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Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present. Notes Compiled by: Jeno Erdelyi – 2020 Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present. Page 144 of 450 Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present. Session 1: Introduction and Romans 1:1 - 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: Romans 9 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: Romans 2 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present. The Righteousness of God Revealed. Condemnation of Moral Man. Session 14: Romans 11 Session 4: Romans 3 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: Romans 12 Gifts. Armor. Body Life. Evidences of the Spirit-filled Person. Session 5: Romans 4 God’s Greatest Gift. Faith of Abraham and David. Salvation by Faith, Session 16: Romans 13 not Works. The Resurrection. Civil Responsibilities: to the state; to those outside the Church. Session 6: Romans 5 Session 17: Romans 14 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: Romans 6 Session 18: Romans 15 Two Masters: Sin Personified, and God as Revealed in Jesus. 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: Romans 7 Session 19: Romans 16 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: Romans 8:1 - 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 Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present. Page 145 of 450 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 Bible. Some call it the “Gospel according to Paul.” Christianity 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 Old testament 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. Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present. Page 146 of 450 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: 1 Corinthians 12, 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 Isaiah 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. Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present. Page 147 of 450 Session 13: Romans 10 Salvation by Faith Taught by Moses. “Whosoever...” Israel Present. [1] Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer 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.
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