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    Romans 10

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    God is found by people who were not looking for Him, and revealed to people who had not asked. Romans 10 leaves that reversal standing, while Israel, zealous for God, is described as reaching for righteousness by a route that misses it.

    Zeal, righteousness, and the word close at handvv. 1–10

    The chapter opens with a desire and a prayer: Israel’s salvation. Their zeal for God is acknowledged, but it is not joined to knowledge; seeking to establish their own righteousness, they do not submit to God’s righteousness. Christ is called the end of the law, and the two kinds of righteousness are set beside one another. The righteousness by faith does not send anyone on an expedition to heaven or the Abyss. The word is already near—in mouth and heart—and faith is spoken as confession and held as belief.

    Beautiful feet, unwelcome newsvv. 11–17

    The promise widens: no difference between Jew and Greek, one Lord over all, richly giving to all who call. Then comes a delightful staircase of questions. Calling requires believing, believing requires hearing, hearing requires preaching, and preaching requires sending. The feet of those who bring good news emerge as the chapter’s unexpectedly precise objects of admiration. Yet the news is not universally welcomed, and faith is said to come by hearing the word of Christ.

    Heard, understood, and still held out tovv. 18–21

    The questions now turn upon Israel. Did they not hear? Indeed they did, with a voice gone out into all the earth and words reaching its ends. Did Israel not understand? Moses answers with jealousy stirred by a nation without understanding; Isaiah goes further, describing God as found by those who did not seek Him and revealed to those who did not ask. Israel’s final image is not of absent attention but of hands held out all day long to a disobedient and obstinate people.

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    1. Rom 10:1Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.

    2. Rom 10:2For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

    3. Rom 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

    4. Rom 10:4For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.

    5. Rom 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

    6. Rom 10:6But 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. Rom 10:7or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”

    8. Rom 10:8But 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. Rom 10:9that 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. Rom 10:10For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

    11. Rom 10:11It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

    12. Rom 10:12For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,

    13. Rom 10:13for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

    14. Rom 10:14How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?

    15. Rom 10:15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

    16. Rom 10:16But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”

    17. Rom 10:17Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

    18. Rom 10:18But 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.”

    19. Rom 10:19I 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.”

    20. Rom 10:20And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”

    21. Rom 10:21But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

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    • 9Luke 12:8I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
    • 13Acts 2:21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
    • 13Joel 2:32And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.’’
    • 9Acts 16:31They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
    • 9Philippians 2:11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
    • 15Isaiah 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
    • 17Galatians 3:2I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
    • 11Isaiah 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
    • 17Galatians 3:5Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
    • 9Matthew 10:32–33Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
    • 17Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
    • 8Deuteronomy 30:14But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.
    • 17Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
    • 171 Thessalonians 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.
    • 15Nahum 1:15Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
    • 91 John 4:2–3By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

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