some of us would have been lost if we could not have been saved without hearing a man of great abilities. But interesting question, how can they call upon the name of the Lord? Here is where the passage becomes really difficult. some way or other the divine revelation must be made known to us, before we can receive it and assent to it; it is not born with us. Anybody can call upon the name of the Lord. Eleazar the priest was brought before Antiochus Epiphanes whose aim was to stamp out Jewish religion. 4:5) includes this advice: And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also (2:2). Somebody must make it known to the man, for how can he believe in him of whom he has not heard, and how can lie hear without a preacher? Not only was Abraham justified without law, but apart from that great sign of mortification of the flesh. Such men have never been wanting since the truth has shone on this world; still less are they now. We, O Antiochus," he said, "who live under a divine law, consider no compulsion to be so forcible as obedience to our law." Witness the common joy that grace gives an apostle with saints be had never seen, so that even he should be comforted as well as they by their mutual faith. She could talk about the deep things of God; and as I sat and heard what she had to say, as an aged Christian, of what the Lord had done for her, I learned more from her instruction than from anybody I have ever met with since. The story of Jesus Christ passed through all of the Jewish communities around the world. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Romans 10 - New International Version NIV | Biblica Come forward, and outwardly own what you inwardly believe. First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. Oh, that you might see it, and begin to call upon the name of the Lord by earnest prayer! Man seeks to complicate it. But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands. Believe in Jesus; trust him; trust God in human flesh, trust him who bled to death upon the cross, and paid down the ransom for your soul, and trust him now. So I have found by my making over my other grandchildren she'll come elbowing her way in to get close to Grandpa. But besides this he adds "to faith." Thus, the true God being lost, all was lost, and man's downward career becomes the most painful and humiliating object, unless it be, indeed, that which we have to feel where men, without renewal of heart, espouse in pride of mind the truth with nothing but unrighteousness. An example of a church sending out missionaries is found in Acts 13:1-4. 2. d Menasseh ben Israel Nishmath Chayim, fol. You do not act like that, do you? But I say, Have they not heard? As he looks, he says, "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!" And I was mad because I had been trying so long to do it and tie ends together. The nuance of the Greek for the word gospel literally means that this news is 'almost too good to be true'. It was undoubtedly enough for present purposes. And he came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. In the gospel there is revealed God's righteousness. They are both true, so you can't reconcile. Preachers have enemies within the church as well as without. And how shall they preach - In what way shall there be preachers, unless they are commissioned by God? May God, of his great mercy, enable, some poor sinner to have done with doings and with feelings, and to trust, just to trust Jesus! Be encouraged, fellow sent-out ones. The apostle writes with the full assertion of his own apostolic dignity, but as a servant also. (b.) Our generation has its share of those who fly the false banner of being a gospel preacher when they preach anything but the truth. So then faith must come by hearing, and hearing by the word of God ( Romans 10:16-17 ). As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news. If you feel impelled to cry to God to give you the power to preach, the spiritual power, the power of the Holy Ghost, if you are propelled to teach in the Sunday-school, and it is not worth doing unless you feel that you are impelled to it, and sent to it, then pray for the power to win the souls of those dear children for Christ. In both parts, as it may be observed, the door is opened to the Gentile. I thank God that I owe my conversion to Christ to an unknown person, who certainly was no minister in the ordinary acceptation of the term; but who could say this much, "Look unto Christ, and be saved, all ye ends of the earth." PDF Note to the reader - bedfordpresbyva.org The message of salvation is in feeble human hands! I longed for salvation; I could not see that there was any way of hope for me; I thought that I must be left out, that I was too sinful, or too hard, or too something or other, so that others might be saved, but I should not be. George Frideric Handel's autograph manuscript of the title page of Messiah, 1741 (Photo via Wikipedia) Romans 10:15. And that is what he has done to thee, O thou careless child of pious parents, thou unregenerate hearer of the Word! Great preachers have known this. Thus one could not fail to see these two weighty inferences: the bringing in to be God's sons of those that had not been His people, and the judgment and destruction of the great mass of His undoubted people. The Holy Spirit tells us of the cross as central to salvation and the messenger is incidental. This God has wrought in Christ. "How beautiful are the feet" is a figurative way of expressing gratitude for the obedience of the messengers who have brought good news. That means the black man, and the red man, and the yellow man, and the white man. The apostles traveled long dusty miles on dirt roads in sandals. There is no language where their voice is not heard. Romans 10:15 NKJV - And how shall they preach unless they - Bible Gateway A preacher might take advantage of brethrens funds. What the gospel is: It is the gospel of peace; it is the word of reconciliation between God and man. As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!" Read full chapter Romans 10:15 in all English translations Romans 9 Romans 11 English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV Study Bible, Large Print, Genuine Leather, Black, ESV Large-Print Compact Bible--soft leather-look, terracotta with ornament design, ESV Thompson Chain-Reference Bible, hardcover, Proverbs, ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal, ESV Reader's Bible, Six-Volume Set--black cloth over board with verse numbers and permanent slipcase. (iii) But a man must not only believe in his heart; he must confess with his lips. To hold the truth in unrighteousness would be no security. 21. On the contrary, it was the Jew provoked by the Gentiles "By them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you." "beautiful Feet" Sermon by Jon Daniels, Romans 10:14-15 - SermonCentral Paul explains in Romans 10 how one receives the benefits of salvation through the Messiah, Jesus Christ: by faith. PLEASE NOTICE, dear friends, that in the thirteenth verse we have the way of salvation set before us in the plainest terms: "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." In other words hearing is a necessary condition for faith but not a sufficient one (Vol. Then he quotes Deuteronomy 30:12-13. (b) It is the normal title of the Roman Emperors. Particularly here the message seems to be "peace" with God. Never lose the balance. Hearing the gospel is absolutely essential to believing in Jesus Christ (verse 17; Acts 18:8). In each instance, whether located or on the move, he evangelized. Till they believed the true God, they were calling upon idols, O Baal, hear us. "Oh!" Since in its context, this passage in Isaiah is a prophecy relating to the end of Babylonian captivity, which occurred in 536 B.C., it seems probable that the release from that captivity was a historical type of the Messiahs work of delivering His people from the bonds of sin. Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. (i) There is the ignorance which comes from neglect of knowledge. Thus then, if Paul gave his own sense of Jewish privileges, there was no unbelieving Jew that rose up to his estimate of them. Those that welcome the message cannot but love the messengers. Just say it, "Jesus is my Lord," and believe in your heart that God did raise Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. It was about eating pork. To prove this point Paul quotes two passages. It is not a sign of jealousy to question one who teaches false doctrine. Where then is boasting? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!" King James Bible And how shall they preach, except they be sent? What a title, then, God gives me now in beholding Christ, no longer dead but risen, to have it settled before my soul that I am in Him as He now is, where all questions are closed in peace and joy! Not only is God's righteousness revealed, but also His wrath. To this remote island of Britain, one of the utmost corners of the world, not only the sound, but the words, of the gospel came within a few years after Christ's ascension. Their very name seems to burn itself with letters of fire into my soul. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. It is even as close as your mouth. The Jews were the last in the world to take such ground as this. How welcome the gospel ought to be to those to whom it was preached, because it showed the way to salvation, Romans 10:15; Romans 10:15. How beautiful - The reason why this passage is introduced here is, that it confirms what had just been advanced in the objection - the importance and necessity of there being messengers of salvation. Doubting, troubled spirits, catch at it, believe it, practice it; and you shall find it true. God often makes people's sin their punishment. They utilize the dynamite of the gospel. Observe. The bearing of this on the contents and main doctrine of the epistle will appear abundantly by-and-by. When men who preach have bad attitudes, those mind-sets invariably interfere with the free dissemination of truth. Yes, God is sovereign. Therein God is both vindicated and glorified. And how shall they preach, except they be sent: With this question, Paul has traced the prerequisites to becoming a Christian back to their source. ( Rom 10.1-4) 'Being ignorant of the righteousness of God'. They would not hear of it. But what does it say? In all places where the apostles came still the Jews had the first offer, and the Gentiles had but their leavings. Two more surgeries would follow the first two surgeries that each required 8 weeks in a wheelchair or on crutches, no walking on the cast.. This short Audio clip is taken from the Playlist "ROMANS - Read from the REMEDY"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgl7ryoHplady3GEDz6QwZldlq9fSsFIvChapt. The earth, or, at least, the Jewish nation, had been familiar with such dealings of God in times past. It is not the mercy of God., Many have contended that so it is, and to their own great loss, as well as to the weakening of the word of God.