Lesson 132
Romans Chapter Ten
The Faithfulness of God
Review:
5. More Detail on vs:9.
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Whenever you see the word believe you need to ask believe in whom!
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Whenever we confess we need to ask confess what to whom!
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The point of contention in the interpretation and use of this passage or should
say misuse is related to the word "confession."
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Word is o`mologew
o`moj [same] + logew [to
speak]; the emphasis is to say the same thing, to agree with, to name or site
the same thing.
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What does it say here in Rom. 10:9,10 that is the
result of confession? Salvation! There
is only one who can save! God!
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What is believed or confessed, agreed
with God about His Son that is emphasized here is that Jesus is Lord, that is deity;
and that He was raised from the dead.
For the Jew to
confess that Jesus is Lord, is acknowledgment that He
is God and the promised Savior.
For them to admit
that God had raised Jesus from the dead was to admit that they were wrong in
their rejection of Jesus.
To the Gentiles,
resurrection from the dead was foolishness (see Acts
It is the basis for
our hope of eternal life. It is proof that the work of our Lord was acceptable
to the Father, "He was raised because of our justification" (see
Romans
(see
Acts 2:23-24, 31-32;
In verse 11-13
dealing with assurance;
there are a couple of other things we need to note;
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vs:11 states a general principle that is always true, anyone, or as we see here
so often whoever believes will never be disappointed; his eternal future is
set.
Just as all who are
sinners and will be judged, so all who believe will be saved and richly
blessed.
In the context of
Joel's prophecy and that of Isaiah, it is faith alone, and not good works,
which is required for salvation.
The prophets did not
call upon
The foundation of
the gospel or the message of faith as proclaimed in the Old Testament and the
New, as Paul has made clear is that righteousness is offered and attained on
the basis of faith alone, and not by works.
Observations
1. Public confession is not necessary for salvation.
2.
The most important rule of Bible study; Context, any verse pulled out of
context is inevitably misunderstood and misused.
3.
The problem passage: the one that some will be quick to pull out and hit you
over the head with, just look what it says here? Mt
10:32-33;
Intro:
Up to this point in Chapter 10
we've seen several main themes:
#1
In vs.1-5 How to miss God's righteousness and it
revolved around religious zeal, not according to knowledge, religious ignorance
and arrogance. vs:2-3
#2
In 6-13 Noted what Scripture says, what
the word says as to how righteousness is received, its near, its available.
So we had Justification its method in 1-13; that is by faith!
Now in vs:14-15 we have a focus on Justification
its proclamation.
Now the proclamation of vs:14-15
Let's look at these
verses from the standpoint of the parties involved.
#1 Unbeliever referred
to as "they" 5x's
As you would expect
when the message is heard there will be one of 2 responses.
- "not all
will heed the glad tidings" vs:16
neg. response
- then in vs:17 we'll see the positive response to the message
of faith.
#2
The messenger, the preacher,
if we think in modern day terms of a preacher and ask the
question, how shall they hear? What’s
our answer?
The khrux was the kings mouth piece; he didn't make up his own message;
didn't ad lib the message, [loose his head if he did] he gave exactly the
message the king wanted him to say!
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Question? Who should be a proclaimer??
In general everyone
who knows Christ, who knows the gospel should khrussw as God gives you
the opportunity.
#3
The third person involved in this context is God! say where??
If someone is sent,
there must be a sender! the sender is God!
Why is it important that
we be sent by God? 2 considerations;
#1
Unless sent, we will be on your own!
The thrust of being
sent is not just go! but go
and say this!
#2 Most go without being sent.
1 Jn 4:1
Test for approval
the message, spirit = the readout from the message communicated, whether its the gospel or teaching of Word.
This was important
during the founding of the church, time here 90-95 AD; with the numerous means
of communication today its even more important.