THE RESULT OF RESURRECTION

Romans 10:1–13 KJV

1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. 6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) 7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) 8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Submitting to the Righteousness of God:

Rm 10:4 “ For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”

God’s righteousness is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the One who puts an end (telos) to man having to seek righteousness through the law. Man no longer has to work and work to be acceptable to God, to work and work knowing full well that he is coming up ever so short of God’s glory and demand.

Man no longer has to live under the enslaving power of sin, under its guilt and shame and punishment.

Man no longer has to live under the weight and pressure of failing and of being ever so unworthy, hopeless, lonely, and alienated. Man can now be set free and know full well that he is acceptable to God. Man can now have a heart that swells with assurance and confidence, the perfect knowledge that he is God’s and God is his.

Man can know that he is accepted as righteous before God. How? Through the righteousness of Jesus Christ. “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.”

a. “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster” (Ga. 3:24–25).

Trusting God’s Word:

Rm 10:8 “ But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;”

De. 30:14 “ But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.”

Rm 1:16-17 “ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”

Ac 16:31 “ And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”

Trusting God’s Righteousness

Rm 10: 5 “ For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.”

God’s righteousness is opposed to man’s righteousness, that is, opposed to man’s way for reaching God. Man tries to reach God by law and works, by simply doing the very best he can.

However, there is a terrible flaw in this approach. Moses was the first to point out the flaw: the man who lives by the law must keep the law, and keep it perfectly. “And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them” (Ga. 3:12).

The point is this. There are only two ways to become righteous. A person can become righteous …

• by keeping the law perfectly, by never sinning in act, word, or thought. If a person could keep the law perfectly—never sinning even once—he could be declared righteous.

• by trusting in the righteousness of a Person who has lived a sinless life and who stands before us as the Ideal Man, the Ideal Man who can represent us before God.

Ro. 5:1 “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:”

3. Believing and Confessing God’s Word:

Rm 10: 10 “ For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

Man must believe with the heart and then confess with the mouth. A man believes unto righteousness; that is, a man believes in Jesus Christ, and God takes that man’s faith and counts it as righteousness. Then the man confesses Christ to salvation; that is, he is saved by openly confessing Christ. No man can deny God’s Son and expect God to save him.

“Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven” (Mt. 10:32–33).

1 Jn 4:15 “Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.”

Ep 2: 8 “ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”

Rm 10:11 “For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.” Righteousness: God’s righteousness and salvation deliver a person from shame.

Is. 28:16 “Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.”

a. Whoever believes in Christ is saved. The gospel is available to all, both Jew and Gentile. The gospel is the message of God’s righteousness and salvation to the whole world. The gospel is universal.

“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink” (Jn. 7:37).

“Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (1 Ti. 2:4).

“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him” (1 Jn. 5:1).

“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely” (Re. 22:17).

“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else” (Is. 45:22).

“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price” (Is. 55:1).

b. The true believer is not ashamed.

1) He is not ashamed to face God, for he is covered with the righteousness of Christ.

“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof” (Ro. 13:14).

“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ” (Ga. 3:27).

“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness” (Ep. 4:24).

“And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him” (Col. 3:10).

2) He is not ashamed to confess Christ before men. He readily confesses the glorious life and assurance God has given him in Christ Jesus the Lord.

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Ac. 1:8).

“Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God” (2 Ti. 1:8).

“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear” (1 Pe. 3:15).

4. Praising God’s for His Word.