ROMANS CHAPTER 10 _ OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY-MARK DUNAGAN_ I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER 10: I. Israel's Refusal to Submit to God's Righteousness: Romans 10:1 II. The Needlessness of the Jews Being Lost: Romans 10:5-15 III. Jewish loss not due to lack of revelation but to lack of faith: Romans 10:16-21... [ Continue Reading ]
BRETHREN, MY HEART'S DESIRE AND MY SUPPLICATION TO GOD IS FOR THEM, THAT THEY MAY BE SAVED. 'Heart's desire' -'the longing of my heart' (Mon); 'my heart's good will goes out for them' (Wms). More literally, the good will of my heart. (Vincent p. 111) 'The Apostle cannot enlarge on this melancholy... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. BEAR THEM WITNESS THAT THEY HAVE. ZEAL FOR GOD, BUT NOT ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE. 'For. bear them witness' -'reason why. sympathize with their efforts, though misdirected' (Alford p. 929). 'I can testify that they are zealous for the honour of God' (TCNT); 'I can vouch for their zeal for God' ... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR BEING IGNORANT OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND SEEKING TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN, THEY DID NOT SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. _ 'For' -Here Paul shows wherein they lacked knowledge. An explanation of 'not according to knowledge.' 'BEING IGNORANT' -'not knowing about' (NASV). 'i.e. n... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS TO EVERY ONE THAT BELIEVETH. _ 'For' -'further proof that the pursuit of. righteousness of one's own by legal observances is. mistake, the act of men "in ignorance"'. (Gr. Ex. N.T. p. 669) In trying to establish. right standing with God on the b... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NEEDLESSNESS OF JEWISH LOSS OF BLESSING: ROMANS 10:5-15 'This is the Jewish complaint..for 1500 years they have been talking about and pursuing righteousness and looking for the Messiah and 1500 years of religious fervor has availed nothing. What. sad end! But Paul will make it clear in Chapter... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF FAITH SAITH THUS, SAY NOT IN THY HEART, WHO SHALL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN? (THAT IS, TO BRING CHRIST DOWN:) 'But' -on the other hand. 'OF FAITH' -a right standing with God that is the result of an obedient faith in God. (Romans 1:16) This infers that when. person is t... [ Continue Reading ]
OR, WHO SHALL DESCEND INTO THE ABYSS? (THAT IS, TO BRING CHRIST UP FROM THE DEAD.) 'abyss' -'Who will go down into the depths below' (TCNT). Hades or Sheol (Acts 2:27; Acts 2:31). 'This is the gist of his commentary: God had brought His salvation near to us, in Christ. We do not have to "climb th... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WHAT SAITH IT? THE WORD IS NIGH THEE, IN THY MOUTH, AND IN THY HEART: THAT IS, THE WORD OF FAITH, WHICH WE PREACH: 'But what saith it?' -'What does it say, then? This!' (Bruce p. 204) 'THE WORD IS NIGH THEE, IN THY MOUTH, AND IN THY HEART' 'The righteousness which is of the law (that is, ear... [ Continue Reading ]
_BECAUSE IF THOU SHALT CONFESS WITH THY MOUTH JESUS AS LORD, AND SHALT BELIEVE IN THY HEART THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, THOU SHALT BE SAVED: _ 'Because' -'giving. proof that the word is nigh' (Vincent p. 115). The confession and faith of this verse correspond with the mouth and heart of the... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WITH THE HEART MAN BELIEVETH UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND WITH THE MOUTH CONFESSION IS MADE UNTO SALVATION. Note: 'These verses don't stress faith over against obedience (Paul doesn't contrast these); they stress faith over against earning.' (McGuiggan p. 310). For 'confession' of Christ is somethin... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE SCRIPTURE SAITH, WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON HIM SHALL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME. 'For' -Faith does result in salvation. And the proof of it? It's in the Bible. 'THE SCRIPTURE SAITH'. Isaiah 2:16. What did the Scriptures say? Did they say that salvation would be based on merit? No! They talk of the... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THERE IS NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN JEW AND GREEK: FOR THE SAME LORD IS LORD OF ALL, AND IS RICH UNTO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM: 'For' -explaining the "whosoever" of verse 11. 'NO DISTINCTION' -1293. diastole dee-as-tol-ay'; from 1291;. variation: -difference, distinction. 'Jew and Greek are on the... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR, WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED. 'For' -again, O.T. scripture (Joel 2) is cited as proof that this doctrine isn't new. The very Scriptures that the Jewish people possessed taught this truth. Who will be saved? The man who merits salvation? No-'call' The Jew only?... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW THEN SHALL THEY CALL ON HIM IN WHOM THEY HAVE NOT BELIEVED? AND HOW SHALL THEY BELIEVE IN HIM WHOM THEY HAVE NOT HEARD? AND HOW SHALL THEY HEAR WITHOUT. PREACHER? 'They can't call on someone in whom they haven't trusted, and, they can't trust someone they haven't heard. It is worth stressing he... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HOW SHALL THEY PREACH, EXCEPT THEY BE SENT? EVEN AS IT IS WRITTEN, HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THEM THAT BRING GLAD TIDINGS OF GOOD THINGS! 'except they be sent?' -'God has not only provided the Christ to obtain for us the ground of our righteousness; he has not only provided the revelation... [ Continue Reading ]
_ JEWISH LOSS NOT DUE TO LACK OF REVELATION BUT TO LACK OF FAITH: ROMANS 10:16-21_ Romans 10:16 But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 'But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings' -'They heard, but did not heed' (Robertson p. 39... [ Continue Reading ]
_ SO BELIEF COMETH OF HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF CHRIST._ 'That they were expected to believe is seen from the fact that they were reprimanded for their unbelief. But on what grounds were they expected to believe? Why, the words of the prophets. The Jewish refusal to accept the teaching of... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. SAY, DID THEY NOT HEAR? YEA, VERILY, THEIR SOUND WENT OUT INTO ALL THE EARTH, AND THEIR WORDS UNTO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD. 'Did they not hear? -'To the grumpy Jew who would claim: "This is the first I've heard of it. We weren't prepared for this:" Paul will reply: "You were told! You just didn... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. SAY, DID ISRAEL NOT KNOW? FIRST MOSES SAITH,. WILL PROVOKE YOU TO JEALOUSY WITH THAT WHICH IS NO NATION, WITH. NATION VOID OF UNDERSTANDING WILL. ANGER YOU. 'Did Israel not know?' -i.e. that God would offer salvation to the Gentiles also. Someone might argue, 'Could it be that Israel was "mis... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ISAIAH IS VERY BOLD, AND SAITH,. WAS FOUND OF THEM THAT SOUGHT ME NOT;. BECAME MANIFEST UNTO THEM THAT ASKED NOT OF ME. Romans 10:21 But as to Israel he saith, All the day long did. spread out my hands unto. disobedient and gainsaying people. 'In Isaiah (63-65) the people confess their iniquit... [ Continue Reading ]