Then he quotes Deuteronomy 30:12-13. Your father is not offering sacrifices. He speaks of the sovereignty of God having elected that it might stand by election. This, however, will be put to the test by-and-by. The Word of God is essential for the development of faith within my heart. No one had ever witnessed to him. He has Gods law; all that remains is for him to obey it. A Jew would find it hard to believe that the way to God was not through the law; this way of trust and of acceptance was shatteringly and incredibly new to him. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. 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. c. Establish their own righteousness: This effort shows Israels lack of knowledge and that they are ignorant of Gods righteousness. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. This is what made the gospel to be so sweet and precious, and, what is more, absolutely necessary, if he would escape certain and eternal ruin. This he shows further, Romans 10:3; Romans 10:3, where we may observe. But there is much more in Christ than that to which too many souls restrict themselves, not less to their own loss than to His dishonour. 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. Jesus has come down: years ago be left the glories of his Father. I can say no less. Notice that Paul describes Gods word as the word (a definite article occurs in the Greek text). Paul does not raise the possibility of the message being read. Nor does this in the slightest degree weaken the principle of law. The same was true of the gospel. b. Your name is not on the list." No one is lost until he sins and sin becomes full grown (James 1:15). The gospel at its height in no wise weakens but maintains the moral manifestation of what God is. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets" (verses 20, 21). Paul quoted Moses again (Deuteronomy 30:14) to reaffirm the fact that the great lawgiver taught that salvation came by faith. Here was the very truth that every Jew, as such, denied. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Such a man would necessarily be saved because there would be no sin to condemn him. It is not our effort which wins us goodness. To turn a blind eye may be in some few cases a virtue; in most cases it is folly. See 2 Corinthians 3:7; Galatians 3:23; Galatians 3:24. And the cross offends people, because the cross tells you there is only one way to God. How is it possible that I can be saved? 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. ): Paul says it is not necessary for men to descend into the realms of death and Satan to attain salvation. Wrapping everything up into one, the gospel says, "Trust thou in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thy sins shall be forgiven thee, and thou shalt be saved." So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God: Saving faith comes through hearing by the word of God. Anyone who thinks that justification by faith is a new concept needs to re-study the Old Testament and the book of Romans. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth Not all will accept the message, but Christians must proclaim it nevertheless. In vain will you preach Romans 3:1-31, or even 4 alone, for souls to know themselves consciously and holily set free. The resurrection was an essential of Christian belief. The connection is fully owned with that which had been from God of old. Romans 10:5-9 . No apostle had ever yet visited Rome. There is no limitation there; the promise is to everyone; therefore, there is no difference between Jew and Greek. The Jews have indeed heard this message, so they have no excuse (18). The story of Jesus Christ passed through all of the Jewish communities around the world. Paul deals with that objection by quoting Isaiah 52:7. Just as I lean all my weight upon this rail so do I lean my soul wholly upon Christ. That act denoted not even the washing away of our sins by the blood of Jesus, which would not apply to the case, nor in any adequate way meet the question of nature. Nevertheless Gods normal way of bringing people to Jesus Christ is through the preaching of the gospel. "Doubts," he said, "what do you mean? The word of faith is to be taken for the word of promise, that is, for the gospel itself, because it bears a relation to faith. (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. "Whosoever believeth in him hath everlasting life." Can it cry? Yet Israel ignored this word also, making them more accountable. They have not all obeyed the gospel. Suppose you cannot walk on the sea, like Peter: never mind; you are not called to do it. Our need is our warrant, and if that be gone, all is gone. And boy, she comes elbowing her way in and she is going to get right there next to Grandpa. 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. In such a condition what has been found in Jesus is too often misused to make a kind of difference, so to speak, between the Saviour on the one hand, and God on the other ruinous always to the enjoyment of the full blessing of the gospel. Then the domains of flesh and Spirit are brought before us: the one characterized by sin and death practically now; the other by life, righteousness, and peace, which is, as we saw, to be crowned finally by the resurrection of these bodies of ours. Up also his body rose on the light of the third day; and he sojourned for forty days among his disciples. 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. 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.". i. The man who does those things shall live by them: The Law of Moses makes the path to righteousness through the law plain. Thus, how can your father have the forgiveness of sins which is essential for fellowship with God?" Consequently the door is as open to the Gentile as to the Jew. Paul ably demonstrated in the first several chapters of Romans how futile this is. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. Let it not be! We, O Antiochus," he said, "who live under a divine law, consider no compulsion to be so forcible as obedience to our law." See an instance of this pride in the Pharisee, Luke 18:10; Luke 18:11. "This wail of despair takes many forms: one man puts it thus: "What doings can I perform by which I can be saved? There is no need of dwelling now on "salvation" as employed in the Old Testament, and in some parts of the New, as the gospels and Revelation particularly, where it is used for deliverance in power or even providence and present things. "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." But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? He demands perfect and entire obedience, if life is to come of it. Now you won't get that on television, nor will you get that in your evening newspaper, watching the news or reading Time Magazine. The way of the law was not easy. He shall never have cause to repent his confidence in reposing such a trust in the Lord Jesus. It is done. What the law says, it speaks to those under it. You can check these in your browser security settings. This is unto righteousness. Without faith there is neither justice nor life that God owns; where faith is, the rest will surely follow. It became simply a question whether, in fact, God did call Gentiles, or whether He had revealed such intentions. The soul may feel the blood of Jesus to be a yet deeper want; but this alone does not give peace with God. There is no question of a people on earth, and of God's wrath breaking out in one form or another against human evil in this life. Now the doctrine which we saw asserted in the latter part ofRomans 5:1-21; Romans 5:1-21 is applied to both. When we speak of looking upon Christ, and receiving Christ, and feeding upon Christ, it is not Christ in heaven, nor Christ in the deep, that we mean; but Christ in the promise, Christ exhibited to us, and offered, in the word. Yes, God is sovereign. This would make me wonder what kind of a character am I that she is having such a hard time believing me. Here you have it, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." It say's this. Now, when you call upon the name of the Lord, God doesn't go down the list and say, "Let's see. Its remarkable that Paul found something good to say about these Jewish people who persecuted him so mercilessly. In the next chapter (Romans 10:1-21) he carries on the subject, showing in the most touching manner his affection for the people. 2. It was laid down that no food must be cooked on the Sabbath. (ver. They have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God, that is, they have not yielded to gospel-terms, nor accepted the tender of justification by faith in Christ, which is made in the gospel. Along with this he gathers testimonies from more than one prophet. There is satisfaction; but the work of Christ goes a great deal farther. And what was all this about? Some thought him half-witted, but the story would show his wind to be sound enough. The excellency of the gospel above the law. But what does it say? The bearing of this on the contents and main doctrine of the epistle will appear abundantly by-and-by. I will make you angry with a nation that has no understanding." Now what is this word of faith? One day I was in my office studying Romans, and I was just so upset I put my Bible down and I said, "God, I can't reconcile it," and I walked out of the room. But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it." Cold desires do but beg denials; we must even breathe out our souls in every prayer. No wonder, if souls confound the two things together, that they never know deliverance in practice. The inner man is dealt with, and searched through and through. Undoubtedly divine judgment fell on Him; but this is not "the righteousness of God," as the apostle employs it in any part of his writings any more than here, though we know there could be no such thing as God's righteousness justifying the believer, if Christ had not borne the judgment of God. (iii) But a man must not only believe in his heart; he must confess with his lips. One does not have to mount a ladder to heaven in order to beseech God to send Christ down. The soul is brought into peace with God, as it finds its standing in the grace of God, and, more than that, rejoices in hope of the glory of God. we know how this was in Israel, how it might be, and has been, in Christendom. Yes, but this is another principle. May God bless you and may God work in your life this week in a very special way. . Alas! (1.) They cannot say God has rejected them. Yet, how many times we take the promises of God and say, "Oh, God, just help me to believe. This Good News is readily available to anyone who will receive it freely from God through Christ. Having descended all that length he went lower still. He believed God and His word, with special approval on God's part; and his faith was counted as righteousness (ver. God is gracious, but holy; He is faithful, but righteous. He shall come, says one Testament, out of Zion. And that word is the message of faith which we proclaim. And so you will see them at the wailing wall, you will see them as they tie to them a little box, the phylacteries as they bind them to their foreheads and as they put on their prayer shawl and they go up to the wall and they begin to bob up and down and they go through their prayers and all, a zeal for God but not according to knowledge. If you find him in it will not much matter where you find him, in heaven or in the deep, for he must be almighty everywhere. Do not suppose that anything is wanted as to doings or feelings in order to complete the righteousness which is wrought out by the Lord Jesus, and imputed by God to the believer. But we have had it fully in Romans 3:1-31. They thought they needed not to be beholden to the merit of Christ, and therefore depended upon their own performances as sufficient to make up a righteousness wherein to appear before God. They are merely persons who plume themselves on their orthodoxy, but in a wholly unrenewed condition. Salem Media Group. 17 So then [ therefore] The words "so then" indicate the consequence of those who believe the message. He said he had no experience but this, The good elders very properly asked, "Are you converted? It is not even enough to believe in him, as being the Son of God, and the anointed of the Lord; but we must believe on him The faith that saves is not believing certain truths, nor even believing that Jesus is a Savior; but it is resting on him, depending on him, lying with all your weight on Christ as the foundation of your hope. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen. 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. They get so extreme in the election predestination and all, they get so extreme that there are some churches that will not put a scripture on the board out in front, lest some sinner who has not been elected might walk by and believe in Jesus Christ and get saved when he wasn't predestined to do so.Don't get extreme. One is lost until he sins and sin becomes full grown ( James 1:15 ) it! 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