sermon, Moses made some other points. Confess with your mouth: Confession has the idea of agreeing with. Just before Israel crossed into the Promised Land, Moses spoke of righteousness by faith.. Has He mercy only for guilty Israel? Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. Listen. 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. The apostle allows this privilege to be great, specially in having the Scriptures, but turns the argument against the boasters. It is not here a question of how a man is to be saved, but of God's indispensable moral judgment, which the gospel, instead of weakening asserts according to the holiness and truth of God. ** See No. There would be no remnant if justice took its course. There can be no one to proclaim the good news unless God commissions someone to do so." "The word is near you. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. As far as persons are concerned, there is no hindrance; Jew or Gentile makes no difference, as is expressly said, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the [passing over or praeter-mission, not] remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus" (verses 23-26). That word is the gospel of Christ. 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. He was in the end killed. a. As Moses explains in v. 11, "What I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach." "Whosoever." 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. The Bible describes confessing Christ in two ways. And by the foolish nation I will anger you.". Deuteronomy 30:14. Man goes back to the righteousness of works. Anyone can express it easily with the mouth and accept it easily with the heart. The information in this verse is a rather loose quotation from Deuteronomy 30:12-14 (it would be best to read these verses). I am crazy about this little doll, but it is necessary for me to get her close to me to provoke her to jealousy.Now that is exactly what God is seeking to do to the Jews. Of the Jew by his own confession. It is simple; indeed, so simple that people try to obscure it in order to understand it. No, salvation is not put at so vast a distance from us. Or to proclaim to them the truth. 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? and how can they believe in him in whom they have not heard? All Reading Plans / Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous) / Genesis 21:8-21 (The rescue of Hagar and Ishmael); Psalm 86:1-10 16-17 (Prayer for deliverance); Romans 6:1b-11 (Buried and raised with Christ in baptism); Matthew 10:24-39 (The cost of discipleship) ( English Standard Version) June 25, 2023. Be nothing; be nobody; and trust Him. 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. And she gives me the worst time because she knows how totally she has me wrapped around her little finger. "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." Ed. In Romans 14:1-23 and the beginning ofRomans 15:1-33; Romans 15:1-33 we have the delicate theme of Christian forbearance in its limits and largeness. ii. Granted that it is so, at once and fully. "Doubts," he said, "what do you mean? No man can tell. Romans 10:9-10 are of prime importance. Nothing less, I am persuaded, than this full blessing is the line that God has given to those who have followed Christ without the camp, and who, having been set free from the contracted ways of men, desire to enter into the largeness and at the same time the profound wisdom of every word of God. Charity teaches us to have the best opinion of persons, and to put the best construction upon words and actions, that they will bear. Then, from ver. For Isaiah said, Lord, who has believed our report? 6 But the righteousness which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? ", But all have not obeyed the good news. All day long I have stretched out My hands They tried him with their various attainments, depressions, anxieties, quibbles, and questions; but still the huckster would not budge. Thus one could not fail to see these two weighty inferences: the bringing in to be God's sons of those that had not been His people, and the judgment and destruction of the great mass of His undoubted people. It pronounced on the Jew then. If it were possible that man could be saved any other way, the cross would not be necessary. 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. Do not try to climb the heavens or search the depths, for Christ has already come down from heaven to earth, has been crucified, buried and raised from the dead. The way of salvation is now both plain and easy. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. This was not suitable to the character of the epistle; but the glory of God he does. In hours of dire distress and great heaviness of spirit, of which I know enough, I prove the power of faith in Jesus. "But if [for so it should be read] thou art named a Jew," etc. In the moments when the soul is in the lowest depths, faith is the only way to live. He lays down such a summary as no Jew ever gave since they were a nation. And the ceremonies shadowed forth Christ as fulfilling the righteousness, and bearing the curse of the law. Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . He was the promised Messiah, born King of the Jews. He has no longer to win God's favour; he need simply take the grace and love and mercy which he freely offers. They have plenty of zeal but little knowledge. Thus the introduction opened with Christ's person, and closes with God's righteousness. For they do not realize that a man can only achieve the status of righteousness by God's gift, and they seek to establish their own status, and so they have not submitted themselves to that power of God which alone can make them righteous in his sight. If a fire has to be poked a Gentile is employed to do it. By keeping the law? Salem Media Group. Now it is clear that that obedience could be given only by a man who was desperately in earnest about his religion. (1.) This makes them more accountable for their rejection of the good news. The latter clause in the first verse of the authorised version mars the sense. The law demanded, but could never receive righteousness from man. "But unto Israel he saith, All day long have I stretched out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.". 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