romans 10:8 17 commentary

You can also change some of your preferences. 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. Unlike verse 5, Paul does not say, "Moses says" or "Moses writes." It has four stages of meaning. Such men have never been wanting since the truth has shone on this world; still less are they now. There was no law there or then; for Abraham died long before God spoke from Sinai. The meaning is not what was executed on Christ, but what is in virtue. First, We need not go to heaven, to search the records there, or to enquire into the secrets of the divine counsel. . The conies are a feeble folk, yet have they their habitations among the rocks: they are safe, but they keep to their hiding place. Not only God, but also our fellow men, must know what side we are on. 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. Did the Jews take the ground of exclusively having that word of God the law? 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. 15:18-24). Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. It pronounced on the Jew then. The apostle shows them with astonishing force at the starting-point that he was far from slighting their privileges. All through this section Paul has been driving home the personal responsibility of the Jews. The point is best understood by examining the source of Pauls information. ( Isaiah 53:1.) ", But all have not obeyed the good news. Verse 20. The second plea is not that the rejection of Israel is only partial, however extensive, but that it is also temporary, and not definitive. Secondly, We need not go to the deep, to fetch Christ out of the grave, or from the state of the dead: Into the deep, to bring up Christ from the dead. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. The first of these phrases, "from faith," excludes the law; the second, "to faith," includes every one that has faith within the scope of God's righteousness. 1. People cannot come to Jesus without the right information about the gospel, but information alone is not enough to save anyone. It was not merely better light in the conscience, which might be elsewhere, as is supposed in the early verses of our chapter; but the Jew's position was directly and unquestionably one of divine tests applied to man's estate. That is - This is the use which the apostle makes of it; not that Moses referred to the gospel. And they are broadening the gate so that you breathe, "Oh, God loves you," you will be saved because you are breathing. Hereupon he enters upon the direct proofs, and first cites Hosea as a witness. 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." So one of the first works of the gospel is silencing the questions of our unbelief. If he had to die, his fathers would receive him "holy and pure." To the contrary, the salvation of God is as near them as their own mouths and hearts. It seems incredible that a man should die like that for a law like that. (325) It is the word which requires faith, and is received by faith; or it is the word entitled to faith, worthy of being believed; or it is the word which generates and supports faith. 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). Or let's put on our asbestos suits and descend into hell and bring the Messiah back from the grave. There is the righteousness of justification and the righteousness of sanctification. I have had almost thirty years among you, and God has been very gracious to us, so that we have lost very few comparatively by death; but now many are going home, and, according to the course of nature, many of our honored brethren and sisters will soon follow. They have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. Let me refer in passing to a few points more in the introduction, in order to link them together with that which the Spirit was furnishing to the Roman saints, as well as to show the admirable perfectness of every word that inspiration has given us. 11, 12). There is a kind of telegraphic quality about the writing. Here, then, it is not a question at all of pardon or remission. For this (Romans 10:11; Romans 10:11) he quotes Isaiah 28:16, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed; ou kataischynthesetai. Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? It is not so alone; but in His death, unto which I am baptized, I am dead to sin. III. He shall come to Zion, says the other. 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. Love is the great debt that we owe, which never can be paid, but which we should always be paying. No, he directed the comfort to his dear wife, for she had greater need of it than he had his faith was firm. He did not say, "Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O my friends, for the hand of the Lord hath touched me." Charity teaches us to have the best opinion of persons, and to put the best construction upon words and actions, that they will bear. or who hath been his counsellor? 2. 10:5-8: For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby. If God had absolutely cast away His people, would there be such mercy? But natural conscience, although it may detect evil, never leads one into the inward possession and enjoyment of good never brings the soul to God. No, if the law is once broken it is all over with you as to salvation thereby: one single fault takes away the possibility of your ever being justified by the law. Romans 10:14-17. 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. It is not an esoteric message hidden in some secret place or located at some far corner of the universe. He "will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first and also of the Gentile.". "For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. Whosoever believed should not be ashamed; whosoever called should be saved. 3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. The facts were so well known by the preaching of the apostles, that they might be said to be in every mans mouth.. The soul of prayer is the heart's desire. It is sinful shame that makes people deny Christ, Mark 8:38. It was not only his heart's desire, but it was his prayer. The righteousness of faith, on the other hand, is easily available to all men upon the conditions mentioned in the next phrases. "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness" (ver. 2 170). Live, that is, be happy, not only in the land of Canaan, but in heaven, of which Canaan was a type and figure. It was about eating pork. The figure of the relationship of husband and wife is introduced in order to make the matter plain. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. All rights reserved. There is no need to bring Christ down to find out what God wants. But we believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead. 22). Of these only a remnant would be saved. Now I take this opportunity of pressing on all that are here to beware of contracted views of "salvation." In both Old and New it is the same substantial testimony. It is through the Word of God that we come to know God. (1-3) Israel's refusal to submit to the righteousness of God. Why should this be so strange and incredible to you? But they have not all obeyed the gospel. There is laid down the most essential of all truths as a groundwork of salvation; namely, expiation. 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. So Paul concludes his argument by citing two Old Testament texts to prove his case. Wonderful to think the Spirit of God associates Himself with us in it all, deigning to give us divine feelings even in our poor and narrow hearts. 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. . 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. c. How beautiful are the feet: No wonder those who preach have beautiful feet they partner with God for the salvation of men. No man can tell. 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." 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. Their crowning glory was precisely what they would not hear of. 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. 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. "I am not ashamed," etc. 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 Gods righteousness by works. To say that faith-righteousness says these things simply means it is characterized by them. The promise is the same to all, who call on the name of the Lord Jesus as the Son of God, as God manifest in the flesh. Accordingly the apostle says that boast and works are completely set aside by this principle which affirms faith, apart from deeds of law, to be the means of relationship with God (verses 27, 28). In the fourth verse this could not be absent; in the first verse it ought not to be present. How are they to believe in him of whom they have not heard? 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. Have you been born again?" Nothing can be more simple and essential. Death, and nothing short of it, rightly dissolves the bond. The apostle has come now to the nature. It may well be that what we have here is the notes of some address which Paul was in the habit of making to the Jews to convince them of their error. Now what is this word of faith? Such is the principle. We have had justification, both by blood and also in virtue of Christ's resurrection. He believed God and His word, with special approval on God's part; and his faith was counted as righteousness (ver. Chapter 10Now Paul again reaffirms his love and desire for his brethren after the flesh. "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. Sin is our operating outside of God's grace. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. Although there is undoubtedly that profoundness which must accompany every revelation of God, and especially in connection with Christ as now manifested, still we have God adapting Himself to the very first wants of a renewed soul nay, even to the wretchedness of souls without God, without any real knowledge either of themselves or of Him. 5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. I do say this for them--that they do have a zeal for God, but it is not a zeal which is based on a real knowledge. 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? 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. They beat up on him the other day. Angels saw him and wondered. "This wail of despair takes many forms: one man puts it thus: "What doings can I perform by which I can be saved? 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