Did Gentiles believe? And this leads us to see not only where there was an analogy with those who believe in a promised Saviour, but also to a weighty difference. There is laid down the most essential of all truths as a groundwork of salvation; namely, expiation. Sirs, what must I do to be saved? That it is not at all hard or difficult. This Good News is readily available to anyone who will receive it freely from God through Christ. Has He mercy only for guilty Israel? God's righteousness was now manifested as to the past sins He had not brought into judgment through His forbearance, and yet more conspicuously in the present time, when He displayed His justice in justifying the believer. instructive and interesting manner the links that grace practically forms and maintains between the saints of God. To this Paul answers: "Christ is the end of the law." Outside Revelation, it only occurs here and Luke 8:31. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. 1. What was it? He is, of course, the same absolutely perfect and unchangeable God of goodness; but His perfection has displayed itself in new and more glorious ways in Christ's death, in Him who humbled Himself, and was obedient even to the death of the cross. Romans 16:1-27; Romans 16:1-27 brings before us in the most. Thus the proof was complete. Sin was in the world between Adam and Moses, when the law was not. Just as I lean all my weight upon this rail so do I lean my soul wholly upon Christ. It must possess this place because the gospel is Gods power to save us (1:16). But what saith it? Clear, then, as possible it must be to every man among us who will think, that if the only way of salvation by the works of the law is by the keeping of the law in its entirety, then that road is closed against us, and the sooner we have done with it the better; for then we shall turn our thoughts in the right direction, and travel on the way which the Lord in great mercy has prepared for us. By the preaching of the Gospel the doctrine of salvation is nigh thee, and the saving influence is at hand: it is in thy mouth, easy to be understood, easy to be professed: and in thy heart, if thou art upright before God, sincerely desiring to be saved on his own terms, not striving to establish thy own method of justification by the law, which must for ever be ineffectual, but submitting to the method of justification which God has devised. Did they venture to plead that it must be not only the same father, but the same mother? Nevertheless Gods normal way of bringing people to Jesus Christ is through the preaching of the gospel. Christ did not come to make the law milder, or to render it possible for our cracked and battered obedience to be accepted as a sort of compromise. ", But all have not obeyed the good news. He lays down such a summary as no Jew ever gave since they were a nation. God has condemned the flesh. How shall they hear without a preacher? Confess with your mouth: Confession has the idea of agreeing with. To a disobedient and contrary people.. One is from Deuteronomy 32:21 where God says that, because of Israel's disobedience and rebellion, he will transfer his favour to another people, and they will be forced to become jealous of a nation which has no nation. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. This, he says, was his heart's desire and prayer, which intimates, (1.) Poor dear heart, if you can but trust Christ, even though the feeblest possible manifestation of it should be the only thing visible, namely, your calling upon God in prayer, it must and shall save you. You need not go to the universities and earn a degree of D.D. It was laid down that, in the event of sickness, measures might be taken to keep the patient from becoming worse, but not to make him better. There is really no other hope, for if you get a little bit of your own works put into the building, of your hope, you have just so much rotten timber in the fabric, and that rot will plague the whole house, and turn it into dust at the last. If you find him in it will not much matter where you find him, in heaven or in the deep, for he must be almighty everywhere. (324) The righteousness of faith is evidently the it in this question: See Romans 10:6. There are two things that might make insuperable difficulty: the one is the obstacle of sin in the nature to practical holiness; the other is the provocation and condemnation of the law. Now you won't get that on television, nor will you get that in your evening newspaper, watching the news or reading Time Magazine. The top and bottom of the matter is, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ." 16). In the Fourth Book of Maccabees there is an amazing incident. Christ's fullness is meant for our emptiness; Christ's righteousness is meant for our sin, salvation is for the lost. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. For this he quotes that scripture (Leviticus 18:5), You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them. It is important to note, however, that Paul does not quote Moses. For information about the word heart (kardia), see the commentary on verse 1. To profess this doctrine was, therefore, virtually to profess all the truths of the Christian religion. Observe again, it is not victory here; for that would give place to human pride. I do not mean by this its truth merely, but its exquisite suitability; so that the opening address commences the theme in hand, and insinuates that particular line of truth which the Holy Spirit sees fit to pursue throughout. And how shall they preach unless they are sent? If you crawl on your knees for five miles to kiss the statue you can be spared several days of purgatory. May faith be increased as you study His Word. We should take notice of that which is commendable even in bad people. There is sure ground here. What, then, is its voice? Now it was manifested, and not promised or predicted merely. That is not Christ's way. There would be no remnant if justice took its course. Romans 10:9-10 are of prime importance. He never said a word more than he felt; yet that was the style of man. ): Paul says it is not necessary for men to descend into the realms of death and Satan to attain salvation. Love is the great debt that we owe, which never can be paid, but which we should always be paying. Romans 8:1-39 displays this comforting truth in its fulness. He was ordered to be beaten. He was debtor both to the Greeks and the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise; he was ready, as far as he was concerned, to preach the gospel to those that were at Rome also (ver. As they watched him rising higher, and yet higher, at last a cloud received him: he has gone up to the Father's throne, as the sinner's Savior: at the throne he stands to-day to intercede for sinners, and from that throne he bends to comfort those who come to him. It is no longer blood, but death Christ's death and resurrection. "I am of Mr. Spurgeon's religion, which makes people happy themselves, and causes them to do good to others." Hence, therefore, it was in no way limited to any particular nation, such as those that had already been under the law and government of God. Herein is no mystery: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, and whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. You can check these in your browser security settings. Its simplicity and plainness he proceeds immediately to state. Mark you, Moses does not tone down the law to suit our fallen state, or talk of our doing our best and God's being satisfied with our imperfect obedience. Scripture: Romans 10:15. This, they say, would at least make men moral and keep them sober: whereas even in this they err against the light; for it has been proved by history that such preaching makes men worse and worse. The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach): a. Christ is the end of the law: Jesus is the end of the law for those who believe. Do not believe in yourself, but believe in Jesus. Christ is thus the end of the law for righteousness, that is, for justification; but it is only to every one that believeth. Here is your answer. This is the substance of the matter Christ saves, and we trust. They have a zeal of God. The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. . So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, Their sound has gone out to all the earth, i. But "justification of life" goes farther, though involved in the latter, than the end of Romans 4:1-25; for now we learn that in the gospel there is not only a dealing with the guilt of those that are addressed in it; there is also a mighty work of God in the presenting the man in a new place before God, and in fact, too, for his faith, clearing him from all the consequences in which he finds himself as a man in the flesh here below. He dwells in the heart by faith. g. All who call upon Him: Again, note the emphasis on human responsibility. This phrase, , "the word of faith", may be seen in the Jewish writings z; and this shows what word is here meant, even the Gospel so called, because it contains doctrines which are to be believed upon the testimony of God, and particularly the doctrine of justification by the righteousness of Christ received by faith; and because it proposes Christ as the object of faith, and encourages souls to believe in him for life and salvation; and is also the means of begetting and implanting faith in the heart, and without it the preaching of it is of no avail: and it is further described by the ministration of it. It was already among them by the preaching of the apostles, and was a subject of conversation and of thought. A good witness, as a reason of his good wish (Romans 10:2; Romans 10:2): I bear them record that they have a zeal of God. b. The word of Christ is what brought us out of the world and that to which we were converted. "For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. The law demanded, but could never receive righteousness from man. In both parts, as it may be observed, the door is opened to the Gentile. This he proves by showing the different constitution of these two. To these then he wishes, as was his wont, the fresh flow of that source and stream of divine blessing which Christ has made to be household bread to us: "Grace and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ" (ver. (verses 22-32.) For there is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. Then follows a warning against those who bring in stumbling-blocks and offences. Moreover, He gave up the knowledge of God that had been handed down from father to son (ver. That mode of living which will do for the depths is safe for the heights. No prayers, or tears, are wanted to bring him down: he has already come and is near at hand. All of Pauls teaching of Gods election and right to choose does not diminish mans responsibility. It was not merely, that he had better light. 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. Unlike verse 5, Paul does not say, "Moses says" or "Moses writes." (ver. Or what is to be done according to that doctrine? Some of those zealous ones beat up the mayor in Jerusalem just a day or so ago because of some of his rulings that they felt did not coincide with their desires. And how shall they preach unless they are sent? Paul allegorizes that passage. Far from denying or obscuring what they boasted of, he goes beyond them "Who are Israelites," says he, "to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all God blessed for ever." They ought to have known better: they had every chance to know better; but they rejected the appeal of God. Keep to it. The work thou hast to do lies within thee: the kingdom of God is within you,Luke 17:21. b. "Paul, a bondman of Jesus Christ" an apostle "called," not born, still less as educated or appointed of man, but an apostle "called," as he says "separated unto the gospel of God, which he had promised afore by his prophets." But by now the gospel had been carried to most parts of the Mediterranean area where Jews were to be found; and that is all the argument requires. (Bruce), b. What have you to say to that?" Even the saints there would have been all the better for the gospel. Isaiah was very bold, and he said, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that ask not after me. There the truth is held, and apparently with firmness too. I am afraid we say a great deal at times which rather lumbers and cumbers the gospel than makes it clear. But then again he intimates that the nature of the gospel is involved in the publishing of the glad tidings. It is agreed by all commentators that this is one of the most difficult and obscure passages in the letter to the Romans. c. Believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead: We must also believe this. It was not merely "to those at Rome," but "to you that be at Rome." You asked, "Who shall descend into the deep?" Well, then, suppose I say: "Did Israel not understand?" 2. Although circumcision began with Abraham, manifestly it had nothing to do with his righteousness, and at best was but the seal of the righteousness of faith which he had in an uncircumcised state. This accordingly leads, as connected with the deliverance of the body, to the inheritance we are to possess. (iv) The fourth objection is: "But what if Israel did not understand?" He that believeth will not make haste (so the prophet has it)--will not make haste to run away from the sufferings he meets with in the way of his duty, will not be ashamed of a despised religion. The apostle applies this according to divine wisdom. That is true--but no one ever has. Sin is our not wanting the gifts of . Paul deals with that objection by quoting Isaiah 52:7. He introduced a new religion and way of worship, to which the former must give place. The contrast of Christ with Adam takes in man universally as well as the Christian; and man in sin, alas! Hence, what he is here discussing is not remission of sins, but deliverance from sin. Paul does not rejoice that they have stumbled at that stumbling stone (Romans 9:32). This knowledge was readily available and known to all. And how shall they preach unless they are sent? In thy mouth - This is taken from the Septuagint. Now it is interesting that this follows Paul's declaration about how God will have mercy upon whom He will have mercy and harden those whom He will harden. There was no part of heathenism practically viewed now, so corrupting as that which had to do with the objects of its worship. The meaning is, that the doctrine was already so familiar, and so well understood, that it was actually in their mouth, that is, their language, their common conversation. It could not therefore be the source or means of his righteousness. "The word is near you. Concerning faith: It is with the heart that man believeth, which implies more than an assent of the understanding, and takes in the consent of the will, an inward, hearty, sincere, and strong consent. Christ is come, and has changed all. Without faith there is neither justice nor life that God owns; where faith is, the rest will surely follow. This is to fall back on a principle he had already used. He does not say that if you have broken the law you may still live by some other means. First, Moses says: "I will make you jealous of a nation which is no nation. That is - This is the use which the apostle makes of it; not that Moses referred to the gospel. This was not a direct and intrinsic effect, of course, but the result of spiritual dealing for the soul. This is what made the gospel to be so sweet and precious, and, what is more, absolutely necessary, if he would escape certain and eternal ruin. But such thoughts altogether vanish now, because, as the Gentile was unquestionably wicked and abominable, so from the law's express denunciation the Jew was universally guilty before God. Jesus has come down: years ago be left the glories of his Father. And he gives his reason: "For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, The just shall live by faith." 4. Such men have never been wanting since the truth has shone on this world; still less are they now. Those that were under the law were to do all themselves, Do this, and live; but the gospel discovers the greatest part of the work done already, and what remains cut short in righteousness, salvation offered upon very plain and easy terms, brought to our door, as it were, in the word which is nigh us. He here shows the fatal mistake that the unbelieving Jews were guilty of, which was their ruin. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. Both Jew and Greek were quick to give some credit to national or ethnic origin, as if being saved were a matter of being born into the right family. This is the faith which saves the soul. (Spurgeon). But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. What does experience say about believing in Christ! The gospel means His glad tidings for man. They are really rebelling against God's path of righteousness, having established now their own righteousness by works, as Paul here declares. Paul has been saying some hard things about the Jews. Whoever will in the whole world believe in Christ may do so; he is neither too old or too young, or too rich, or too poor, or too wicked, or too moral; if he will but trust Christ he shall be saved, and he is fully allowed and permitted, yea, commanded to believe and live. It is for the lost, therefore; for they it is who need salvation; and it is to save not merely to quicken, but to save; and this because in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed. We know not how low he went, but we are told that "he descended into the lower parts of the earth." "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may bear it, and do it? 2 172). An Italian gentleman, who has known me since I have been at Mentone, was asked, "Are you a Catholic?" In both Old and New it is the same substantial testimony. Paul does not raise the possibility of the message being read. And I love it. People cannot come to Jesus without the right information about the gospel, but information alone is not enough to save anyone. Neither was there a need to ask about Gods will. Of course our new Perfection brethren, spick and span saints as they are, are not like Jack, they are not "poor sinners, and nothing at all," and I am afraid lest some of them should find out that Jesus Christ is not their all in all. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. It is the same form of expression exactly as in the beginning of Romans 5:1-21 "being justified by faith" ( ). Oh, how I love that phrase.That is why I love the ministry so much, because I have the privilege to bring to men glad tidings of good things. "I am not ashamed," etc. Though he had never visited Rome, many of them were known personally. To turn a blind eye may be in some few cases a virtue; in most cases it is folly. That is quite true, because Isaiah says: "Lord, who has believed what they heard from us?" Again, we cannot neglect the emphasis on. And the message they proclaim is the good news concerning Jesus Christ (16-17). But they have not all obeyed the gospel. 3. They have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God, that is, they have not yielded to gospel-terms, nor accepted the tender of justification by faith in Christ, which is made in the gospel. How Daniels Prophecy of 70 Weeks Connects to the End Times, 4 Ways the Parable of the Sower Encourages Spiritual Growth. I was found by those who did not seek Me; No man that rested in Christ, and Christ alone, ever was ashamed of his hope; and none ever shall be. When God gives you growth in grace and fruitfulness in good works it will be your safety to be as little as ever you were, and to trust in nothing but the work of the Lord. If God has made you feel yourself a sinner, then Christ is such a Savior as you need and you may have him at once: the only difficulty lies in the way being so easy that you can hardly think it can be so. It is evident, therefore, that dispensational position will not suffice for God, who holds to His own unchangeable estimate of good and evil, and who judges the more stringently according to the measure of advantage possessed. It seems to mean that his truth was in their mind, and a subject of meditation and reflection. It is a great piece of condescension for a proud heart to be content to be beholden to free grace; we are loth to sue sub forma pauperis--as paupers. He and his wife, Adrian, are beautiful people. Now, the gospel forbids us to dream in this fashion. The meaning is, that the doctrine was already so familiar, and so well understood, that it was actually in their mouth, that is, their language, their common conversation. Well, I can't either, but God didn't call me to reconcile it, He just called me to believe it.I tried to reconcile it for years until I was in such mental gymnastics I was worn out. Judge ye whether any one of us has fulfilled the whole law. No man can tell. For they do not realize that a man can only achieve the status of righteousness by God's gift, and they seek to establish their own status, and so they have not submitted themselves to that power of God which alone can make them righteous in his sight. This also is a most important truth, my brethren, to bear in mind. Hence, as is shown later in the chapter, Adam is a head characterized by disobedience, who brought in death, the just penalty of sin; as on the other hand we have Him of whom he was the type, Christ, the obedient man, who has brought in righteousness, and this after a singularly blessed sort and style "justification of life." For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh." There is a legal maxim which says that genuine ignorance may be a defence, but neglect of knowledge never is. Have you been born again?" For whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved ( Romans 10:12-13 ). "He resisted," says the writer, "even to the agonies of death, for the law's sake.". So I have found by my making over my other grandchildren she'll come elbowing her way in to get close to Grandpa. The apostle shows them with astonishing force at the starting-point that he was far from slighting their privileges. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. This is as certain and clear as the utterance of that dreadful roll of thunder which has just now left on your minds the thought, "He that doeth these things shall live by them.". As your next door neighbor's house is not hard to get at, so neither is salvation by the gospel. (that is, to bring Christ down), or, 'Who shall go down into the deep abyss?' The soul may feel the blood of Jesus to be a yet deeper want; but this alone does not give peace with God. a. And this lies in the fact that Abraham believed God before he had the son, being fully persuaded that what He had promised He was able to perform. Kurios Serapis is Lord Serapis. To man this is the hardest of all obedience; but when once secured, it leads peacefully into the obedience of every day. Increase of privileges can never avail without the soul's self-judgment before the mercy of God. Yes, and I find a self-denying, Christ-exalting faith to be good in times of jubilation and success. 2. But now to faith all this is gone not lightly, but truly in the sight of God; so that he may live on a Saviour that is risen from the dead as his new life. To this then the apostle comes, after having spoken of the divine favour shown himself, both when a sinner, and now in his own special place of serving the Lord Jesus. Antiochus ordered him to eat pork. Having descended all that length he went lower still. How shall they hear without a preacher? God was not satisfied alone. The 14th verse in Deuteronomy 30:1-20 completes the thought by saying that the Jews could do what God wanted them to do - that thou mayest do it. That was said to Paul, rather than what was taught by Paul. On the contrary, the doctrine of faith establishes law as nothing else can; and for this simple reason, that if one who is guilty hopes to be saved spite of the broken law, it must be at the expense of the law that condemns his guilt; whereas the gospel shows no sparing of sin, but the most complete condemnation of it all, as charged on Him who shed His blood in atonement. to deal with the whole posterity of Adam as involved in death because of one, their common father, who could deny the consistency of one man's saving? They become angry and envious when they see their supposedly ignorant Gentile neighbours accepting the gospel, but they themselves will not listen to it (19-21). The doctrine of faith therefore, which reposes on the cross, establishes law, instead of making it void, as every other principle must (verses 27-31). Justification by faith has always been the way for people to come to God. The righteousness of God is revealed from faith; and consequently, if there be faith in any soul, to this it is revealed, to faith wherever it may be. What about the doctrine of election? You cannot believe in him unless you hear about him. Now, your hope lies wholly in what this Son of God did in his descent and ascent. Last of all, the apostle links up this fundamental treatise of divine righteousness in its doctrine, its dispensational bearings, and its exhortations to the walk of Christians, with higher truth, which it would not have been suitable then to bring out; for grace considers the state and the need of the saints. If a man confessed faith in Jesus, as the Lord and Saviour of lost sinners, and really believed in his heart that God had raised him from the dead, thus showing that he had accepted the atonement, he should be saved by the righteousness of Christ, imputed to him through faith. The information in verse 8 makes the point even more forcefully. Jesus had come and died; Jesus had been a propitiatory sacrifice; Jesus had borne the judgment of God because of the sins He bore. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. There is such a thing as a blind misguided zeal: such was that of the Jews, who, when they hated Christ's people and ministers, and cast them out, said, Let the Lord be glorified (Isaiah 66:5); nay, they killed them, and thought they did God good service, John 16:2. There is no need of dwelling now on "salvation" as employed in the Old Testament, and in some parts of the New, as the gospels and Revelation particularly, where it is used for deliverance in power or even providence and present things. Here is an instance of what is so reprehensible. Up also his body rose on the light of the third day; and he sojourned for forty days among his disciples. On the contrary, it was the Jew provoked by the Gentiles "By them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you." By keeping the law? Another, despairing of deliverance by his doings, runs upon his feelings, and cries, "If I am to be saved, surely I shall need to experience joys like those which are felt by spirits before the throne. And as it is for obedience of faith, it was not in anywise restricted to the Jewish people "among all nations, for his (Christ's) name: among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ" (verses 5, 6). 1. The righteousness of God, then, could now go forth in virtue of His blood. d. But what does it say? If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved: We do not gain God's righteousness by works. There is the righteousness of justification and the righteousness of sanctification. 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