Look at our dear, departed brother, Mr. Higgs, the last who has crossed the stream. 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. 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. See 2 Corinthians 3:7; Galatians 3:23; Galatians 3:24. Upon what ground? for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. Consequently all turned, not on what man should be for God, but what God can be and is, as revealed in the gospel, to man. 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. 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! Who bring glad tidings of good things!. A good witness, as a reason of his good wish (Romans 10:2; Romans 10:2): I bear them record that they have a zeal of God. Cottrell cites Leon Morris in summary: "The righteousness of faith does not demand that we be supermen; it does not set some impossible task before us. * I scarcely knew what to preach from this morning; but at last I settled in my mind that I would raise a memorial to my departed friend by preaching a sermon which should be connected with himself. Hear this! He could not have remitted heretofore. Surely if equal birth-tie could ensure community of blessing if a charter from God depended on being sprung from the same father and mother, there was no case so strong, no claim so evident, as that of Esau to take the same rights as Jacob. Conscious deliverance, to be solid according to God, must be in the line of His truth. There is hardly any phraseology that tends to more injury of souls in these matters than a loose way of talking of salvation. There is such a thing as a blind misguided zeal: such was that of the Jews, who, when they hated Christ's people and ministers, and cast them out, said, Let the Lord be glorified (Isaiah 66:5); nay, they killed them, and thought they did God good service, John 16:2. I mean to let it stand out simply before you, that the incarnation, the life, the death, and the resurrection of Christ are the one foundation upon which we must depend for eternal salvation, and upon that alone; and if we do so depend we shall most assuredly be saved. For who hath known the mind of the Lord? He had bought the truth and would not sell it, and so he stuck to. If you crawl on your knees for five miles to kiss the statue you can be spared several days of purgatory. Have as many good works as you can cram into your life, but never tell anybody about them, or think anything of them. He here shows the fatal mistake that the unbelieving Jews were guilty of, which was their ruin. 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. Paul wants the Jews to be saved, but they cannot be saved while trying to create their own righteousness through law-keeping. He deals with the Jew from his own Scripture (verses 9-19). It is true Christ is in heaven; but we may be justified and saved without going thither, to fetch him thence, or sending a special messenger to him. Turn to Deuteronomy 30:11 . (a.) And he is father of circumcision in the best sense, not to Jews, but to believing Gentiles. The things about which we are in doubt are far fewer than we would like to think. The earth, or, at least, the Jewish nation, had been familiar with such dealings of God in times past. or, Who shall descend into the deep?" Then, fourthly, we will hear what experience saith; for we may bring in the experience of believers to back up the declarations of God. It is the going forth of His richest blessing. Hence the apostle does not, as in the early chapters of this epistle, take up our sins, except as proofs and symptoms of sin. Proud as you may be of that which distinguishes you, it is hard to make sin and death peculiar to you, nor can you connect them even with the law particularly: the race of man is in question, and not Israel alone. 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. for he came to bring everyone who believes and trusts into a right relationship with God. 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. He refused. But I say, did Israel not know? I have lost a friend tender and true to me, and my heart is too full for utterance. ", Oh, but this is a very blessed thing to have to say to you. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek ( Romans 10:11-12 ): Quite a statement for Paul a Hebrew of the Hebrews to make--no difference between the Jew and the Greek, that is, as far as salvation is concerned. So there must be confession with the mouth. The second plea is not that the rejection of Israel is only partial, however extensive, but that it is also temporary, and not definitive. For whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved ( Romans 10:12-13 ). There is no need to bring Christ down to find out what God wants. The gospel means His glad tidings for man. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. The word of Christ is what brought us out of the world and that to which we were converted. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? 2 Corinthians 2:14-16, 3:4-5, 5:18-21, Exodus 19:6 Hebrews 4:14-16, Psalm 32:8 Romans 5:10-11, James 2:14-17 Proverbs 4:1-9, John 14:26 Romans 10: . This occupies the central part of the chapter, which then closes with the unfailing and faithful power of God for us in all our experiences here below. The apostle refers to Isaiah to show that God would "lay in Zion a stumbling-stone." Israel responsible for its own loss (9:30-10:21). Now I take this opportunity of pressing on all that are here to beware of contracted views of "salvation." i. Pauls hearts desire also translated into concrete action: prayer to God for Israel. He introduced a new religion and way of worship, to which the former must give place. Would that the Lord would give us hearts to remember, as well as eyes to see, according to His own grace! "He resisted," says the writer, "even to the agonies of death, for the law's sake.". He shall own that once glorious seat of royalty in Israel. Here we pass out of the introduction of the epistle. Look to him and salvation is thine. Because they were sons of Abraham. The gospel or the system of grace or "the righteousness which is of faith" is not difficult to find or to accede to. To make his point Paul uses two Old Testament quotations. "Whosoever believeth in him hath everlasting life." 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. To whom, then, did the law address itself? Next, this precious gospel translates these questions, and then answers them. Go not to the loom to weave a righteousness. Having received, having heard, having known the grace of God through Jesus Christ, we are now obligated to let the world know of that same grace.I have a very good friend, Keith Erickson, whom I love in the Lord. (that is, to bring, Christ down from above:) or, Who shall descend into the deep? The feet speak of activity, motion, and progress, and those who are active and moving in the work of preaching the gospel have beautiful feet. First, then, a man to be a Christian must have a sense of the utter uniqueness of Jesus Christ. They're both true. One might know a most real clinging to Jesus; but this would not set the heart at ease with God. Herein he was merciful, as God is, who is not willing that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9), desires not the death of sinners. 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. Faith comes by hearing, hearing by the Word of God.We are told in Jude that one of the ways by which we keep ourselves in that place of blessing, the blessings of God's love, is building up ourselves in the most holy faith. Paul's answer is: "Israel's disbelief was only to be expected, for, long ago, Isaiah was moved to say in despair: 'Lord, who has believed what we have heard?'" It is implied in this wish that they might be convinced and converted; he could not pray in faith that they might be saved in their unbelief. Since the word of God is in our mouth, "confession" (homologeo) of Christ is almost automatic. But oh, thank God we have a message to tell to the nations. If it was the Lord's will that I should die in the street at this moment, I would cheerfully go." And the message they proclaim is the good news concerning Jesus Christ (16-17). 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. We are not put to climb for it--it is not in heaven; we are not put to dive for it--it is not in the deep. If you will just confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord. This is now become impossible, by reason of the power of sin and the corruption of nature; but Christ is the end of the law. To hold the truth in unrighteousness would be no security. Confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus: We can never forget all that it meant to say that Jesus Christ is Lord. Thy salvation rests in Jesus, rest thou in Jesus. Thus the deliverance is not merely for the joy of the soul, but also for strength in our walking after the Spirit, who has given and found a nature in which He delights, communicating withal His own delight in Christ, and making obedience to be the joyful service of the believer. I can't accept it." Eleazar the priest was brought before Antiochus Epiphanes whose aim was to stamp out Jewish religion. For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God." Not thus does God deal with souls. The offering up of this desire to God. then, go out to Gentiles? Moses saith, "I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people," etc. ** 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. And the blessedness of the gospel is, that it is (not merely an exercise of mercy, but also) divinely just. As no keeper of the law would have been lost on any ground whatever, so no believer in Christ shall be lost on any ground whatever; as no breaker of the law could escape punishment, so no unbeliever in Christ can he saved. (d) In the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures it is the regular translation of the divine name, Jahveh or Jehovah. The point is best understood by examining the source of Pauls information. 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. 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. Be saved ( Romans 10:12-13 ) weave a righteousness I should die the... 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