Thus, how can your father have the forgiveness of sins which is essential for fellowship with God?" For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report? So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. The word is nigh thee There is no occasion to seek high or low for the saving power; the word of reconciliation is nigh. This accordingly leads, as connected with the deliverance of the body, to the inheritance we are to possess. The conies are a feeble folk, yet have they their habitations among the rocks: they are safe, but they keep to their hiding place. 1. These words were from the final sermon given by Moses. Justification by faith lays the foundation of our title to salvation; but by confession we build upon that foundation, and come at last to the full possession of that to which we were entitled. Some thought him half-witted, but the story would show his wind to be sound enough. We may request cookies to be set on your device. Clearly, then, such ground is untenable. 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. Even the saints there would have been all the better for the gospel. Be it so then; it was a foolish nation by which Moses declared they should be angered. This applies to all who cast themselves upon God in faith, Jews and Gentiles alike (11-13).Before people can believe this message, they must hear it. "Ah, well," says one, "I know I must undergo a singular experience-either I must be carried right away to heaven with delirious delight, or be plunged into the waves of hell in frightful despair." Confess Jesus Christ as Lord. Paul was well aware of that; at this very time he was planning the evangelization of Spain, a province where the name of Christ was not yet known (. That is the first necessity for the sinner with God. So Paul concludes his argument by citing two Old Testament texts to prove his case. Here now we have the basis for missionary activity by the church. 3. May God bless you and may God work in your life this week in a very special way. It is against the "unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness." The rest of the chapter (7-25) is an instructive episode, in which the impotence and the misery of the renewed mind which attempts practice under law are fully argued out, till deliverance (not pardon) is found in Christ. 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. At the close of that period he rose into the air, ascending high. (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) 7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? The excellency of the gospel above the law. A passage like this may seem strange to us and unconvincing; and it may seem that some at least of the texts Paul quotes have been wrenched out of their context and made to mean what they were never intended to mean. Here we pass out of the introduction of the epistle. Your name is not on the list." (iii) The third objection is a restatement of the first: But, what if I insist that they never got the chance to hear? Listen, man. And thus, I have great difficulty with their present and current status before God. But more than this "Whosoever shall call." In light of what Moses said, Pauls teaching (justification by faith) was not a new concept. c. Believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead: We must also believe this. (ii) The second objection is: "But, in point of fact, Israel did not obey the good news, even if your argument is true. Hence, as is shown later in the chapter, Adam is a head characterized by disobedience, who brought in death, the just penalty of sin; as on the other hand we have Him of whom he was the type, Christ, the obedient man, who has brought in righteousness, and this after a singularly blessed sort and style "justification of life." "Doubts," he said, "what do you mean? The shedding of His blood was absolutely necessary: without that precious expiation all else had been vain and impossible. But if it were so, He had not done with them. They set up the golden calf, and thus cast off the true God, their God, even in the desert. As this was now made known to all, as the apostles preached it everywhere, it could be said to be nigh them; there was no need of searching other lands for it, or regarding it as a hidden mystery, for it was plain and manifest to all. The righteousness of God flows from His mercy, of course; but its character and basis is righteousness. This, he says, was his heart's desire and prayer, which intimates, (1.) the word of faith -- The gospel peached by the apostles. 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. Angels saw him and wondered. 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 . The righteousness of God means that God is just, while at the same time He justifies the believer in Christ Jesus. 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. This accordingly leads the apostle into the earlier portion of his great argument, and first of all in a preparatory way. 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.". 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. Believing in the heart that God raised him from the dead. They did not know it, because they would not; they shut their eyes against the discoveries of it, and love darkness rather. The whole Jewish approach was that by this kind of obedience to the law a man earned credit with God. Deuteronomy 30:14. 2. 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. No, you must not: the gospel is simple; salvation is as plain as a pikestaff; familiar an homespun; easy as the A B C of your childhood. Oh, how I love that phrase.That is why I love the ministry so much, because I have the privilege to bring to men glad tidings of good things. is the double prophecy. [b.] 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. In both parts, as it may be observed, the door is opened to the Gentile. 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." 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. Now observe, first, that the gospel claims to be like the law in its clearness. The bearing of this on the contents and main doctrine of the epistle will appear abundantly by-and-by. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. He is come up from the deep; we need not perplex ourselves how to bring him up. God has given us His word. It is here that you will find a great failure of Christendom as to this. Oh, my bearer, our salvation lies in this! ): Paul says it is not necessary for men to descend into the realms of death and Satan to attain salvation. Lower than that, he descended to being "despised and rejected of men." This plainly shows that Christ's descent into the deep, or into hades, was no more than his going into the state of the dead, in allusion to Jonah. The profession of faith with the mouth, if there be not the power of it in the heart, is but a mockery; the root of it must be laid in an unfeigned assent to the revelation of the gospel concerning Christ, especially concerning his resurrection, which is the fundamental article of the Christian faith, for thereby he was declared to be the Son of God with power, and full evidence was given that God accepted his satisfaction. 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. d. But what does it say? The meaning is not what was executed on Christ, but what is in virtue. "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! So I have found by my making over my other grandchildren she'll come elbowing her way in to get close to Grandpa. 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 Scripture; so some copies, and the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic version read, "what saith the Scripture?" And they are broadening the gate so that you breathe, "Oh, God loves you," you will be saved because you are breathing. We should say the best we can even of our worst enemies; this is blessing those that curse us. Christ did not come to make the law milder, or to render it possible for our cracked and battered obedience to be accepted as a sort of compromise. Hear this! 1. The relationship between God and man is no longer the relationship between a creditor and a debtor, between an earner and an assessor, between a judge and a man standing at the bar of judgment. . Yes indeed: Their sound has gone out to all the earth, or who hath been his counsellor? Jewish religion was based on meticulous obedience to the law. If you will just confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord. Yet, how many times we take the promises of God and say, "Oh, God, just help me to believe. Or let's put on our asbestos suits and descend into hell and bring the Messiah back from the grave. He must not only know about Christ: he must know him. And boy, she comes elbowing her way in and she is going to get right there next to Grandpa. I hear him say so at this moment; and I answer him, "Dear brother, we will be with you speedily.". He did not say, "Do and thou shalt live, and yet there is another way." And I love it. a. It is such milk for babes that I have known people refuse such plain truth because they were not willing to be treated like little children. To this day there are strict orthodox Jews in this country who will not poke or mend a fire on the Sabbath or switch on a light. We need not here enter into the details; but on the surface we see how the apostle brings all down to that which is of the deepest interest to every soul. d. Glad tidings of good things: Obviously, the salvation Isaiah prophesied about could not be salvation through works or the law. They have plenty of zeal but little knowledge. He quotes also from Isaiah "Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed." Chapter 10Now Paul again reaffirms his love and desire for his brethren after the flesh. The truth is, those are altogether mistaken who call it so. So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God: Saving faith comes through hearing by the word of God. If it was the Lord's will that I should die in the street at this moment, I would cheerfully go." Ed. 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. Has He mercy only for guilty Israel? 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 not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may bear it, and do it? For, essentially associated as He is with the glory of God the Father, the full deliverance of souls from the realm of death was His also. In Romans 7:1-25 we have the subject of the law discussed for practice as well as in principle, and there again meet with the same weapon of tried and unfailing temper. All are condemned to death (5). The law ends for the believer in the sense that our obedience to the law is no longer the basis for our relationship with God. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. If a man kept the law perfectly, even Moses concluded that such a person would live (be saved). The word of faith - The doctrine which requires faith, that is, the gospel; compare 1 Timothy 4:6. Romans 10:5-9 . Hence, as God's wrath is revealed from heaven, it is against every form of impiety "against all ungodliness." g. All who call upon Him: Again, note the emphasis on human responsibility. Deuteronomy 30:14. As Cottrell says, "The word of faith is another shorthand expression for the entire way of grace" (Vol. His language conveys the main idea which Paul wished to do, that the doctrine was plain and intelligible. b. I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God: Paul will readily recognize that Israel has a zeal for God but he also sees that it is zeal not according to knowledge. 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? () in Romans 10:8, as afterwards . 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). Judge ye whether any one of us has fulfilled the whole law. God sought by His work among the Gentiles the pouring out of His grace and love and blessings, to provoke the jealousy of the Jew, so that the Jew will seek after God through Jesus Christ. I was found by those who did not seek Me; If you were to descend there, what would you do without him whom God has anointed to save? Some of those zealous ones beat up the mayor in Jerusalem just a day or so ago because of some of his rulings that they felt did not coincide with their desires. Hence the faithful derive from this passage remarkable consolation with regard to the certainty of the word; for they may no less safely rest on it, than on what is actually present. The gospel states its message as clearly as the law. The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach): a. Christ is the end of the law: Jesus is the end of the law for those who believe. i. Hearing is a reflection of first-century life. Such has been their singular fruit of promise; such even in the midst of all their misery it is at present. 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 why talk I so? 2. He observes Sabbath; he loves God. Why should this be so strange and incredible to you? ** See No. (iii) But a man must not only believe in his heart; he must confess with his lips. What is near us may be easily reached. Up also his body rose on the light of the third day; and he sojourned for forty days among his disciples. In point of fact, as he had hinted before, their true tenure was the call of God, who was free, if He pleased, to bring in other people. Since the word of God is in our mouth, "confession" (homologeo) of Christ is almost automatic. But it is a word one must believe with all his hearta word he must believe enough to give up all hopes of self-righteousness and submit his whole being to it in faithful, obedience. What is nigh us may be easily obtained. He loved even here at the threshold to show the breadth of God's grace. For if the law could give a man a righteous standing before God, then it was not necessary for Christ to die. Our Lord Jesus lays a great stress upon this confessing of him before men; see Matthew 10:32; Matthew 10:33. What else does the Scripture say? 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. He here shows the folly of that mistake, and what an unreasonable thing it was for them to be seeking justification by the works of the law, now that Christ had come, and had brought in an everlasting righteousness; considering. (2.) Romans 10 - Israel's Present Rejection of God A. Israel's rejection of the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ. Poor dear heart, if you can but trust Christ, even though the feeblest possible manifestation of it should be the only thing visible, namely, your calling upon God in prayer, it must and shall save you. As to those who have been called home, how have they died? We, O Antiochus," he said, "who live under a divine law, consider no compulsion to be so forcible as obedience to our law." There would be found a stumblingstone there. Nevertheless, what is in nowise the same as what was or what will be. The first is Moses himself. This brings in the contrast with the other Head, the Lord Jesus Christ, whom we have here not as One bearing our sins in His own body on the tree, but as the spring and chief of a new family. Free shipping for many products! i. Faith is easy compared to a lifetime of slavish obedience to the Law. (ver. The words, which we preach, are added, that no one might have the suspicion that Paul differed from Moses; for he testifies, that in the ministration of the gospel there was complete consent between him and Moses; inasmuch as even Moses placed our felicity in nothing else but in the gratuitous promise of divine favor. instructive and interesting manner the links that grace practically forms and maintains between the saints of God. How are they to hear without someone to proclaim the good news to them? So also the gospel by no means involves itself in obscurity, but says, Believe and live, quite as distinctly as Moses said, "Do and live." Directions for our behaviour, as members of civil society, Rom. . 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. His witness to our spirit is this, that we are children of God. 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. . No; under the law it was nothing but "Do and live; leave undone and die." And their words to the ends of the world.. The 14th verse in Deuteronomy 30:1-20 completes the thought by saying that the Jews could do what God wanted them to do - that thou mayest do it. StudyLght.org. It is the same form of expression exactly as in the beginning of Romans 5:1-21 "being justified by faith" ( ). Moreover, He gave up the knowledge of God that had been handed down from father to son (ver. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 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. The righteousness of faith lies not in dreams and visions, delusions or depressions: it lies only in reliance upon the work of Jesus finished for you. It was meant to make sin exceeding sinful. 5 Things You Should Know about the ESV Bible Translation. And "how shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein?" 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Difficulty there is none: only believe and thou art saved. Again, we cannot neglect the emphasis on personal responsibility. Jesus came into the world to save real sinners, not sham sinners; for he is a real, and not a pretended Savior. Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. Hence it is wholly apart from the law, whilst witnessed to by the law and prophets; for the law with its types had looked onward to this new kind of righteousness; and the prophets had borne their testimony that it was at hand, but not then come. The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 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. (ii) There is the ignorance which comes from wilful blindness. There they were recorded, and Jack was a new man and a saved man. Because they were sons of Abraham. They are really rebelling against God's path of righteousness, having established now their own righteousness by works, as Paul here declares. Depend upon him without fear as to your present and eternal salvation. No, confess yourself a sinner; trust in the sinner's Savior, and you are saved. The legal institutions were associated with temporal judgment. Romans 4:1-8,13-17. They are zealous for God, yes. But, suppose I still say: "Can it be that they have not heard?" Here, again, the apostle takes up what he had but announced in chapter 1 the righteousness of God. Yet from beginning to end there is no anger in it; there is nothing but wistful longing and heartfelt yearning. People cannot come to Jesus without the right information about the gospel, but information alone is not enough to save anyone. He heard a poor woman sing somewhere, He remembered the words, and what was better, he felt their sense; and he kept on humming them to himself till God's good Spirit engraved them on his heart. May the Lord be with you and may the blessings of the Lord surround your life as you walk with Him. 1. What he meant was: "Christ is the end of legalism." Again, we cannot neglect the emphasis on. This was not suitable to the character of the epistle; but the glory of God he does. Abraham believed God when, according to nature, it was impossible for him or for Sarah to have a child. And I was mad because I had been trying so long to do it and tie ends together. The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; But the righteousness which is of faith: In contrast to the righteousness that is based on the law is the righteousness that results from faith. Now he began the argument by saying that everything was of God and that men had no more to do with it than the clay had to do with the work of the potter. The discovery is made that the source of the internal misery was that the mind, though renewed, was occupied with the law as a means of dealing with, flesh. I have always felt obliged to the Cardinal for that admission; because the best is good enough for me, and since trusting in Jesus is the safest, I intend to stick to it even to the end. His sons and daughters will tell you that his death was sad to them, but not to him. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. But that wasnt their only problem. Or to proclaim to them the truth. They have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. It is not God seeking, or man bringing righteousness. What were the principles of it? If a man confessed faith in Jesus, as the Lord and Saviour of lost sinners, and really believed in his heart that God had raised him from the dead, thus showing that he had accepted the atonement, he should be saved by the righteousness of Christ, imputed to him through faith. Notice, first, what Moses said. But now they were; and thus God vindicated Himself perfectly as to the past. Christ is nigh thee, for the word is nigh thee: nigh thee indeed: it is in thy mouth, and in thy heart; there is no difficulty in understanding, believing, and owning it. Before the cross there hung out the gravest question that ever was raised, and it needed settlement in this world; but in Christ sin is for ever abolished for the believer; and this not only in respect of what He has done, but in what He is. i. Now that God has revealed Himself in the gospel, it is not what will suit man on earth, but what is worthy of the presence of the glory of God. In the beginning ofRomans 2:1-29; Romans 2:1-29 we have man pretending to righteousness. (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God." Though the whole might have been announced in one continuous sentence, yet a question is interposed for the sake of exciting attention: and his object at the same time was to show how great is the difference between the righteousness of the law and that of the gospel; for the one, showing itself at a distance, restrains all men from coming nigh; but the other, offering itself at hand, kindly invites us to a fruition of itself, Nigh thee is the word. 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. and therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. When God gives you growth in grace and fruitfulness in good works it will be your safety to be as little as ever you were, and to trust in nothing but the work of the Lord. Thus the first argument shows that the rejection was not total; the second, that it was but for a season. The judgments of God will fall on man as man, but the heaviest blows are reserved for Christendom. But Paul makes it clear: There is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. He shall come to Zion, says the other. The former is the direction, and the latter the application. 17 So then [ therefore] The words "so then" indicate the consequence of those who believe the message. But what saith it? Now, Paul declares, or rather the gospel speaking for itself declares, this word of life by faith in the risen Christ to be near us, that is, to be accessible to us. Talk not thus. There is no need to bring Christ down to find out what God wants. For his sake let me tell it again. Now it is clear that that obedience could be given only by a man who was desperately in earnest about his religion. 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? It may be helpful to read Deuteronomy 30:10. To this he refers likewise, Galatians 3:12, The man that doeth them, shall live in them. For it may have been noticed from chapter 3 to chapter 5, that nothing but fitness for the glory of God will do now. [1.] He begins with the great epoch of the dispensations of God (that is, the ages since the flood). They are a disobedient and contrary people, and all the more so because of their great responsibility before God. 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. Confess with your mouth: Confession has the idea of agreeing with. 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