we know how this was in Israel, how it might be, and has been, in Christendom. 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. "What are you?" The conies are a feeble folk, yet have they their habitations among the rocks: they are safe, but they keep to their hiding place. b. III. Oh yes very true, for their sound went out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world ( Romans 10:18 ). For what remains unsolved by and in Christ? Next, what the gospel says: "But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise," and so on. 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. Whosoever believed should not be ashamed; whosoever called should be saved. In heaven it will fill us perfectly; but there is no more perfect joy there, nor anything. One thing remains to be said of this passage. Hence the action of the Spirit of God in a double point of view comes before us. The apostle refers to Isaiah to show that God would "lay in Zion a stumbling-stone." Difficulty there is none: only believe and thou art saved. It is fit that God should be honoured with the mouth, for he made man's mouth (Exodus 4:11), and at such a time has promised to give his faithful people a mouth and wisdom,Luke 21:15. Well, then, suppose I say: "Did Israel not understand?" This accordingly leads, as connected with the deliverance of the body, to the inheritance we are to possess. The soul of prayer is the heart's desire. It is not, as in Ephesians 2:1-22, dead in sins, which would be nothing to the purpose. The consequences spiritually are blessed to the soul; how much more is it to Teach the source from which all flows! 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 information in verse 8 makes the point even more forcefully. 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." 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. Whatever man in all the world, throughout all the ages, shall come and trust himself on Christ shall never be ashamed of having done so. for what follow are manifestly his words, in Deuteronomy 30:14. the word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart; which is to be understood not of the law, for Moses himself is not speaking of the law only, but either of the whole word of God, both law and Gospel; or particularly of the Gospel, which holds forth those special blessings and promises of grace, pardon of sin, and circumcision of the heart, which are mentioned in the context, as what should be bestowed upon the people of the Jews in the latter days; and so is rightly applied by the apostle to the then dispensation, and is to be understood of the Gospel; which was nigh both in the ministration of it, by the apostles, to Jews and Gentiles, and in the application and experience of it; it was not only "in the mouth" of the preachers, but also of the hearers of it, by a hearty and sincere confession; and "in [their] hearts", being attended with the power of God, and received in the love of it, was truly believed in, and cordially embraced; that is, the word of faith. 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. Thus the second man looks to excitements and feelings just as the first looked to works and self-denials. ii. Of these only a remnant would be saved. "This wail of despair takes many forms: one man puts it thus: "What doings can I perform by which I can be saved? Paul wants the Jews to be saved, but they cannot be saved while trying to create their own righteousness through law-keeping. Sin was in the world between Adam and Moses, when the law was not. Verse 18. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. The future must be brought in by the grace of God; and this he accordingly gives us at the close of Romans 11:1-36. 4. Romans 10:14-17. he was Lord of heaven and earth, and yet they called him Beelzebub, and talked of him as a drunken man and a wine-bibber. If I had a sense of sin as deep as that of lost souls in hell, I could hope that I should be saved." 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. and how can they believe in him in whom they have not heard? 1. Proud member Did the Jews take the ground of exclusively having that word of God the law? He had this, of course, in a revelation that was from God; he had law; he had prophets; he had divine institutions. Hence the apostle does not, as in the early chapters of this epistle, take up our sins, except as proofs and symptoms of sin. Let the cross pass. The quickening power of God therefore was here set forth, of course historically in a way connected with this life and a posterity on earth, but nevertheless a very just and true sign of God's power for the believer the quickening energy of God after a still more blessed sort. (324) The righteousness of faith is evidently the it in this question: See Romans 10:6. "Always remember to keep your voice down," said another. This would make me wonder what kind of a character am I that she is having such a hard time believing me. And that word is the message of faith which we proclaim. the Arabic version, "what dost thou say?" In stormy weather our beauty and glory soon turn pale; when the devil meets us face to face, he cracks up our tinsel perfection with a blow. Can it cry? Thou sayest, "Who shall ascend into heaven?" 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? In the same way the apostle disposes of all pretence on the score of ordinances, especially circumcision. or "what saith he", Moses? To my mind this word of Moses is conclusive that none of us can possibly live by the works of the law. The law is magnified and made honourable by the death of Christ; and the doctrine of faith in his death and resurrection is fully proclaimed, and amply proved to be effectual to the purpose for which it was revealed. The offering up of this desire to God. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. "I am not ashamed," etc. Truly they had a zeal for the law. A man may be well aware that some habit, some indulgence, some way of life, some friendship, some association must have disastrous results; but he may simply refuse to look at the facts. Let us not stumble at the starting-point, but leave room for the due extent and depth of "salvation" in the gospel. There is satisfaction; but the work of Christ goes a great deal farther. Beware that you do not confound it with souls being quickened, or even brought into joy. If you will just confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord. Jack answered, "I never get lower than I am, for I am down at the bottom. And boy, she comes elbowing her way in and she is going to get right there next to Grandpa. The top and bottom of the matter is, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ." It is as equally simple to the Jew as it is to the Greek. and therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. He that believeth will not make haste (so the prophet has it)--will not make haste to run away from the sufferings he meets with in the way of his duty, will not be ashamed of a despised religion. 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. 15), "because we are not under the law, but under grace?" i. If a man kept the law perfectly, even Moses concluded that such a person would live (be saved). It is against the "unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness." If what Christ has done will not save a sinner I am damned; for I have nothing else to depend upon; but if it will save, and sure I am that it will, I am saved as surely as Christ has risen from the dead. 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. It is the paradox of the human situation that God is in control and yet the human will is free. It is part of the honour of Christ that every tongue shall confess, Philippians 2:11. But there was far more in Jesus. Was he not himself, says Paul, a proof to the contrary? It is not doing, but believing; therefore it is what is proclaimed to them, and what they receive and believe. Here I shall be very brief. All then that believe, though uncircumcised, might claim him as father, assured that righteousness will be reckoned to them too. The meaning of verse 6 is a little more difficult. There are several texts from which it may be gathered that believers shall not be put to shame. (Spurgeon). 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. Man despised at first the outward testimony of God, His eternal power and Godhead, in the creation above and around him (verses 19, 20). This he shows, Romans 10:5; Romans 10:5. The law is not destroyed, nor the intention of the lawgiver frustrated, but, full satisfaction being made by the death of Christ for our breach of the law, the end is attained, and we are put in another way of justification. How far? First Moses said, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation and I will anger you ( Romans 10:19 ). Clarke's Commentary Verse Romans 10:8. They wanted Jerusalem to be shut down completely on the Sabbath day, and he just let their sections be shut down but allowed cars to be driven in other sections. Such has been their singular fruit of promise; such even in the midst of all their misery it is at present. Even in their best estate the saved ones need their Lord: even if we walk in the light as God is in the light, and have fellowship with him, we still sin, and still the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth us from all sin. "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness" (ver. Rather does it add to his guilt: such is man's evil state and will. 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. 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. God pronounces against the unrighteousness of such; for if the knowledge, however exact, of God's revealed mind was accompanied by no renewal of the heart, if it was without life towards God, all must be vain. Here is an instance of what is so reprehensible. Thus the introduction opened with Christ's person, and closes with God's righteousness. Verse Romans 10:8. And he is father of circumcision in the best sense, not to Jews, but to believing Gentiles. That is, it is not merely pardon of past sins, but deliverance from sin, and in due time from all its consequences. IV. Angels saw him and wondered. There was no part of heathenism practically viewed now, so corrupting as that which had to do with the objects of its worship. [1.] The law has not come to an end in the sense of no longer reflecting Gods standard or no longer showing us our need for a Savior. The facts were so well known by the preaching of the apostles, that they might be said to be in every mans mouth.. But I say, [Paul said,] Have they not heard? Rightly does Paul take this as granted; for the doctrine of the law does by no means render the conscience quiet and calm, nor supply it with what ought to satisfy it. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. By keeping the law? or who hath first liven to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? Now as to the test of death. So then faith must come by hearing, and hearing by the word of God ( Romans 10:16-17 ). The information in verse 6 may be contrasted with many modern religious claims. That 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. 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 ). Thus the proof was complete. Now the doctrine which we saw asserted in the latter part ofRomans 5:1-21; Romans 5:1-21 is applied to both. Of the Jew by his own confession. Then follows a warning against those who bring in stumbling-blocks and offences. There seems to be more than a tinge of implied rebuke against the self-righteousness of the Jews who have rejected Christ Jesus and the gospel. We should not ignore how scandalously simple this is (whoever calls upon the name of the LORD shall be saved) and what an affront this is to every attempt of the flesh to be justified or any attempt to find salvation based on national or ethnic foundation. So there must be confession with the mouth. 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." (that is, to bring Christ down), or, 'Who shall go down into the deep abyss?' 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? All Israel shall be saved. 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. All the world was guilty before God. What was to be the stumbling-stone? Instead, we gain it by confessing and believing in the person and work of Jesus Christ. It was laid down that he must lift no burden which weighed more than two dried figs. It is agreed by all commentators that this is one of the most difficult and obscure passages in the letter to the Romans. 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." Nevertheless, what is in nowise the same as what was or what will be. Well, I can't either, but God didn't call me to reconcile it, He just called me to believe it.I tried to reconcile it for years until I was in such mental gymnastics I was worn out. They have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. But what saith it? The scope of the apostle in this part of the chapter is to show the vast difference between the righteousness of the law and the righteousness of faith, and the great pre-eminence of the righteousness of faith above that of the law; that he might induce and persuade the Jews to believe in Christ, aggravate the folly and sin of those that refused, and justify God in the rejection of such refusers. First, he raises the question, "Has God cast away his people?" In the most solemn way he appeals to man with the demand, whether he thinks that God will look complacently on that which barely judges another, but which allows the practice of evil in the man himself (Romans 2:1-3). 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. Did this seem to treat the law that condemned as an evil thing? There they were recorded, and Jack was a new man and a saved man. Here you have it, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." This also is a most important truth, my brethren, to bear in mind. Romans 10:17, NLT: So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ. Paul has been saying some hard things about the Jews. 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. Look to him and salvation is thine. No, my dear friend, do not say that even in your thought. a. 8 But what saith it? I want to preach that same gospel this morning, in the hope that in after days this word may be scattered far and wide, and some Jack the Huckster, or some other like him, may find himself to be utterly empty and undone, and may then know that Christ is ordained to be his salvation. b. It is through the Word of God that we come to know God. 2. There is entrance into favour, and nothing but favour. It is near and not hard to attain. Paul's joy and boast were in the gospel of God. I had no difficulty in answering that question. What did they say to Ishmaelites as joint-heirs? "Their voice is gone out to all the earth, and their words to the boundaries of the inhabited world." For the Jew stumbling at Jesus Christ going about by works trying to establish a righteousness before God.Paul declares they just haven't made it and can't make it for they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God and Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes. There is laid down the most essential of all truths as a groundwork of salvation; namely, expiation. 4). Well, I am sorry. Jesus in the garden prayed, "Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me." It is not only a blessing in its own direct character, or in indirect though real effects, but the Giver Himself is our joy, and boast, and glory. Such a man would necessarily be saved because there would be no sin to condemn him. ", But all have not obeyed the good news. They have not all obeyed the gospel. They too should live. Not only God, but also our fellow men, must know what side we are on. Did they venture to plead that it must be not only the same father, but the same mother? He quotes also from Isaiah "Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed." The stumbling-stone was their despised and rejected Messiah. But there is a third. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SDA Bible Commentary Set Vols. Yes, they did hear. 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. It was already among them by the preaching of the apostles, and was a subject of conversation and of thought. 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. At this point we enter upon a most important part of the epistle, on which we must dwell for a little. First, then, a man to be a Christian must have a sense of the utter uniqueness of Jesus Christ. How are they to proclaim the good news unless they are sent to do so? How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? This is the substance of the matter Christ saves, and we trust. 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. Romans 10:8-17 8 But what does it say? 8 But what saith it? Calling for mischief or injury to fall upon a person. Were it merely Romans 3:1-31 there could not be full peace with God as there is. 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. "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." * William Higgs, Esq., for many years a beloved deacon of the church in the Metropolitan Tabernacle, fell on asleep January 3rd, 1883, in his fifty-ninth year. That is not Christ's way. It is Paul's one desire that the Jews may be saved. This was the key to their difficulties this alone, and fully explains their coming ruin as well as God's solemn warnings. No fresh revelations from God can nullify those which preceded them; but as the prophets looked onward to what was coming, so is the gospel already come, supported by the past. The same was true of the gospel. This he proves by showing the different constitution of these two. But that wasnt their only problem. He takes their own books, and proves from one of them (Deuteronomy) that in the ruin of Israel the resource is not going into the depths, nor going up to heaven. Is he one of those that we elected? There would not be a moment of your life in which you could be at peace, for there would always be the fear that in some unguarded instant you would transgress, and lose all. The garment is woven already; put it on; Christ gives it to you. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. 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. He selects this language because it expresses his meaning in familiar terminology that is at once suitable and proverbial. 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. Ourselves nothing, Christ everything that is it. 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. And as that little remnant is ever sustained by the grace of God, it is the standing pledge of their final blessedness through His mercy, whereon the apostle breaks out into raptures of thanksgiving to God. Christ is the end of the ceremonial law; he is the period of it, because he is the perfection of it. In the gospel there is revealed God's righteousness. It is a holy balancing pole: we can walk the narrowest line with this in our hands, and fear no fall. 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. 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. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. The faith of Christ has brought divine joy into his soul; but, in point of fact, he is traversing a world of infirmity, suffering, and grief. Also, Gods word works in the Christian (1 Thessalonians 2:13). "I am of Mr. Spurgeon's religion, which makes people happy themselves, and causes them to do good to others." 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. Concerning profession: It is with the mouth that confession is made--confession to God in prayer and praise (Romans 15:6; Romans 15:6), confession to men by owning the ways of God before others, especially when we are called to it in a day of persecution. Their opposition to the gospel is from a principle of respect to the law, which they know to have come from God. What does experience say about believing in Christ! Beware of those endeavors of men today to broaden the gate. So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, Their sound has gone out to all the earth, i. a. No man among us doubts that if he had performed the law of God the Lord would give him life; but it is equally certain that if we have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ we have eternal lire. The word is near you -- --easily accessible. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. 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. It is exquisite the delicate love with which he singles out distinctive features in each of the saints, men and women, that come before him. Accordingly he tells them now what reason he had to speak thus strongly, not of the more advanced truths, but of the good news. God is not far from each one of us (Acts 17:27) because His will is right at our fingertips. This would not have been just. Many times people say, "Oh, I wish I had more faith," and I think that oftentimes we almost insult God by our lack of faith.I have heard people pray, "Oh, Lord, help me to believe. So I have found by my making over my other grandchildren she'll come elbowing her way in to get close to Grandpa. There never can be solid peace with God without both. Accordingly, in the end of the chapter, he shows that this is most true as applied to the moral judgment of the Jew; that uone so much dishonoured God as wicked Jews, their own Scripture attesting it; that position went for nothing in such, while the lack of it would not annul the Gentile's righteousness, which would indeed condemn the more unfaithful Israel; in short, that one must be a Jew inwardly to avail, and circumcision be of the heart, in spirit, not in letter, whose praise is of God, and not of men. As I was walking out of the room God said, "I didn't ask you to reconcile it; I only asked you to believe it." ( Romans 10:5-8 ). Glad tidings of good things, but not all who hear obey. Apparently the meaning is: "What if the message was so difficult to grasp that even when Israel did hear it they were unable to grasp its significance?" "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." There is no hope for man otherwise; for the gospel is not all that is now made known. Talk not thus. Their zeal was not according to knowledge. . For "every one who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.". d. But what does it say? This is all perfectly true true of a Jew as of a pagan true of any unrenewed man that never heard of a Saviour. May faith be increased as you study His Word. The rest of the epistle takes up the practical consequences of the great doctrine of God's righteousness, which had been now shown to be supported by, and in no wise inconsistent with, His promises to Israel. It is our duty truly and earnestly to desire the salvation of our own. God established that they had to bring an animal and kill the animal in their stead, that their sins must be transferred onto the animal and the animal slain. There were those who were good, whose balance was on the right side; there were those who were bad, whose balance was on the debit side; there were those who were in between, who, by doing one more good work, could become good. "By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith." 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." If God had absolutely cast away His people, would there be such mercy? In short, it is what the words say "the righteousness of God," and this "by faith of Jesus Christ.". Yes, and I find a self-denying, Christ-exalting faith to be good in times of jubilation and success. Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel: Paul again feels compelled to relate his heart regarding his fellow Jews. How it might be said of this passage in heaven it will fill us perfectly ; but there none! 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