The Book of
Romans 10
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In this chapter
Where we are
- 1–3:20The problemEveryone needs the gospel
- 3:21–5The answerRight with God by faith
- 6–8New lifeFree in Christ, led by the Spirit
- 9–11God and IsraelHis promises standChapter 10
- 12–16Living itLove in a church of Jews and Gentiles
The Word Brings Salvation
Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation. For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
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Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
Romans 10:3–4
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.” But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down) or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
Question
Quick question
Paul says his people are “zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.” Then he names what they missed.
What does Paul say Christ is?
The word is near you
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God doesn’t ask anyone to climb to heaven or go down into the deep. Christ has already come, died and risen. The message is close enough to say and to trust: confess “Jesus is Lord,” believe “that God raised Him from the dead,” and “you will be saved.”
But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:
Romans Road · 4 of 5
that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
Romans 10:9–10
It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
Romans Road · 5 of 5
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Romans 10:13
Live it
Ready to tell it
Paul puts the gospel in one sentence a friend could follow: confess “Jesus is Lord” and believe “that God raised Him from the dead.” And the door is wide open: “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” If someone asked you how a person can be right with God, what would you say? Try two or three plain sentences in your own words: who Jesus is, what He has done, and how anyone can trust Him. You don’t need perfect words. Then ask God for a natural moment to share it gently.
But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
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But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did:
“Their voice has gone out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.”
I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says:
“I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation;
I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
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Into all the earth
Psalm 19 sings of the sky’s message going out everywhere; Paul borrows its words for the gospel. By about AD 57, when he wrote from Corinth, there were believers in Jerusalem and Damascus, Antioch and Cyprus, Galatia and Ephesus, Philippi, Thessalonica and Corinth, out as far as Illyricum, and a church already meeting in Rome, a city Paul had not yet visited. Israel had heard: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth.”
And Isaiah boldly says:
“I was found by those who did not seek Me;
I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
All day long I have held out My hands
Romans 10:21
Pray
Beautiful feet
“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” Ask God to bring to mind one person who needs to hear about Jesus, and pray for them by name. Ask Him for the courage to be the one who is sent. And thank Him that He is still the God who says, “All day long I have held out My hands.”
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Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Romans 10:13
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