ROMANS 9:30 TO ROMANS 10:4. Paul has discussed the Jewish situation as from God's side; he proceeds to point out, from man's side, THE CAUSE OF ISRAEL'S STUMBLING. This chs. 3- 5 have prepared us to understand. ROMANS 9:30_ A_. The paradox is that Gentiles, who were out of the way of righteousness,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NEW WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. Romans 10:5. The legal plan was Do, and thou shalt live (Leviticus 18:5). Romans 10:6. But there is a deeper secret: behind the deed _the heart,_ voiced by _the mouth;_ and with the heart man believes, with the mouth confesses (Romans 10:10). To believe unto righteousn... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REJECTORS OF GOD'S MESSAGE. Romans 10:16. Hearing the glad tidings is the opportunity of salvation: can it be that they did not hear? Nay, surely, the sound has reached every land. Not hearing, but _obedience_ was to seek. Romans 10:19. Or should we put it that Israel did not know? the double I... [ Continue Reading ]