romans 10:8 17 commentary

4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. If you will just confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord. But now they were; and thus God vindicated Himself perfectly as to the past. 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. Paul has been saying some hard things about the Jews. That is true--but no one ever has. But why talk I so? 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. But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it." The tenour of it is, Do, and live. If you wish to be saved by the law you must do its commands and you shall live. They are generally gentlemen in good health, with regular incomes and sweet tempers, and so they soon reach their imaginary sinlessness vain creatures that they are; but you never get any of that among the poor, suffering, tried people of God. And here it may be repeated that it is no question of pardoning the sinner, but of condemning the fallen nature; and this so as to give the soul both power and a righteous immunity from all internal anguish about it. To the limits of the holy land? It pronounced on the Jew then. * 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. Was it not sure and evident that Israel could not take the promise on the ground of mere connection after the flesh? He know what he did know, and to that he held fast, Well, they must take him into the church; they could not well refuse a man with such a confession of faith; and when he was in the church, walking with the brethren, he was happier than the rest of them, at which they greatly marvelled, and one said to him, "Brother Jack, don't you sometimes feel doubts and fears? 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. There is nothing that proves this so convincingly as the book of Genesis; and the apostle, by the Spirit of God, calmly but triumphantly summons the Jewish Scriptures to demonstrate that which the Jews were so strenuously denying. For if the law could give a man a righteous standing before God, then it was not necessary for Christ to die. I am not sure, for I know little about it." Up also his body rose on the light of the third day; and he sojourned for forty days among his disciples. . The excellency of the gospel above the law. And what led to the call of Abraham, of whom we hear much in the epistle to the Romans as elsewhere, was the departure of man into idolatry. It is "revealed," and this too "from heaven." But now it is "the wrath of God from heaven;" and consequently it is in view of eternal things, and not of those that touch present life on the earth. It was not only his heart's desire, but it was his prayer. 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. The information in verse 8 makes the point even more forcefully. 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! And mark the force of it whosoever." 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. Man seeks to complicate it. Salvation supposes not this only, but a great deal more. Then, in Romans 10:8b-13, Paul reinforces faith by talking about its content and benefit. In fact, when Paul wrote the letters to Timothy and Titus, he spoke of the faith several times (see 1 Timothy 1:19 b; 3:9; 4:1, 6; 5:8; 6:10, 12, 21; 2 Timothy 3:8; 2 Timothy 4:7; Titus 1:13; Titus 2:2). At the close of that period he rose into the air, ascending high. Verse Romans 10:8. 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. Paul's Discourse of Righteousness; The Method of Salvation. He descended into the grave, so that he dwelt among the dead! He speaks of the sovereignty of God having elected that it might stand by election. In the same way the apostle disposes of all pretence on the score of ordinances, especially circumcision. It is not a question of creature-standing. Take the Sabbath law. "If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by [or because of] his Spirit that dwelleth in you.". Did they fall back on Abraham? Uttering a wish of evil against somebody or a thing. 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. The stumbling-stone was their despised and rejected Messiah. "Sing" said he. Of the Jew by his own confession. For whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.. This knowledge was readily available and known to all. No, if by keeping the law, then that encourages boasting, but it is eliminated because I am saved just through simple faith in Jesus Christ. The doctrine of Moses and of the gospel was nigh; that is, it was easily obtained, embraced, and understood. 4). It is a holy balancing pole: we can walk the narrowest line with this in our hands, and fear no fall. It is important to note, however, that Paul does not quote Moses. 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 will get the foreboding of this world with all of its problems. People cannot come to Jesus without the right information about the gospel, but information alone is not enough to save anyone. But by now the gospel had been carried to most parts of the Mediterranean area where Jews were to be found; and that is all the argument requires. (Bruce), b. "Not so," replies the apostle. 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. If I had a sense of sin as deep as that of lost souls in hell, I could hope that I should be saved." Ask those who have seen them die. The soul therefore now is represented for the first time as already justified and in possession of peace with God. The strength and sincerity of his desire. For the Scripture says, Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. Directions for our behaviour, as members of civil society, Rom. Romans 13:1-14; Romans 13:1-14 urges their duties towards what was outside them, more particularly to the powers that be, but also to men in general. Nor does this in the slightest degree weaken the principle of law. Did they venture to plead that it must be not only the same father, but the same mother? 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. Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel: Paul again feels compelled to relate his heart regarding his fellow Jews. No one is lost until he sins and sin becomes full grown (James 1:15). You say, "Well, I can't reconcile that with God's divine election." What saith the gospel? They have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. If you get out on the extreme and, unfortunately, some people do. I want to call your special attention to the fact that Paul borrows the words of Moses; for his intent was the ending of all fears. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the soul is alive to God, and has begun its holy happiness which shall endure for ever. They will not accept that the way of salvation for them is the same as for the Gentiles - through faith in Christ (30-33). 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. May faith be increased as you study His Word. 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. This blessed faith keeps men down when they are apt to go up, and up when otherwise they would be apt to go down. The language of faith says, Do nothing. How is it possible that I can be saved? Moses said, "That the man which doeth those things shall live by them." We need 2 cookies to store this setting. The practical part follows, wherein we find, 1. 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. And he says to Israel: "All the day I have stretched out my hands to a people who are disobedient and contrary.". It is with that objection Paul deals; and, as he deals with it in its various forms, on each occasion he clinches his answer with a text from scripture. Did this seem to treat the law that condemned as an evil thing? "What are you?" 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. First, he quotes Leviticus 18:5 where it says that, if a man meticulously obeys the commandments of the law, he will find life. Ourselves nothing, Christ everything that is it. 17.) Pauls intent here is to use the same words to express the same idea about the gospel instead of the law. Jesus wept over Jerusalem. Yes, God is sovereign. He shows that, on the responsible ground of being His nation, they were wholly ruined. There is sure ground here. It is Paul's one desire that the Jews may be saved. 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." 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. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report? So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. But this is not all; and the objection of the Jew gives occasion for the apostle to bring out a fuller display of what God is. The latter clause in the first verse of the authorised version mars the sense. No, you see, this opens the door to every man no matter who you are, predestined or not, elected or not, chosen or not. Saying that something more than the Bible is needed affirms that we need to bring Christ down. 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. It was not our effort which brought Christ into the world or raised him from the dead. Great preachers have known this. Paul quoted Moses again (Deuteronomy 30:14) to reaffirm the fact that the great lawgiver taught that salvation came by faith. I. Paul here professes his good affection to the Jews, with the reason of it (Romans 10:1; Romans 10:2), where he gives them a good wish, and a good witness. But there is more, which Paul afterwards insisted on. , , The word, that is, the word of faith is nigh thee. Romans 10 - Israel's Present Rejection of God A. Israel's rejection of the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ. And, of course, the way we build up ourselves in the most holy faith is through the Word. Instead, we gain it by confessing and believing in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Have not submitted. Why would they not allow such a pretension? "No, I am not." 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. No, he says only, "He that doeth those things shall live by them." It means we recognize that Jesus is God, that He is the Messiah, and that His work on the cross is the only way of salvation for mankind. 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