THE GOSPEL IS FOR ALL...EVEN STRANGERS ROMANS 10:18-21

INTRODUCTION:

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I. ISRAEL HEARD…AND REJECTED VS. 18

Psalm 19:1–4 ESV

1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2 Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. 4 Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

THIS IS GENERAL REVELATION.

THE HEAVENS DECLARE GOD’S GLORY

GOD’S VOICE GOES OUT THROUGHOUT THE EARTH.

THIS IS DAVID DECLARING THE GREATNESS OF GOD THAT HE HAS SEEN IN NATURE. SO IF DAVID SAW GOD IN NATURE THEN YES, THE JEWS WOULD HAVE SEEN GOD IN NATURE BECAUSE WHAT WAS DAVID? YEP, A JEW!

II. OTHERS HEARD....AND RECEIVED IT!!! 10:19

MOSES TALKED ABOUT HOW OTHER NATIONS WOULD BE SAVED. BASICALLY MOSES WAS POINTING TO THE FACT THAT GENTILE INCLUSION WOULD TAKE PLACE EVENTUALLY.

Deuteronomy 32:21 ESV

21 They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

The Gentiles Heard

The Gentiles Believed and Received Jesus!

The Jews Heard

The Jews Rejected Jesus!

III. Divine Appointments Romans 10:20

Isaiah 65:1 ESV

1 I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that was not called by my name.

There are those who find Jesus without even looking. These are divine appointments.

Last week’s video Tyler said that he loved me because I gave him a second chance when no one else would. Tyler was a divine appointment. I invited him to Strength to Stand a week before the event. He asked me at the event why I had invited him. I told him that I felt like I was supposed to and that God had something for him. Tyler was saved the next day. That is a divine appointment.

IV. God’s Hand Is Out For You Today (10:21)

God loves you and His loving hands are reaching out to receive you today. All you have to do is take that step towards Him. Will you do that today!

Isaiah 65:2 ESV

2 I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices;

Don’t be like the Jews and so many others and reject Him time and time again. Receive Him today?

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