Romans 10:16-18 However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. 18 But I say, surely they have never heard, have they? Indeed they have; “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”The primary focus group in Romans 9-11 is Israel as a na...  Read More

Romans 10:14-15 How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? 15 How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!”It was the prophet Joel whom Paul quoted in v. 13, saying, “Whoever will call on ...  Read More

Romans 10:11-13 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; 13 for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”The Apostle Paul is attempting to show that salvation has always been by faith, dating all the way back to Abel. An...  Read More

Romans 10:8-10 “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.The Law of God (aka,...  Read More

Romans 10:5-8 For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness. 6 But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down), 7 or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).” 8 But what does it say? “The word...  Read More

Romans 10:5-8 For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness. 6 But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down), 7 or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).” 8 But what does it say? “The word...  Read More

Romans 10:3-4 For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.Loving his fellow Jews, the Apostle Paul prayed to see them converted to Christ as he had been, being delivered from his own ignorance (cf. Acts 9). Israel’s salvation w...  Read More

Romans 10:1-2 Brethren, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. 2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.Throughout their history, the Jewish people have always been zealous for their religion (cf.  2:17-20). From the days of Moses, Israelite boys were carefully instructed in the OT Scriptures and in the many ra...  Read More

Romans 9:32-33 Because [Israel] did not pursue [righteousness] by faith, but as though it were by works… They stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33 as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.”Perhaps the greatest hindrance to salvation is one’s self-righteousness—the belief that we as humans are innatel...  Read More

Romans 9:30-32a What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith; 31 but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith…All of mankind is born a sinner and will die as a result (Rom. 3:23; 6:23), both physically and spiritually. Since all hu...  Read More

Romans 9:23-24 …God did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us, whom He also called…The profound truth in this passage is that God chooses some for salvation while leaving others in their sinful state. This infuriates many and causes them to question either the truth of the Bible or the character of God. But God being God,...  Read More

Romans 9:27-29 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved; 28 for the Lord will execute His word on the earth, thoroughly and quickly.” 29 And just as Isaiah foretold, “Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left to us a posterity, we would have become like Sodom… resembled Gomorrah.”From about 740 BC until...  Read More