Last Week
What was valuable, or what stuck with you from last week?
Romans 10:1-10:15
10:1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and
prayer to God concerning them is for their salvation. 2 I
can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to
knowledge. 3 Since they are ignorant of the
righteousness of God and attempted to establish their own righteousness,
they have not submitted to God’s righteousness. 4 For
Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who
believes, 5 since Moses writes about the
righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will
live by them. 6 But the righteousness that
comes from faith speaks like this: Do not say in your heart, “Who
will go up to heaven?” that is, to bring Christ down 7 or, “Who
will go down into the abyss?” that is, to bring Christ up from the
dead. 8 On the contrary, what does it say? The
message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. This is the
message of faith that we proclaim: 9 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 One
believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the
mouth, resulting in salvation. 11 For the Scripture
says, Everyone who believes on him will not be put to shame, 12 since
there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, because the same
Lord of all richly blesses all who call on him. 13 For everyone
who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Israel’s Rejection of the Message
14 How, then, can they call on him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about him? And how can they hear without a preacher? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.
10:6-8
Deuteronomy 30:11-15 – “This command that I give you today is certainly not too difficult or beyond your reach. 12 It is not in heaven so that you have to ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?’ 13 And it is not across the sea so that you have to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?’ 14 But the message is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may follow it. 15 See, today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and adversity.
The message of faith is all about God coming to us.
10:9-13
You will be saved.
Belief results in righteousness.
Confession (of faith) results in salvation.
This is why
we have Creeds and Confirmation.
These rites give us words and form our speech.
Isaiah 28:16 – “Look, I have laid a stone in Zion,
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;
the one who believes will be unshakable.”
There is no distinction between Jew and Greek
“The same Lord of all richly blesses all who call on Him.”
Joel 2:32 – Then everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved,
for there will be an escape
for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
as the Lord promised,
among the survivors the Lord calls.
10:14-15
How will they learn to call upon Jesus?
Wrapping Up
What is one insight/word of comfort/challenging idea that
you hope to hold onto from these verses?
How will the lessons learned from these verses impact your
faith life?
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