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0:00In the previous chapter,
0:01>> [music]
0:01>> Paul shows us
0:03that
0:05he has a terrible burden for the Jews
0:07because they're not saved. Then [music]
0:08he gives us
0:10all the reasons why God chose them.
0:13And he shows us natural election
0:15with a salvific purpose.
0:18But we have to remember that everything
0:19he says about election, we have to couch
0:22that in the [music] truth that the
0:23people he's talking about are not saved.
0:26So, we cannot interpret that all of that
0:29choice talk refers to you and I [music]
0:31not being chosen because God made his
0:34sovereign choice when he gave his only
0:36son.
0:38God made the sovereign choice in the
0:39Garden of Gethsemane
0:41when he became obedient to the point of
0:43death, even death on the cross, that
0:45whosoever believes in him shall not
0:48perish, but have everlasting life.
0:51Amen.
0:52So, now Romans 10 dials in
0:55on how the Jews are responsible and can
0:58reverse the problem.
1:00Romans 10, chapter 1. This is one of the
1:02most important passages in the Bible.
1:07Brethren, my heart's desire and my
1:10prayer to God for them is for their
1:13salvation.
1:17He starts Romans 9 by saying, "I have
1:19unceasing sorrow for the Jews." He tells
1:22us that they were elected, and then he
1:23starts Romans 10 by saying all that
1:25election did not equal their salvation.
1:30My prayer, my heart's desire and prayer
1:33to God for them, the Jews, is for their
1:37salvation. Why does Paul need to pray
1:40if they're Calvinists, just go back to
1:42bed. God does it all.
1:45That's monergism, one actor.
1:49For I testify about them that they have
1:52a zeal for God,
1:55but not in accordance with knowledge,
1:58with understanding. So, they they want
2:00to serve God.
2:01He's talking to a Gentile church. He's
2:03like, "These guys really do like the
2:04Lord,
2:06but they don't get it."
2:09But, Paul has a solution.
2:11That's the key.
2:13It's not go back to bed cuz God's
2:15choosing some for hell and others for
2:17heaven, and it'll all shake out in
2:19eternity.
2:22For not knowing about God's
2:24righteousness,
2:26and seeking to establish their own,
2:30they do not subject themselves
2:33to the righteousness of God.
2:35This is the problem. It's not God's
2:37choice. He made the choice at the cross.
2:41But, they do not subject themselves.
2:46Does that sound like a decision to you?
2:48Now, that's not a decision we can make
2:50without grace, but when grace comes to
2:52us,
2:53God gives us the ability to subject
2:57ourselves, but human free will gives us
2:59the ability
3:01to do spite to that same grace.
3:06To come short of the grace of God.
3:13To resist, to harden our hearts in the
3:15day of salvation.
3:19For not knowing about God's
3:20righteousness, and seeking to establish
3:23their own, they did not subject
3:26themselves to the righteousness of God.
3:29For Christ is the end of the law for
3:32righteousness to everyone who believes.
3:34Jesus finished the law.
3:37The law killed Jesus.
3:41He was put to death by the stewards of
3:43the law.
3:45And it was necessary that the law of
3:47Moses put Jesus to death so that it
3:50would become unjust in doing so and
3:53could no longer attach to us going
3:55forward.
3:58For Moses writes that the man who
3:59practices the righteousness which is
4:02based on the law shall live by that
4:03righteousness.
4:05But the righteousness based on faith
4:08speaks
4:09as follows.
4:11So Paul has told us
4:14that the Jews aren't saved.
4:15He's told us that they have a zeal
4:18but they're trying to find the righteous
4:21righteousness of God according to the
4:22law instead of by faith.
4:25So now he's going to give us the key.
4:26He's going to tell them what to do.
4:29But
4:30if Paul's right and salvation is in
4:33Jesus and you're a Jewish audience
4:36listening to him,
4:37what are you thinking? You're saying,
4:39"Well, maybe Paul's right.
4:42Maybe Jesus is the answer, but some say
4:44he's in the abyss
4:47and others say he's ascended into
4:49heaven.
4:50But either way, we can't interact with
4:51him. He's gone."
4:54So maybe we regret that we didn't listen
4:57when he preached in the temple. Maybe
4:58we're sad that that day in the synagogue
5:00we tried to push him toward the cliff.
5:03But he's in heaven, the Jew the
5:05Christians say, and he's still in the
5:07grave, the Jews say. So we can't contact
5:09Jesus.
5:11That's the dilemma that Paul's going to
5:13resolve.
5:14Okay?
5:16And he's going to quote Moses when Moses
5:18gave the law. But Moses is going to tell
5:20the people how to touch the law in
5:23Deuteronomy 30 and 12. Paul's going to
5:26tell the Jews how to interact with
5:27Jesus.
5:29Okay? So he says to them, "The
5:31righteousness of faith
5:34speaks
5:36like this, as follows."
5:38Paul quotes to them what faith says to
5:42the Jewish congregation. Here's what it
5:44says.
5:45"Do not say in your heart,
5:48"Who will ascend into heaven?" That is
5:51to bring Christ down.
5:55"Or who will descend into the abyss?"
5:59The grave. That is to bring Christ up
6:03from the dead.
6:06But what does it say?
6:10The word
6:12is near you.
6:16If you're looking for Christ,
6:19don't worry that you can't get into
6:21heaven, and don't worry that you can't
6:23go into the grave
6:24because Christ
6:26is here as the word.
6:30The word resolves your need to connect
6:34with Christ.
6:36And of course this makes us think of
6:38John. In the beginning was the word, and
6:41the word was with God, and the word was
6:43God, and the word became flesh and dwelt
6:46among us, and we beheld his glory as of
6:48the only begotten of the Father, full of
6:50grace and truth.
6:52Amen.
6:54The law came through Moses, John says,
6:56but grace and truth through Jesus
6:57Christ. So, Paul says, "Don't Don't
7:01worry, Jews. Don't worry that you can't
7:03get into heaven.
7:04Don't worry that you can't go into the
7:05grave because Christ is still here in
7:09his word." But the word that he's using
7:11here for word is not logos like John
7:14used.
7:15It's rhema.
7:18It means the spoken, preached, anointed
7:22utterance.
7:24So, what he What you could say is,
7:26"But what does it say? The preached,
7:30anointed preaching is here."
7:34So, he's telling the Jews, "You can
7:36still encounter Jesus if you'll listen
7:39to what I'm preaching
7:41by the power of the Holy Spirit.
7:43But what does it say?
7:45The rhema, the word is near you.
7:49In your mouth and in your heart. That is
7:52the word of faith
7:55which we are preaching.
8:00Paul is saying something very bold.
8:03He's saying you can encounter Christ
8:07through the preaching that is
8:09[clears throat] happening in your city.
8:13And what are they preaching?
8:15That if you confess with your mouth
8:19Jesus as Lord
8:21and believe in your heart
8:24that God raised him from the dead you
8:28will be saved.
8:32For with the heart a person believes.
8:37You don't believe from your head.
8:40You believe from your core.
8:42Your soul.
8:44Your emotions.
8:47You know in the deepest part of you
8:49who God is and that he's speaking to
8:52you.
8:53For with the heart a person believes
8:55resulting in righteousness.
8:59That's the righteousness of Abraham when
9:01his belief, his faith was credited to
9:03him as righteousness.
9:06And with the mouth
9:07he confesses resulting in salvation.
9:11When you conform your mouth and your
9:13heart to what God is speaking
9:16that's when you're right with God.
9:19That's called salvation.
9:21For the scripture says
9:23whoever believes in him will not be
9:26disappointed.
9:30Okay?
9:32For there is no distinction between Jew
9:33and Greek. For the same Lord is Lord of
9:36all.
9:37Abounding in riches for all who call on
9:41him.
9:43There's the election. He's decided to
9:46abound in riches, to pour out help to
9:50everyone who calls on him.
9:54Verse 13, "For whoever will call on the
9:58name of the Lord will be saved."
10:03Now,
10:04this presupposes calling in a certain
10:07way, in a certain sincerity, because
10:09Jesus says in Luke 6, "Many will say to
10:12me, 'Lord, Lord,' and I will say,
10:14'Depart from me, you workers of
10:16iniquity.'" Same as told in Matthew 7.
10:19So, it's not calling in a in a shallow
10:22or dishonest way. You got to mean that
10:25he's Lord of your life when you confess
10:27it. You got to let him be Lord of your
10:29life. You can't be saved by a lie from
10:31your mouth that argues with the truth of
10:33your choices in your life.
10:38But he says, "Whoever will call on the
10:39name of the Lord will be saved." Okay,
10:41so we've got to call on him. Paul's
10:42going to set up a solution. He says,
10:44"You need to call on the name of the
10:46Lord." But then he's going to say,
10:48"But
10:49how then will they call on him whom they
10:52have not believed?" So, he's saying
10:54about the Jews, Jesus is in heaven,
10:57and some say he's in the grave. So, how
10:59will they call on him?
11:01How can they cry out to the Jesus who
11:04they think is gone?
11:07How will they believe in him whom they
11:10have not heard?
11:12Notice he does not say about whom they
11:14have not heard. He does not say of whom
11:17they have not heard. He says, "How can
11:19you have saving faith, belief,
11:22if you haven't heard God?"
11:26You need to be able to say, "God is
11:28speaking to me."
11:31before you can have the kind of belief
11:32that is saving faith.
11:34How will they believe
11:37in him whom they have not heard?
11:40And how will they hear
11:43without a preacher?
11:45So, you're not going to hear because
11:46Jesus walks into your living room,
11:48you're going to hear because you
11:50encounter the anointed rhema preaching
11:54of truth from the church.
11:57How will they hear without a preacher?
11:59And how will they preach unless they are
12:02sent?
12:04apostello
12:06Just as it is written, how beautiful are
12:08the feet of those who bring good news
12:11of good things. Paul is telling the
12:13Jews, it's not too late to encounter
12:16Jesus
12:17because he's still here with his people.
12:21This is the same Paul who persecuted the
12:23church and said, "Who are you, Lord?"
12:26And the Lord said, "I am Jesus whom you
12:28are persecuting." He's telling the Jews
12:30Jesus is still here in the church.
12:34You can still encounter him. You can
12:37still believe him because you can still
12:40hear not about him, you can hear him.
12:47How will they hear without a preacher?
12:49And how will they preach unless they are
12:51sent? Just as it is written, how
12:53beautiful are the feet of those who
12:54bring good news of good things. However,
12:57they did not all heed the good news, the
12:59gospel.
13:00For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed
13:02our report?" Notice that heeding, acting
13:05on the gospel, is the same thing for
13:07Paul as believing the gospel.
13:11He's made the two, heed and believe, are
13:14the same thing. They did not all heed
13:16the gospel for Isaiah said, "Who has
13:18believed?"
13:21Right?
13:22So, he's They've heard the preaching,
13:25but their hearts didn't stir.
13:27They didn't
13:28How does Paul know they didn't believe?
13:30Because they didn't act on it.
13:32So, faith
13:35the righteousness of faith is the
13:36solution for the Jews, right?
13:38And that faith faith comes
13:42from hearing
13:45and hearing
13:47by the word
13:50of
13:51Christ.
13:53He starts the dilemma of who's going to
13:55go into heaven to bring Christ down?
13:57Who's going to go into
13:59the grave to bring Christ up? And he
14:01finishes it by saying
14:04Christ's word, his rhema, is still here.
14:09And you can respond differently
14:12to the preaching of the church.
14:15And you can still encounter Jesus.
14:18His presence, his reality. Not words
14:20about him, but you can still hear him.
14:23Because the word of Christ is still here
14:25[music] in the church. Faith comes by
14:28hearing and hearing by the word of
14:30Christ.
14:32But I say, surely they have never heard,
14:34have they? Indeed they have.
14:38They've heard the word of Christ.
14:42Their voice has gone out into all the
14:45earth. And their words [music] to the
14:47end of the world. He uses plural there.
14:50The church's voice
14:52>> [music]
14:52>> has gone out.
14:54But I say, surely Israel did not know,
14:56did they?
14:58First Moses says,
14:59>> [music]
15:00>> I will make you jealous by that which is
15:02not a nation.
15:05By a nation without understanding, I
15:07will anger you.
15:10And Isaiah is very bold and says
15:13I was found by those who did not seek
15:16me.
15:17And became manifest to those who did not
15:20ask for me.
15:22But as for Israel, he says, "All day
15:25long I, the Lord,
15:28have stretched out my hands to [music] a
15:31disobedient and obstinate people."
15:36Do you get it?
15:39So,
15:40what is he saying?
15:42He's saying that the Gentile churches
15:45are supposed to make Israel mad.
15:49The Gentile churches are supposed to
15:51provoke Israel to realize what they lost
15:55when God does a work among the Gentiles
15:58that even the Jews couldn't find with
16:00all their law.
16:02And he's saying that the word of God is
16:05still available. You can still have
16:06faith. You can still be saved because
16:09you can still hear Christ through the
16:11preaching of the church.
16:15>> [music]

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