Exploring Romans #16
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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.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.
2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.”
6 But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down from above)
7 or, “ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):
9 that 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.
10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!”
A lot of what people struggle with in Paul’s writings is understanding the context of what he’s saying.
Last week we looked at how many people use Romans chapter 9 as a means to prove Predestination, but ultimately we debunked their theology by looking at the context of Paul's writing to the Romans as a whole book and not just one chapter. Brother Roger reminded me of a very powerful passage to support our doctrine even further last week after service.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
Today’s lesson, much like last week is a loaded gun to many who like to take one verse and build a theology without comparing that verse to the context of the rest of scripture.
We need to realize that TEXT without CONTEXT is PRETEXT.
So when we see verses that don’t always make sense at face value how should we respond?
Jesus’ teaching should always trump any other scripture.
Study the Context
Define Vague Terms
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Let’s start our journey through
Vs 1. Paul wished that all Isreal would be saved
This was a major insult because the Jews thought they were already Acceptable in God’s sight because of the Law
I believe the same is true about many church members today.
Vs 2. Paul acknowledged Israels Zeal
Their zeal wasn’t based on true knowledge
Vs 3. They were ignorant of God’s Righteousness and tried to establish their own.
Today’s Christians are often the same way
Jesus spent 3 1/2 years teaching His righteousness, I believe it’s pretty important to learn it.
Vs 4. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Paul wasn’t saying that Christ ended the law but completed the law and established a new law of grace and righteousness.
IOW Christ’ teachings have become the law.
Vs 5. Moses wrote the law/ Torah (inspired by God of course)
Whose law would you rather live by?
If your faith is in Christ you will live by His teachings.
If we
Vs. 6 Paul writes what Jesus said in:
13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.
John
IOW is their anyone who has come from heaven or anyone who has raised themselves from the dead?
There is only one son of God.