A church might try to control what is preached. For Christ is the end of the whole system of law. Now you won't get that on television, nor will you get that in your evening newspaper, watching the news or reading Time Magazine. Thus the latter portion of the chapter is not doctrine exactly, but the proof of the difficulties of a soul who has not realised death to the law by the body of Christ. How are they to believe in him of whom they have not heard? Hence therefore, the apostle, with divine wisdom, opens this to us before the blessed relief and deliverance which the gospel reveals to us. NKJV, Ancient-Modern Bible, Comfort Print: One faith. As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" 16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. Romans 10:15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is The message he preached was not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strong- holds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ (2 Cor. . Death, and nothing short of it, rightly dissolves the bond. Peace here is put for good of any kind; and as the apostle uses it, for the news of reconciliation with God by the gospel. Now there is a tremendous failure some place of getting the message out.For how can they call on Him who they don't believe in? Then follows a warning against those who bring in stumbling-blocks and offences. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge ( Romans 10:1-2 ). If you cannot write, send a sermon, or give a tract. Pray to him to put the power into the words that you utter, that you may say the right words, and put even the right tone into those words. It is not a question of creature-standing. Psalms 19:1-14 is used in the most beautiful manner to insinuate that the limits are the world. 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! He has been telling them truths which were difficult for them to hear and bear. The grace of faith is absolutely necessary to the duty of prayer; we cannot pray aright, nor pray to acceptation, without it. "I am not ashamed," etc. However un- called for this kind of treatment is, a preacher must be prepared to deal with it. some of us would have been lost if we could not have been saved without hearing a man of great abilities. 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. The problem is that none is able to keep the law perfectly. It should be the goal of every minister of the gospel to hide behind the cross of Christ and evangel (proclaim) Jesus and not himself. This is what made the gospel to be so sweet and precious, and, what is more, absolutely necessary, if he would escape certain and eternal ruin. It is God who now makes known a righteousness to man, instead of looking for any from man. There is no conflict between an eldership and a gospel preacher. Trusting in our own power, we are doomed to failure. You have been praying to him to do it. He was in the end killed. Thus, an elder- ship does not dictate the preachers message any more than the whole church. If a fire has to be poked a Gentile is employed to do it. Yet, how many times we take the promises of God and say, "Oh, God, just help me to believe. Paul deals with that objection by quoting Isaiah 52:7. Thus corruption not only overspread morals, but became an integral part of the religion of men, and had thus a quasi-divine sanction. No one would undertake it at all unless he was supremely in earnest. The Jews not only had the offer, but saw the Gentiles accepting it and benefitted by that acceptance, witness their vexation at the event. The believer is not put under law, you will observe, but under grace, which is the precise reverse of law. In the Scriptures it means to proclaim the gospel to people. Yes, they did hear. "Don't scold," said one. And now they are starting new the-elegies, inventing falsehoods. Calling upon the name of the Lord is here put for all practical religion. If one is a preacher of the gospel, the reflective honor of the Master is sufficient to the laborer. Now, tonight, I wish that I could stir up everyone here to become a preacher, women and all; not that I care much for women preaching, but I want them to preach in the sense in which I have laid the matter down; that is, to make known to somebody the wondrous story of the cross. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. He could not have remitted heretofore. The gospel of Christ is a sent message (v. 15), having its origin with God and commissioned to the world. Their rapid motion would be seen; and their rapidity would be beautiful from the desire to hear the message which he brought. As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" (Romans 10:14-15) The good news is not just good news, its great news. Of it nothing has been heard till now. Takefeet, by metonymy, for coming. Therefore it is here for the first time that we find salvation spoken of in the grand results that are now brought before us in Romans 5:1-11. When thou askest anything of God, believe, and thou shalt receive. is the double prophecy. Amen. Consequently the door is as open to the Gentile as to the Jew. 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. As a companion to other preachers, he is in the company of those who are in the forefront of the battle against the kingdom of darkness (Col. 1:13). This was not suitable to the character of the epistle; but the glory of God he does. Christianity is belief plus confession; it involves witness before men. How Beautiful Are The Feet - Romans 10:14-21 - YouTube Consequently the call of God, and not the birth simply makes the real difference. Read this blessed Book through studiously, with such helps as good men can give you. It was the boast of the Jews that the law spoke about them; that the Gentiles had no right to it, and were but presuming on what belonged to God's chosen people. This little success of the word was likewise foretold by the prophet (Isaiah 53:1): Who hath believed our report? But you must go as a God-sent man, having received your message from the mouth of your Master. And thus, I have great difficulty with their present and current status before God. The gospel at its height in no wise weakens but maintains the moral manifestation of what God is. Antiochus ordered him to eat pork. He pauses to answer this oversight because if it could be levied legitimately, the Jews might justifiably excuse themselves for their unbelief or blame God for their lost condition. It does not say, "How shalt they hear without a doctor of divinity?" But Paul's answer is: "Israel may have failed to understand; but the Gentiles did not. True ministry gives out not merely truth, but suited truth to the saints. Well now, before you go to try to do that, there is one thing more. The father himself prayed, and broke down with emotion about his lost son. 21). Compare Peter's use in1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:10. Faith comes by hearing, hearing by the Word of God.We are told in Jude that one of the ways by which we keep ourselves in that place of blessing, the blessings of God's love, is building up ourselves in the most holy faith. Pauls instruction to Timothy (2 letters) and Titus are the job description of a preacher. You cannot believe in him unless you hear about him. In the end the soldiers so pitied him that they brought him dressed meat, which was not pork, and told him to eat it and say that he had eaten pork. The Gentiles are here called no people, and a foolish nation, that is, not the professing people of God. "The word is near you. and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? Because for He has revealed Himself to us. We need not here enter into the details; but on the surface we see how the apostle brings all down to that which is of the deepest interest to every soul. by all that remains of the ancient world. And this shows us at once the importance of the message, and the fact that people are convert. Used by permission. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized unto Jesus Christ were baptized unto his death?" It is against the "unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness." People won't look at our feet, but they will see the joy on our faces as we share that God reigns and loves us. So, then, faith comes from hearing, and hearing comes from the word which comes from Christ and which tells of him. Clarke's Commentary. That act denoted not even the washing away of our sins by the blood of Jesus, which would not apply to the case, nor in any adequate way meet the question of nature. Paul has been saying some hard things about the Jews. Let us not stumble at the starting-point, but leave room for the due extent and depth of "salvation" in the gospel. The apostle applies this according to divine wisdom. It is no strange thing, but it is a very sad and uncomfortable thing, for the ministers of Christ to bring the report of the gospel, and not to be believed in it. Ecclesiastes 5:1: Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God. The coming of those messengers who proclaim it is joyful to the world. To hold the truth in unrighteousness would be no security. They had done their best to find their son, but they could not find him. A preacher continues in his work of ministry because he has made a commitment to God that is not true only when the going is easy. The two subsequent surgeries required . Jesus wept over Jerusalem. They are both true, so you can't reconcile. They cannot call on him in whom they have not believed. Let me call your attention again to its force. and how shall they hear without a preacher? 16. But now it is "the wrath of God from heaven;" and consequently it is in view of eternal things, and not of those that touch present life on the earth. The old man refused. This is taken from the Hebrew, with a slight variation. It is hard to trust somebody you don't know. So God's grace and mercy extended towards the Gentiles. The word of God is therefore called the word of faith: it begets and nourishes faith. 3:23). 4:2, 5) though he is not Gods only minister. 19 But I say, Did not Israel know? Paul turned from the responsibility to believe to the responsibility of the believer. You have not to make a righteousness, you have to accept the one that is made for you. By keeping the law? Do not try to climb the heavens or search the depths, for Christ has already come down from heaven to earth, has been crucified, buried and raised from the dead. The message of salvation is in feeble human hands! What was it? The righteousness of God, then, could now go forth in virtue of His blood. So faith comes by hearing, hearing by the Word of God. Neither will someone believe in Jesus if he is never told about Him. Faith comes by hearing, hearing by the Word of God. There can be no one to proclaim the good news unless God commissions someone to do so." It is the going forth of His richest blessing. But the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against them pre-eminently. Glad tidings of good things, but not all who hear obey. To prove this point Paul quotes two passages. His offers: I have stretched forth my hands, offering them life and salvation with the greatest sincerity and seriousness that can be, with all possible expressions of earnestness and importunity, showing them the happiness tendered, setting it before them with the greatest evidence, reasoning the case with them. For less than $5/mo. It has a singular honor attached to it, but only among those who are willing to sacrifice a life of self and become a fool for God. There will be little honor in this life for those willing to wear out their shoes and blister their feet as they go, preaching the word. No, no, no; believe, and pray as much as ever you like, and a believing prayer will save you. Be it so then; it was a foolish nation by which Moses declared they should be angered. The day hastens when the Redeemer shall come to Zion. The ancient town crier who cried out the news wanted to reach as many people as possible whether in one locality or in many. A man of strong faith is happier, but he is not more truly saved, than a man of weak faith, so long as he has any faith at all. In both parts, as it may be observed, the door is opened to the Gentile. What the gospel is: It is the gospel of peace; it is the word of reconciliation between God and man. The final question: How can preachers preach unless they are sent? Paul makes no attempt to resolve this dilemma; and the fact is that there is no resolution of it. "Yea verily, their sound went forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world." But, suppose I still say: "Can it be that they have not heard?" The commission which the apostles received runs thus: Go you into all the world--preach to every creature--disciple all nations; and they did with indefatigable industry and wonderful success pursue that commission. good tiding -- Good news, the Gospel. This, accordingly, is the essential spring of worship.
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