Source: https://eternity-matters.com/2010/07/13/romans-10/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 14:38:33+00:00

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10 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
Zeal is actually a good thing if expressed properly, but verse 2 is another example of how being zealous without knowledge is not good. Also see Christians and open mindedness. It is a myth that Christianity isn’t grounded in reason and knowledge.
5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: “The man who does these things will live by them.” 6 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) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 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: 9 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. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
V. 9-10 are profoundly simple, but we typically want to make them more complicated than that. Jesus has done all the work. There is nothing magical about saying the words. The key is that you really believe that Jesus is the Lord of your life.
Now there is good news! If people want the one true God, He will be there for them. But note how they must call on him. V. 12 is another of those “Jesus is the only way” passages.
This shows how important evangelism is. If you are a Christian and aren’t equipped or interested in sharing your faith, that is a problem. You need to change that right away.
I think that v. 17 is primarily about evangelism, but I think it also applies to strengthening our faith. the more I get into the Bible the stronger my faith becomes.
v. 9 – “in your heart”…In Biblical terms the heart is not merely the seat of the emotions and affections, but also of the intellect and will.
v. 10 – Faith involves inward belief (‘with your heart”) as well as outward confession (“with your mouth”).
v. 15 – The quotation is from Isaiah 52:7, which refers to those who bring the exiles the good news of their imminent release from captivity in Babylon. Here it is applied to gospel preachers, who bring the good news of release from captivity to sin.
Hi Rebecca – thanks for the background, esp. on Isaiah 52:7.

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