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ROMANS 10 . . . page 1410
“Though the people of Israel are as
numerous as the sand of the
seashore,
only a remnant will be saved.
28 For the Lord will carry out his sentence
upon the earth
quickly and with finality.”*
29And
place:
Isaiah said the same thing in another
“If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
had not spared a few of our children,
we would have been wiped out like
Sodom,
destroyed like Gomorrah.”*
Israel’s Unbelief
30 What does all this mean? Even though
the Gentiles were not trying to follow God’s
standards, they were made right with God.
And it was by faith that this took place. 31But
the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get
right with God by keeping the law, never
succeeded. 32Why not? Because they were
trying to get right with God by keeping the
law* instead of by trusting in him. They
stumbled over the great rock in their path.
33God warned them of this in the Scriptures
when he said,
“I am placing a stone in Jerusalem* that
makes people stumble,
a rock that makes them fall.
But anyone who trusts in him
will never be disgraced.”*
10
Dear brothers and sisters,* the longing of my heart and my prayer to God
is for the people of Israel to be saved. 2I know
what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is
misdirected zeal. 3For they don’t understand
God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling
to their own way of getting right with God by
trying to keep the law. 4For Christ has already
accomplished the purpose for which the law
was given.* As a result, all who believe in him
are made right with God.
Salvation Is for Everyone
5For Moses writes that the law’s way of mak-
ing a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands.* 6But faith’s way
of getting right with God says, “Don’t say in
your heart, ‘Who will go up to heaven?’ (to
bring Christ down to earth). 7And don’t say,
‘Who will go down to the place of the dead?’
(to bring Christ back to life again).” 8In fact,
it says,
“The message is very close at hand;
it is on your lips and in your heart.”*
And that message is the very message about
faith that we preach: 9If you openly declare
that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you will
be saved. 10For it is by believing in your heart
that you are made right with God, and it is
by openly declaring your faith that you are
saved. 11 As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone
who trusts in him will never be disgraced.”*
12 Jew and Gentile* are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives
generously to all who call on him. 13 For
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
will be saved.”*
14 But how can they call on him to save
them unless they believe in him? And how
can they believe in him if they have never
heard about him? And how can they hear
about him unless someone tells them? 15And
how will anyone go and tell them without
being sent? That is why the Scriptures say,
“How beautiful are the feet of messengers
who bring good news!”*
16 But not everyone welcomes the Good
News, for Isaiah the prophet said, “Lord,
who has believed our message?”* 17So faith
comes from hearing, that is, hearing the
Good News about Christ. 18But I ask, have the
people of Israel actually heard the message?
Yes, they have:
“The message has gone throughout the
earth,
and the words to all the world.”*
19 But
I ask, did the people of Israel really
understand? Yes, they did, for even in the
time of Moses, God said,
“I will rouse your jealousy through
people who are not even a nation.
I will provoke your anger through the
foolish Gentiles.”*
20 And later Isaiah spoke boldly for God,
saying,
9:2728 Isa 10:2223 (Greek version). 9:29 Isa 1:9 (Greek version). 9:32 Greek by works. 9:33a Greek in Zion. 9:33b Isa 8:14;
28:16 (Greek version). 10:1 Greek Brothers. 10:4 Or For Christ is the end of the law. 10:5 See Lev 18:5. 10:68 Deut 30:1214.
10:11 Isa 28:16 (Greek version). 10:12 Greek and Greek. 10:13 Joel 2:32. 10:15 Isa 52:7. 10:16 Isa 53:1. 10:18 Ps 19:4.
10:19 Deut 32:21.
