What is the Gospel Rom 10

V1

“Them” Is the Jews

Paul desires that they would be saved

Why aren’t they saved?

*Context* (9:30-33)

They don’t have faith

V2

They have a dedicated desire and interest toward God

But not with TRUE knowledge

knowledge = epignosos: The way this word is used is limited to transcendent or moral matter (A real knowledge)

Paul will continue his case as to how we can really be saved and how the Jews had the wrong idea.

V3

They not only did not know God’s righteousness

But they established their own righteousness

(Building a fence around the Law)

Ultimately not subjecting themselves to God’s Righteousness

What is God’s righteousness???

V4

The answer is Jesus

He is the end of the law, the fulfillment of the law

Matthew 5:17 ““Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.”

Everyone who believes this has the righteousness of God

But Paul continues to build his case and compare/contrast between the word of law and the word of faith

V5

Moses is saying that someone who practices righteousness based off of the law is now held to that standard

Which as we know every person failed because we cannot live to that standard

But there is another way to righteousness

V6-8

In order to understand these 3 verses we need to go to the passage Paul is referencing

Deuteronomy 30:12–14 ““It is not in heaven, (Talking about the Law) that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?’ “Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?’ “But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it.”

See the contrast Paul is making?

The same God who gave the law also gave us atonement through Christ

Don’t say

Who will go into heaven and get the law so we can hear it and observe it

Who will go into heaven and bring Christ down to us so we may have salvation

It is not in heaven

We cannot bring Christ down to us

Nor is it beyond the sea or in the abyss that we have to go grab it ourselves

Again both the Law and Christ

That is to raise Jesus from the dead ourselves

What does it say?

The word is near us.

In our hearts and mouths

In this case; The word of Faith

This is not something we can work for

Jesus came down to us

Jesus died and rose from the dead for our salvation

That was something HE did, not us

We don’t have to go anywhere to get Him, He came to us

Verse 9 tells us what this word of faith is

V9

That’s what it takes for salvation

Not a Law that we continue to fail to obey

But a confession that Jesus is the Lord of our lives

And to believe (pistevo = To consider something to be true and therefore worthy of ones trust)

In our hearts that God raised Him from the dead so that we can rise with Him without the condemnation of sin and death that was paid for on the cross

Romans 8:11 “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”

We are saved by faith in that grace God has given us

What does Paul mean by believing in our hearts?

V10

With the heart one believes

Which is just another way of saying the inner man

Your being is the thing that believes and drives you toward things

Resulting in righteousness

And with the mouth we confess

The outward sign of our inward belief, resulting in salvation

V11

Paul is referencing Isaiah

Isaiah 28:16 “Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed.”

When we are believing in Jesus and His sacrifice

We are believing in something solid, something immovable, something firm and grounded

Jesus the cornerstone (Explain cornerstone)

V12-13

Again Jesus is not just Lord of the Jews or just the Gentiles

Salvation is not just for the Jews or just for the Gentiles

Jesus is Lord over all

He died for all

The gift of life is for ALL

Salvation is for all

All who call on Jesus, the name of the Lord

Now that we know the Gospel, what is the next step?

V14-15

But Paul is saying this as a plea for people who know the good news to share it with others

How can someone call out to someone they don’t believe?

How can someone believe if they have not heard

What do they need?

Someone to teach them, to share with them

But someone needs to be sent out in order to do that

We need to equip and send people our to share the good news

We need to not only hear the Gospel but live it out

V16

BUT not everyone who hears the good news will believe

It’s the sad nature of it, but we need to do it anyway

I’m saying that to myself as well

I have failed continually to do that because of the fear of failure and a fear of man.

I need to do better at sharing the good news

V17

We all have faith because we heard the Gospel preached to us in one form or another

People need to hear the good news

Will most reject it?

Yes

But will some come to faith because of it?

We don’t always know for sure, but it’s worth a shot

This is also a call for us to grow in our faith by hearing the word of God

We need the reminder of the Gospel

V18

They meaning the world

Yes they have

Romans 1:20 “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.”

Everyone has what is called general revelation (Creation, morality, etc)

V19

Isreal didn’t know did they?

Yes

They are actually held to a higher standard because they were given the Law

Moses in Deuteronomy talks about Isreal being made jealous by that which is not a nation, and lacks understanding

(The world)

Just like when Jesus went to the Gentiles after being rejected by the Jews

V20-21

God found us gentiles and gave us the good news

Those who did not seek Him or ask for Him

And with Isreal, despite their disobedience continually reaches out to them so that they would come to saving faith

Summary

That’s the thing we all have in common is that we all need the Gospel

We all need to repent and turn to Jesus who came, lived as a man, died a death we should have died, and rose again

and if we believe in our heart and confess with our mouth, that He is Lord, and that He saved us

We will rise from death to life as He did

He is risen