He shall own that once glorious seat of royalty in Israel. He does not, however, exclude other parts of the word, no, not even the precepts of the law; but his design is, to show that remission of sins stands for righteousness, even apart from that strict obedience which the law demands. Ourselves nothing, Christ everything that is it. No topic is treated with anything like the frequency of God. It is not a soul's overcoming its difficulties, but a sinner's submission to the righteousness of God. of They are zealous for God, yes. The soul of prayer is the heart's desire. The righteousness of God, then, could now go forth in virtue of His blood. Perhaps I am doing the same this morning, but I do not mean to do it. The shedding of His blood was absolutely necessary: without that precious expiation all else had been vain and impossible. Antiochus ordered him to eat pork. It must not be, assumed too readily. That word is the gospel of Christ. In stormy weather our beauty and glory soon turn pale; when the devil meets us face to face, he cracks up our tinsel perfection with a blow. How are they to hear without someone to proclaim the good news to them? It could not therefore be the source or means of his righteousness. But they are not even doing the works that God requires in the offering of a sacrifice. And she takes advantage of it and gives me a bad time, because she is totally independent when it comes to Grandpa.She loves to play her little independent games. 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. It was about eating pork. Why would they not allow such a pretension? 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. Let us not stumble at the starting-point, but leave room for the due extent and depth of "salvation" in the gospel. Was he not himself, says Paul, a proof to the contrary? Scripture: Romans 10:15. Therefore it is here for the first time that we find salvation spoken of in the grand results that are now brought before us in Romans 5:1-11. So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God: Saving faith comes through hearing by the word of God. Hence, what he is here discussing is not remission of sins, but deliverance from sin. Great preachers have known this. . 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. Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . Now listen. See 2 Corinthians 3:7; Galatians 3:23; Galatians 3:24. 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. There is the balance. Observe again, it is not victory here; for that would give place to human pride. This, they say, would at least make men moral and keep them sober: whereas even in this they err against the light; for it has been proved by history that such preaching makes men worse and worse. Observe, the gospel is not simply remission of sins, nor is it only peace with God, but "the power of God unto salvation." Read this verse, "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." . This last relation was the direct subject of the prophetic testimony, and Jesus had come accordingly. Not only was Abraham justified without law, but apart from that great sign of mortification of the flesh. Help me to believe, Lord." And, of course, the way we build up ourselves in the most holy faith is through the Word. (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? 13). Now there is no way in which God could lay a basis for peace with Himself more blessed than as He has done it. So God's grace and mercy extended towards the Gentiles. He can meet the sinner, but He justifies the believer; and in this, instead of trenching on His glory, there is a deeper revelation and maintenance of it than if there never had been sin or a sinner. To turn a blind eye may be in some few cases a virtue; in most cases it is folly. If he was called, so were they he an apostle, they not apostles but saints; but still, for them as for him, all flowed out of the same mighty love, of God. Our need is our warrant, and if that be gone, all is gone. He was the promised Messiah, born King of the Jews. Justification is not from works of law. To my mind this word of Moses is conclusive that none of us can possibly live by the works of the law. (2.) 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.". If salvation for man is possible by any other means, if man can be saved by the law, if man can be saved by his own efforts, by his good works, if a man can be saved by sincerity, then, God, let this cup pass from Me. Now, your hope lies wholly in what this Son of God did in his descent and ascent. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SDA Bible Commentary Set Vols. But interesting question, how can they call upon the name of the Lord? Now, when you call upon the name of the Lord, God doesn't go down the list and say, "Let's see. Faith is to both; it is the condition of our justification (Romans 5:1; Romans 5:1), and it is the root and spring of our sanctification; in it it is begun; by it it is carried on, Acts 15:9. We cannot speak of the state of things before the flood as a dispensation. And he gives his reason: "For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, The just shall live by faith." 1-8 at the best online prices at eBay! For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead. Romans 12:1-21 looks at the mutual duties of the saints. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. If a fire has to be poked a Gentile is employed to do it. "What shall we then say that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? "Christ's Prayer for his People.". How blessed it is when a child of God has actually fallen into sin, God keep us so that we never may, but if guilt is on the soul, what is a poor creature to do? Jewish pretensions were therefore disposed of; not here by new and fuller revelations, but by this divinely skilful employment of their own Old Testament Scriptures. 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." Secondly, We need not go to the deep, to fetch Christ out of the grave, or from the state of the dead: Into the deep, to bring up Christ from the dead. . He is not coming according to the covenant that God established by Moses for sins to be forgiven. For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever.". That is, it is the power of God unto salvation, not because it is victory (which at the beginning of the soul's career would only give importance to man even if possible, which it is not), but because it is "the righteousness 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. You that hope to be saved by your works are indulging a forlorn hope; what never you may do or be in the future, the past has already ruined you. 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. Two things are required as conditions of salvation:-- (a.) To this he refers likewise, Galatians 3:12, The man that doeth them, shall live in them. At the close of that period he rose into the air, ascending high. In the next chapter (Romans 10:1-21) he carries on the subject, showing in the most touching manner his affection for the people. The top and bottom of the matter is, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ." 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. Thirdly, we shall consider what the Scripture saith: "Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed." (that is, to bring Christ down), or, 'Who shall go down into the deep abyss?' Have as many good works as you can cram into your life, but never tell anybody about them, or think anything of them. All through this section Paul has been driving home the personal responsibility of the Jews. In the gospel there is revealed God's righteousness. This maintains both the glory and the moral universality of Him who will justify the circumcision by faith, not law, and the uncircumcision through their faith, if they believe the gospel. Jesus wept over Jerusalem. why am I still under bondage and misery from the constant evil of my nature, over which I seem to have no power whatever? How are they to believe in him of whom they have not heard? The whole Jewish approach was that by this kind of obedience to the law a man earned credit with God. Then follows a warning against those who bring in stumbling-blocks and offences. There is satisfaction; but the work of Christ goes a great deal farther. f. The Scripture says: Referring, I think, to the general sense of Scripture, rather than to any one passage. It is the going forth of His richest blessing. The things about which we are in doubt are far fewer than we would like to think. Be nothing; be nobody; and trust Him. The second plea is not that the rejection of Israel is only partial, however extensive, but that it is also temporary, and not definitive. We know not how low he went, but we are told that "he descended into the lower parts of the earth." There is no need to bring Christ down to find out what God wants. You can check these in your browser security settings. Indeed they have. Having received, having heard, having known the grace of God through Jesus Christ, we are now obligated to let the world know of that same grace.I have a very good friend, Keith Erickson, whom I love in the Lord. What was to be the stumbling-stone? He here shows the fatal mistake that the unbelieving Jews were guilty of, which was their ruin. "For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. Accordingly he tells them now what reason he had to speak thus strongly, not of the more advanced truths, but of the good news. And I love it. (1.) He at the same time unfolds the essential difference between the righteousness of faith and that of law. And it is well for those ignorant of it to know that here, in verse 4, the apostle speaks first of "walking not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." I am crazy about this little doll, but it is necessary for me to get her close to me to provoke her to jealousy.Now that is exactly what God is seeking to do to the Jews. Directions for our behaviour, as members of civil society, Rom. Next, what the gospel says: "But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise," and so on. And I was mad because I had been trying so long to do it and tie ends together. If you will go around and knock on a hundred doors a day and peddle the magazines and wake people up, continue this faithfully, and you will be saved. 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. What could be conceived closer or more even than this? And "how shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein?" Till the cross, well might a converted soul be found groaning in misery at each fresh discovery of evil in himself. That there is none righteous, none that doeth good, none that understandeth. Beware that you do not confound it with souls being quickened, or even brought into joy. There is really no other hope, for if you get a little bit of your own works put into the building, of your hope, you have just so much rotten timber in the fabric, and that rot will plague the whole house, and turn it into dust at the last. 1. Here we pass out of the introduction of the epistle. Undoubtedly divine judgment fell on Him; but this is not "the righteousness of God," as the apostle employs it in any part of his writings any more than here, though we know there could be no such thing as God's righteousness justifying the believer, if Christ had not borne the judgment of God. It is "the power of God unto salvation." He quotes from Joel, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. The unbelieving Jews were the most bitter enemies Paul had in the world, and yet Paul gives them as good a character as the truth would bear. All of Pauls teaching of Gods election and right to choose does not diminish mans responsibility. It is fit that God should be honoured with the mouth, for he made man's mouth (Exodus 4:11), and at such a time has promised to give his faithful people a mouth and wisdom,Luke 21:15. It is not God seeking, or man bringing righteousness. The Jews built on a false foundation, and refused to come to Christ for free salvation by faith, and numbers in every age do the same in various ways. He wished his beloved ones to go to their beds; and since they would stop with him, he desired them to sing." As no keeper of the law would have been lost on any ground whatever, so no believer in Christ shall be lost on any ground whatever; as no breaker of the law could escape punishment, so no unbeliever in Christ can he saved. 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. For the scripture says, Whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed. From Romans 9 alone we might think that salvation is Gods doing alone, but from Romans 10 we might think that salvation is mans doing alone together we see the matter from each perspective. Accordingly, for the first time, the Spirit of God fromRomans 5:12; Romans 5:12 traces the mature of man to the head of the race. The conies are a feeble folk, yet have they their habitations among the rocks: they are safe, but they keep to their hiding place. The past prepared the way, as it is said here, "which God had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures, concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, [here we have the great central object of God's gospel, even the person of Christ, God's Son,] which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh" (ver. I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me.. 1. 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. Can it cry? Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. You say, "Chuck, that is too narrow. When we drift away from it, we become confused, and we begin dividing, bickering and fighting among ourselves. Sin is our not wanting the gifts of . "By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith." He was debtor both to the Greeks and the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise; he was ready, as far as he was concerned, to preach the gospel to those that were at Rome also (ver. A good witness, as a reason of his good wish (Romans 10:2; Romans 10:2): I bear them record that they have a zeal of God. Now it is clear that that obedience could be given only by a man who was desperately in earnest about his religion. Perhaps thou wouldst be ashamed to say it with thy lips; but do not say it at all; do not say that the way to heaven is hard, or mysterious, or in any degree apart from the simple act of believing. People cannot come to Jesus without the right information about the gospel, but information alone is not enough to save anyone. Let man be what he might, or where he might, God's good news was for man. The apostle shows them with astonishing force at the starting-point that he was far from slighting their privileges. i. There never was an hour since Israel's existence as a nation that God has not had His remnant of them. Of these only a remnant would be saved. 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. Christ holds it out to you: take it freely, and be rich for ever. 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. 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