The gospel replies, if you did ascend to heaven what would you do there, without Christ, the anointed Savior? In heaven it will fill us perfectly; but there is no more perfect joy there, nor anything. The man who does those things shall live by them: The Law of Moses makes the path to righteousness through the law plain. Knowing God we come to believe and trust in God. 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. The downfall of man, when he thus abandoned God, was most rapid and profound; and the Holy Spirit traces this solemnly to the end ofRomans 1:1-32; Romans 1:1-32 with no needless words, in a few energetic strokes summing up that which is abundantly confirmed (but in how different a manner!) These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. The Jews have no reason to believe that God has rejected them. The word is nigh thee There is no occasion to seek high or low for the saving power; the word of reconciliation is nigh. Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, and Lo-ammi were of awful import for Israel; but, in presence of circumstances so disastrous, there should be not merely a people but sons of the living God, and then should Judah and Israel be gathered as one people under one head. Surely it would need that I mount to heaven to own my sin, or dive to hell to bear its punishment. . Depend upon him without fear as to your present and eternal salvation. , , The word, that is, the word of faith is nigh thee. 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. Just help me to believe." God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever would believe in Him would not perish but can know the eternal life of God and the glory of God's eternal kingdom and can share as children of God, heirs of God, joint-heirs with Jesus Christ, kings and priests in that glorious age that is coming. As I said the other day, Do not behave like a rat behind the wainscot, only daring to come out in the dark. Moses writes that the man who works at the righteousness which comes from the law shall live by it. "Don't scold," said one. 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. We, O Antiochus," he said, "who live under a divine law, consider no compulsion to be so forcible as obedience to our law." He was "declared," says the apostle, "to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead" ( , ver. speaketh on this wise: In these verses (6-8), Pauls language is clearly based on the Septuagint rendering of Deuteronomy 30:11-14 where Moses enumerates the blessings that accrue to Israel if she keeps the law. This is applied in the two chapters that follow. There is no simple mind that can evade the plain force of this last expression. 7). There they were recorded, and Jack was a new man and a saved man. He can do nothing unless he has learned this precious truth, that he is nothing at all, and Jesus Christ is his all in all. That 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. 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. 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. I. I invite your earnest attention to the first point WHAT MOSES SAITH: "Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them." The "word of faith" is the message of justification by the system of "faith" as opposed to the Law. It says that no man is forbidden to believe; "for there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him." Man goes back to the righteousness of works. If slurred over, as it too often is in souls, it invariably leaves practical obedience lame, and halt, and blind. It is not, as in Ephesians 2:1-22, dead in sins, which would be nothing to the purpose. Now God must have reality in the man himself. It must possess this place because the gospel is Gods power to save us (1:16). To my mind this word of Moses is conclusive that none of us can possibly live by the works of the law. If a fire has to be poked a Gentile is employed to do it. Whatever it is that God has commanded, you must do; whatever he forbids, you must avoid; for by such obedience alone can you live. For "every one who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.". Here now we have the basis for missionary activity by the church. But I say, have they not heard? 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 . g. All who call upon Him: Again, note the emphasis on human responsibility. Did the Jew fancy that the gospel makes very light of Abraham, and of the then dealings of God? Rema is different from the law or works of the law because faith informs "the word.". It was laid down that he must lift no burden which weighed more than two dried figs. This do, and thou shalt live. "What shall we sing?" What could be conceived closer or more even than this? 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. There was no part of heathenism practically viewed now, so corrupting as that which had to do with the objects of its worship. If the first book in the Bible showed that it was only the call of God that made Israel what they were, its second book as clearly proved that all was over with the called people, had it not been for the mercy of God. When God established His covenant with Israel, God established the various offerings that they must bring to Him for their sins. Oh yes very true, for their sound went out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world ( Romans 10:18 ). This is the key word of early Christianity. Here is where the passage becomes really difficult. The soul may feel the blood of Jesus to be a yet deeper want; but this alone does not give peace with God. Again, we cannot neglect the emphasis on. They have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. And boy, she comes elbowing her way in and she is going to get right there next to Grandpa. There never was a sinner yet to whom God said, "You must not trust my Son": on the contrary, it is written, "Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." For information about the word heart (kardia), see the commentary on verse 1. 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. Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. That is, it is not merely pardon of past sins, but deliverance from sin, and in due time from all its consequences. It is not the mercy of God., Many have contended that so it is, and to their own great loss, as well as to the weakening of the word of God. Romans 10:8-17 8 But what does it say? How are they to believe in him of whom they have not heard? Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. 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. They have a zeal of God. This also is a most important truth, my brethren, to bear in mind. It is agreed by all commentators that this is one of the most difficult and obscure passages in the letter to the Romans. He shall own that once glorious seat of royalty in Israel. Lectionary Calendar. They also had a moral problem: they have not submitted to the righteousness of God. On both sides therefore the apostle is meeting the grand points he had at heart to demonstrate from their own Scriptures. Romans 12:1-21 looks at the mutual duties of the saints. I never doubt that, for I have daily proofs of it, and why should I doubt that, for he says he is, and I must believe him." In the same way the apostle disposes of all pretence on the score of ordinances, especially circumcision. You, up there in the gallery, however guilty you may have been, or however moral you may have been, it matters not, if your one hope is in what Christ has done, you shall never turn round on your dying bed, and cry, "I made a mistake in trusting Christ." No man can say that they were not desperately in earnest about their service to God. You see how simple God has made it? Sin had left its crimson stain, but He washed me white as snow." 3. A person cannot believe unless they hear. 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. Does that mean then that God is through with the Jew forever? When people say we need something other than Gods word, they deny what Paul wrote (compare 2 Timothy 3:16-17). But how, argues he, could this stand, seeing that Abraham had another son, just as much his child as Isaac? 1. This was true even before Moses time (see Romans 4:13 and the example of Abraham). Thou sayest, "Who shall ascend into heaven?" This same term occurs again in verses 14 and 15. a. What is nigh us may be easily obtained. And where? Increase of privileges can never avail without the soul's self-judgment before the mercy of God. f. The Scripture says: Referring, I think, to the general sense of Scripture, rather than to any one passage. Nevertheless the apostle does not expressly mention heaven here. Nothing less, I am persuaded, than this full blessing is the line that God has given to those who have followed Christ without the camp, and who, having been set free from the contracted ways of men, desire to enter into the largeness and at the same time the profound wisdom of every word of God. Has God then no delivering power from this? That is true--but no one ever has. (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead. The best of them are but filthy rags: stow them all away in the coal-hole, and look to the merits of your Lord for salvation. (325) The contrast, by which the difference between the law and the gospel appears, is indeed to be understood: and from this distinction we learn, that as the law demands works, so the gospel requires nothing else, but that men bring faith to receive the grace of God. how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 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. 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. The strictness of the law showed men their need of salvation by grace, through faith. 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. Rather he means to say the same thing about the system of grace ("the righteousness which is of faith") that Moses says about the law. Just before Israel crossed into the Promised Land, Moses spoke of righteousness by faith.. How shall they hear without a preacher? Such is the doctrine and the fact. 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. If you are to be saved by the commandments you must do them: that is clear. Paul allegorizes that passage. As long as we are nothing Christ is our all in all; we may be sure of that, and that is just the gospel in a nutshell. Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness. 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. Do some great brave wonderful marvelous thing. 5. The expression means that righteousness which God can afford to display because of Christ's atonement. 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 (c.f. 8-10. There the prophet points out how welcome those are who bring the good news of good things. (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) The consequences spiritually are blessed to the soul; how much more is it to Teach the source from which all flows! This, however, will be put to the test by-and-by. 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. (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? This time Paul quotes Psalms 19:4: "Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world." 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. The rest of the epistle takes up the practical consequences of the great doctrine of God's righteousness, which had been now shown to be supported by, and in no wise inconsistent with, His promises to Israel. "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.". Man seeks to complicate it. In short, it is what the words say "the righteousness of God," and this "by faith of Jesus Christ.". In hours of dire distress and great heaviness of spirit, of which I know enough, I prove the power of faith in Jesus. Gentiles, who have no law, are justified by faith, and Jews can be too, if they will believe instead of trying to win Gods favour through keeping the law. Which we preach - Which is proclaimed by the apostles, and made known to Jews and Gentiles. Finally he comes to two other witnesses; as from the Psalms, so now from the law and the prophets. If I had a sense of sin as deep as that of lost souls in hell, I could hope that I should be saved." For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh." Our need is our warrant, and if that be gone, all is gone. 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. And this is said to be unto salvation, because it is the performance of the condition of that promise, Matthew 10:32. ): Paul says it is not necessary for men to descend into the realms of death and Satan to attain salvation. What is near us may be easily reached. Rules for the conduct of Christians to one another, as members of the Christian church, Rom. No man that rested in Christ, and Christ alone, ever was ashamed of his hope; and none ever shall be. The Scripture; so some copies, and the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic version read, "what saith the Scripture?" We need 2 cookies to store this setting. . I want to preach that same gospel this morning, in the hope that in after days this word may be scattered far and wide, and some Jack the Huckster, or some other like him, may find himself to be utterly empty and undone, and may then know that Christ is ordained to be his salvation. For they do not realize that a man can only achieve the status of righteousness by God's gift, and they seek to establish their own status, and so they have not submitted themselves to that power of God which alone can make them righteous in his sight. When you and I are no longer sinners, Christ is no longer our Savior; when you and I no more need him, then we shall not have him. It is as equally simple to the Jew as it is to the Greek. Their own Scriptures maintained, as nothing else could, that all the wretchedness which is now found in the world, and the condemnation which hangs over the race, is the fruit of one man, and indeed of one act. His sons and daughters will tell you that his death was sad to them, but not to him. 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. They are really rebelling against God's path of righteousness, having established now their own righteousness by works, as Paul here declares. The believer is not put under law, you will observe, but under grace, which is the precise reverse of law. Angels saw him and wondered. There are some that find a difficulty here, because the expression "to hold" means holding firmly. Oh, my bearer, our salvation lies in this! The gospel, instead of treating this as a light matter, alone vindicates God in these eternal ways of His, in that which must be in him who stands in relationship with God. Such moral judgments will, no doubt, be used to leave man without excuse; they can never suit or satisfy God. 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. If you wish to be saved by the law you must do its commands and you shall live. Eleazar the priest was brought before Antiochus Epiphanes whose aim was to stamp out Jewish religion. He has put the two things together, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." 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. 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. 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. Be it so then; it was a foolish nation by which Moses declared they should be angered. 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. a. 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? 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). He that believeth will not make haste (so the prophet has it)--will not make haste to run away from the sufferings he meets with in the way of his duty, will not be ashamed of a despised religion. What he meant was: "Christ is the end of legalism." The apostle has come now to the nature. The wrath of God could not possibly be glad tidings. Then Isaiah says, greatly daring: "I was found by those who did not seek me. But this is the very thing that has happened, as it stands written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news of good things. This verse shows that believing faith does not come ultimately from the believer's witness but from the Word of God. Hence, then, we find that the whole chapter is founded on this truth. 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. For whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.. It was about eating pork. His witness to our spirit is this, that we are children of God. For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, The man who does those things shall live by them. But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above) or, Who will descend into the abyss? (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). (2.) But the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against them pre-eminently. It was undoubtedly enough for present purposes. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. 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. Did not I show you just now that when Moses spoke he did not mystify the matter, but put it plainly, "The man that doeth those things shall live by them." 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. Second Sunday in Lent Our Savior/Redeemer Pettibone/Woodworth, ND: Sun, Feb 20, 2005 Second Sunday in Lent : IN NOMINE JESU . i. It didnt surprise God or His prophets. You must believe in your heart; and even that belief is not enough without accompanying action: confess with your mouth. Nothing shows better the Jewish attitude than the three classes into which they divided mankind. 1. 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. But what it does it say -- --continuing the quotation from Deuteronomy 30:14. The word is close to you, it is even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth that Jesus is Lord, and will believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved ( Romans 10:8-9 ). The garment is woven already; put it on; Christ gives it to you. 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. Paul has been saying some hard things about the Jews. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Of whom does it declare all this? But what does it say? " If it were possible that man could be saved any other way, the cross would not be necessary. Romans 16:1-27; Romans 16:1-27 brings before us in the most. No longer does the question exist of requiring an expiation. First, What is promised to us: Thou shalt be saved. This occupies the central part of the chapter, which then closes with the unfailing and faithful power of God for us in all our experiences here below. There are two things that might make insuperable difficulty: the one is the obstacle of sin in the nature to practical holiness; the other is the provocation and condemnation of the law. These words were from the final sermon given by Moses. It is the going forth of His richest blessing. Yes, God has chosen and elected and predestined. It is not God seeking, or man bringing righteousness. The facts were so well known by the preaching of the apostles, that they might be said to be in every mans mouth.. This is what Moses saith: hear it and be humbled. Hence, therefore, it was in no way limited to any particular nation, such as those that had already been under the law and government of God. No apostle had ever yet visited Rome. Were it merely Romans 3:1-31 there could not be full peace with God as there is. Would we follow up the heights of heavenly truth, would we sound the depths of Christian experience, would we survey the workings of the Spirit of God in the Church, would we bow before the glories of the person of Christ, or learn His manifold offices, we must look elsewhere in the writings of the New Testament no doubt, but elsewhere rather than here. a. Confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus: We can never forget all that it meant to say that Jesus Christ is Lord. The information in this verse is a rather loose quotation from Deuteronomy 30:12-14 (it would be best to read these verses). d. Believe in your heart: Mere intellectual agreement with the facts of the cross and the resurrection is not enough. Faith comes by hearing, hearing by the Word of God.We are told in Jude that one of the ways by which we keep ourselves in that place of blessing, the blessings of God's love, is building up ourselves in the most holy faith. What, then, is its voice? If you trust in him with your heart, trust him openly, and confess him with your mouth, owning that he is your Lord, and your Savior. Bible > Commentaries > Romans 10:9 . But I say, did Israel not know? For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. or who hath first liven to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? The work thou hast to do lies within thee: the kingdom of God is within you,Luke 17:21. Did they venture to plead that it must be not only the same father, but the same mother? Anyone who thinks that justification by faith is a new concept needs to re-study the Old Testament and the book of Romans. 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. 21). It is through the Word of God that we come to know God. 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. When a man is at length awakened to a sense of sin he cries, "I long to be saved! Mark you, Moses does not tone down the law to suit our fallen state, or talk of our doing our best and God's being satisfied with our imperfect obedience. 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. 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