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Session 13: Salvation by Faith Taught by . “Whosoever...” Present.

Notes Compiled by: Jeno Erdelyi – 2020

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Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present.

Session 1: Introduction and :1 - 1:7 Our Eternal Security. Hymn of Praise for Victory. Certainty of Introduction. Salutation. Attributes of the Trinity. Sanctification.

Session 2: Romans 1:8 - 1:32 Session 12: Israel’s past. Paul deals with the problem

The Pagan Predicament. The Need for the Gospel. God’s associated with the condition of Israel. Righteousness Revealed Against Pagan Humanity. Session 13: Romans 10 Session 3: Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present. The Righteousness of God Revealed. Condemnation of Moral Man. Session 14: Session 4: Israel’s Future. Salvation unto the Gentiles. The Kingdom Parables. Advantages of Being a Jew? Case Against the Entire Human Race. Mysteries. “Until.” Rapture Models. Why Does God Save Anyone? Session 15: Gifts. Armor. Body Life. Evidences of the Spirit-filled Person. Session 5: God’s Greatest Gift. Faith of and . Salvation by Faith, Session 16: not Works. The Resurrection. Civil Responsibilities: to the state; to those outside the Church.

Session 6: Session 17: Peace With God. The Sequence to Maturity. The Logic of His Love. Christian Maturity. Capital Punishment. Dietary Restrictions? The Two Heads: Adam and Christ. Sabbath Day Dilemma. Sunday or Saturday?

Session 7: Session 18: Two Masters: Sin Personified, and God as Revealed in . The Importance of Unity within the Body. In Light of Christ’s Ministry. Death of Defeat. Baptism. Sanctification. Paul’s Methodology and Plans.

Session 8: Session 19: Law School: The Law and Christ Risen. Dead to the Law. Spirit Is Importance of Relationships. A Most Painful Sin, Gossip. Professional Willing, the Flesh Is Weak. Secretaries.

Session 9: :1 - 17 Deliverance from the Flesh by the Power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit’s Inner Witness.

Session 10: Romans 8:18 - 27The New Creation. Preservation in

Suffering by the Power of the Holy Spirit.

Session 11: Romans 8:28 - 39

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Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present.

Review The last half of Acts is mostly about Paul; it ends with him going to Rome, so it’s appropriate the epistle to follow Acts is Romans. It is a continuation of Acts in many ways. Romans is the most comprehensive statement of the Gospel in the entire . Some call it the “Gospel according to Paul.” 101, how to live the Christian life. The impact of Romans on world history is unequalled by any other book of the Bible. Penned by Paul:  One of the most brilliant minds  Schooled in both Hebrew and Greek schools  Jewish by background and a Roman Citizen

Chapter #1 – Universality of Human Sinfulness and how the Pagan Man is guilty by the revelation of creation. Chapter #2 – Moral Man and the Religious Man; Moral Man doesn’t even live up to his own conscience and Religious Man, no matter how committed and sincere, it is not enough. Chapter #3 – Righteousness of God in justification. How does God deal with man’s sin without compromising His character? Chapter #4 – How do we get to Heaven? By receiving God’s gift by faith, using Abraham and David as examples of salvation by faith. Chapter #5 – Experiential results of justification and the “Golden Chain of Christian Growth:” tribulation  perseverance  character  hope. Chapter #6 – Sanctification; Justification imputed righteousness to us, by faith alone. How can He accept us while we still retain our sin nature? How does He disengage us from our sin nature?  Justification is for us; Sanctification is in us.  Justification declares the sinner righteous; Sanctification makes the sinner righteous.  Justification removes the guilt and penalty of sin; Sanctification removes the growth and the power of sin. Chapter #7 - Sanctification begins with regeneration, the implanting of spiritual life in a believer. From that starting point, sanctification is God’s progressively separating a believer from sin to Himself and transforming his total life experience toward holiness and purity. Chapter #8 – Sanctification, security, and no separation cover the great subjects of this chapter. Chapter #9 – Israel’s past. Paul deals with the problem associated with the condition of Israel. What does it mean that Israel has missed its Messiah? What does this say about God? What does it say about Israel? What does it say about our present position in God? Chapter #10 – Israel’s present. Israel’s rejection of the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ.

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Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present.

Session #13 The Book of Romans Chapter 10:1-21 Israel’s present. We will look at Israel’s rejection of the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ. This session is the part two of one of the most important “trilogies” in the Scripture: Romans 9, 10, 11: Chapter 9 - Israel Past; Chapter 10 - Israel Present; and Chapter 11 - Israel Future. Other “trilogies” include: • Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 5, 6, 7 • Spiritual Gifts: , 13, 14 • Second Coming: Zechariah 12, 13, 14 From Genesis 12 to Acts 2, it’s all about Israel...and that God keeps His promises! We need a doctrinal as well as devotional understanding of the Word of God... Having established the principles of salvation in chapters 1-8, and before moving to the practical chapters 12-16, we look at the problem of salvation in chapters 9-11. So if nothing can separate us from the love Christ, what about the Jew? Are they separated? If they are God’s chosen people and they no longer walk with Him, then what will come of the Gentiles? Romans 9-11 is a natural flow into the rest of Romans because Paul will use the Jew as an illustration of the faithfulness of God.  In Chapter 9, God’s past dealings with Israel show His sovereignty.  In Chapter 10, God’s present dealings with Israel show His equity.  In Chapter 11, God’s future dealings with Israel show His integrity. After talking about God’s sovereignty in His past dealings with Israel, Paul will not go on to speak of God’s equity in His present dealings with Israel. Jesus did not conform to the Jews’ expectations, so they rejected Him instead of responding in faith. To prove that God anticipated this, Paul quoted from 8:14 and 28:16 (cf. Rom 10:11), combining the two statements to indicate the two contrasting reactions by men to the Stone that God placed in Zion (cf. “Zion” in 11:26). Having stated the fact of Israel’s stumbling in the preceding verses, Paul now explains the reason for that stumbling. But first, Paul expressed his deep personal spiritual burden for the salvation of the people of Israel.

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Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present.

[1] Brethren, my heart’s desire and to God for Israel is that they may be saved. 1) Paul again feels compelled to relate his heart regarding his fellow Jews. Paul does not rejoice that they have stumbled at that stumbling stone (Romans 9:32). a) Truly God is an equal opportunity Savor. He gives Gentiles the invitation to salvation and continues to give the Jews the same opportunity. [2] For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 2) Paul will readily recognize that Israel has a zeal for God but he also sees that it is zeal not according to knowledge. a) This is where so many religious people – even sincere Christians – go astray. They have plenty of zeal but little knowledge; and this is dangerous. b) James 2:19, “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!” 3) Zeal for God, but not according to knowledge: This is a perfect description of Paul himself before his conversion. Saul of Tarsus was a notorious persecutor of Christians before Jesus confronted him on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-20). a) You might be a sincere sin-sniffer or fault-finder – but you will be sincerely wrong. [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) Israel was ignorant of God’s righteousness so they want to set up or establish their own righteousness like someone that would erect a monument. But this would be to glorify man and not God. [4] For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. 5) Christ is the end of the law: Jesus is the end of the law for those who believe. The law ends for the believer in the sense that our obedience to the law is no longer the basis for our relationship with God. The law has not come to an end in the sense of no longer reflecting God’s standard or no longer showing us our need for a Savior. a) Jesus said regarding the law, “For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.” (Matthew 5:18) [5] For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.” 6) If you want to keep the law, then you must keep on working them…all of your life.

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Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present.

a) On the day that the law came down from Mount Sinai, three thousand died (Exodus 32:28), but on the day the Spirit descended, three thousand were saved (Acts 2:41). i) Legalism will lead to death, but the Spirit will lead to life. [6-7] 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) or,” ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 7) There are some that think that they can attain some kind of spiritual awakening by transcending up to the heavenly realms and bring Christ consciousness down. And others think that they can go deep enough in theology or philosophy to bring Christ up and make Him real. But this wasted energy, we simply believe and receive. [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): 8) What is says is that the “righteousness of faith” (vs. 6) is near you. God draws near to us through His word through your mouth and into your heart. In God’s revealed truth He can be experienced and understood. [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. 9) Jesus is known not through theology, not through philosophy, but through simple childlike faith. a) We do not gain God’s righteousness by works. Instead, we gain it by confessing and believing in the person and work of Jesus Christ. i) Confession has the idea of agreeing with. When we confess... the Lord Jesus, we agree with what God said about Jesus, and with what Jesus said about Himself. It means we recognize that Jesus is God, that He is the Messiah, and that His work on the cross is the only way of salvation for mankind. ii) Believing in your heart is not a mere agreement of facts about the cross and resurrection. Believe that He can save you; believe that He will save you; leave the entire matter of your salvation with Him in unquestioning confidence (helmet of salvation, Eph. 6:17). [10] For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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10) Why didn’t Paul say believe in your mind? The Lord is after our heart’s first, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and your strength.” (Mark 12:30) a) Our minds are easily changed, but once our heart is engaged in the relationship we will not give up, even when the going gets tough. [11] For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” 11) I love preaching and teaching the gospel. Why? Because it works. I have seen families put back together, and people freed from drugs and alcohol, and broken lives restored to wholeness. It works! [12] For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 12) All who call upon Him: Again, note the emphasis on human responsibility. 13) Jesus is Lord of all, and Lord for all; the Jew, the Gentile, the broken, the strong, the silent, and the outspoken all who come will not be cast out. [13-15] For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” 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? 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!” 14) We get to bring glad tidings of good things. We get to share with people over coffee, at our work, at our school, the Good News that the penalty for every sin they have ever committed has been paid. [16] But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” 17] So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 15) If salvation is so simple, available to all who trust in the person and work of Jesus, then why does Israel seem to be cast off from God? Because many among them had not believed his report – because they did not trust in God’s word through Isaiah and other messengers of the gospel. Therefore they are not saved. 16) Saving faith comes through hearing by the word of God. Though Israel heard, they did not exercise saving faith in Christ – making them (and us) all the more responsible.

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17) The portal of God is the ear: “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says…” The portal of Satan is the eye: “Eve saw the fruit…” The eye is the portal of the world…guard your eyes. [18] But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed: “Their sound has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.” 18) This quotation from Psalm 19:4 proves that the word of the gospel went forth and Israel heard it. This makes them more accountable for their rejection of the good news. [19] But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: “I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, I will move you to anger by a foolish nation.” 19) God would say, “In the past, I chose you sovereignly,” then the Lord said to the nation of Israel, “Presently, I have made Myself known to you, but you have rejected Me. So I am going to provoke you by bringing the Gentiles into the family in order that you might see what you have missed when you neglected your opportunity to be s aved.” [20] But Isaiah is very bold and says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me.” 20) Isaiah’s bold was a warning that Israel ignored, making them more accountable. 21) We, you and I, weren’t walking in the covenants. We weren’t studying the Torah. We weren’t aware of adoption. We didn’t find God. He found us! [21] But to Israel he says: “All day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and contrary people.” 22) This tells God’s assessment of disobedient, Messiah-rejecting Israel. They are a disobedient and contrary people, and all the more so because of their great responsibility before God. a) The Lord says to Israel and he says to us, “I stretched out my hands on the Cross, and to you even now.”

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