Pastors Jim and Marie Watt
“ROMANS CHAPTER 10”
D. 10:1-11:12 ISRAEL’S REJECTION OF JESUS: OPENED DOOR TO GENTILES
1. 10:1-15 MOSES’ DECLARATION: JUSTIFICATION IS BY FAITH
a. 10:1 SALVATION FOR JEWS: PAUL’S HEART-DESIRE
A-delPHOI, he men eu-doKIa [2107] tes eMES karDIas kai he DEesis [1162]
Brothers, the desire of my :heart and :supplication
pros ton TheON huPER auTON eis so-teRIan [4991].
unto :God is for their salvation.
b. 10:2 ZEAL WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE: THE STATE OF JEWS
mar-tuRO [3140] gar auTOIS HOti ZElon [2205] TheOU Echou-sin,
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God,
all’ ou kat’ ePIGno-sin [1922].
but not according to knowledge.
c. 10:3 MAN’S RIGHTEOUSNESS DISPLACED GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS
ag-noOUNtes [50] gar ten tou TheOU di-kai-oSUnen,
For being ignorant of the righteousness of God,
kai ten iDIan zeTOUNtes STEsai [2476],
and seeking to establish their own,
te di-kai-oSUne tou TheOU ouch hu-peTAge-san [5293].
they did not submit to the righteousness of :God.
d. 10:4 CHRIST ENDS ROLE OF LAW OVER BELIEVERS
TElos [5056] gar NOmou ChrisTOS eis di-kai-oSUnev panTI to pisTEUon-ti.
For Christ is the end of law unto righteousness to every one that believes.
e. 10:5 MOSAIC LAW: ONE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS – IF IT CAN BE KEPT!
Mo-uSES gar GRAphei HOti ten di-kai-oSUnen ten ek NOmou
For Moses writes that the man that does the righteousness
ho poiEsas ANthro-pos ZEse-tai [2198] en auTE.
which is of law shall live thereby.
f. 10:6-7 THE MESSAGE OF FAITH CONCERNING THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
he de ek PISte-os [4102] di-kai-oSUne HOUtos LEgei,
But the righteousness which is from faith says thus,
Me EIpes en te karDIa sou, Tis a-naBEse-tai [305] eis ton ou-raNON [3772]?
Say not in your :heart, Who shall ascend into the hearen?
(tout’ EStin, ChrisTON ka-ta-gaGEIN [2609]:)
(that is, to bring Christ down:)
e, Tis ka-taBEse-tai [2597] eis ten Abus-son [12]?
7 or, Who shall descend into the abyss?
(tout’ EStin, ChrisTON ek nekRON [3498] a-na-gaGEIN [321].)
(that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)
g. 10:8a WHAT IS THE WORD OF FAITH?
alLA ti LEgei?
But what does it say?
h. 10:8b-10 CONFESSION OF A “LIVING WORD”: THE WAY OF SALVATION
EgGUS sou to HRE-MA [4487] es-tin, en to STOmaTI [4750] sou, kai en te karDIa sou:
The word is nigh you, in your :mouth, and in your :heart:
tout’ EStin, to HREma tes PISte-os, ho keRUSso-men [2784]:
that is, the word of the faith, which we preach:
HOti eAN ho-mo-loGEses [3670] to HREma en to STOmaTI sou
9 because if you shall confess the word with your :mouth
HOti KUri-os I-eSOUS, kai pisTEUses en te karDIa sou
that Jesus is Lord, and shall believe in your :heart
HOti ho TheOS auTON Egei-ren [1453] ek nekRON, soTHEse [4982]:
that :God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved:
karDIa gar pisTEUe-tai eis di-kai-oSUnen;
10 for with the heart one believes unto righteousness;
STOma-ti de ho-mo-loGEItai [3670] eis so-teRIan [4991].
and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation.
i. 10:11 JUSTIFICATION: BASED ON BELIEF IN CHRIST
LEgei gar he graPHE, Pas ho pisTEUon ep’ auTO ou ka-tai-schunTHEse-tai [2617].
For the scripture says, Whoever believes on him shall not be put to shame.
j. 10:12-13 BOTH JEW AND GENTILE COME THIS SAME WAY
ou gar es-tin di-a-stoLE [1293] I-ouDAIou te kai HELle-nos:
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek:
Ho gar auTOS KUri-os PANton,
for he is the same Lord of all,
plouTON [4147] eis PANtas tous e-pi-ka-louMEnous [1941] auTON:
rich unto all that call upon him:
Pas gar, hos an e-pi-kaLEse-tai to Ono-ma Ku-RIou soTHEse-tai [4982].
13 for, Whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
k. 10:14-15 THE PREACHER STARTS THIS CHAIN REACTION
Pos oun e-pi-kaLEson-tai [1941] eis hon ouk ePISteu-san?
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?
pos de pisTEUso-sin hou ouk Ekou-san [191]?
and how shall they believe whom they have not heard?
pos de aKOUso-sin choRIS keRUSson-tos [2784]?
and how shall they hear without a preacher?
pos de keRUxo-sin, eAN me a-po-staLOsin [649]?
15 and how shall they preach, except they be sent?
kaTHAper GEgrap-tai,
even as it is written,
Hos hoRAIoi [5611] hoi POdes ton eu-ag-ge-li-zoMEnon [2097] a-gaTHA!
How beautiful the feet of them that bring a gospel of good things!
2. 10:16-21 GOD’S STRATEGY
a. 10:16a MAN’S CHOICE: TO LISTEN OR NOT
All’ ou PANtes huPEkou-san [5219] to eu-ag-geLIo [2098].
But they did not all hearken to the gospel.
b. 10:16b THE SAVING CHOICE: TO BELIEVE WHAT IS HEARD
E-SAIas gar LEgei, KUri-e, tis ePISteu-sen te a-koE [189] heMON?
For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our :report?
c. 10:17 FAITH: BASED ON HEARING CHRIST’S WORD
ara he PIStis ex a-koES, he de a-koE diA HREma-tos [4487] ChrisTOU.
The faith therefore is by hearing, and :hearing by Christ’s word.
d. 10:18a DID ISRAEL HEAR?
alLA LEgo, me ouk Ekou-san?
But I say, did they not hear?
e. 10:18b ISRAEL DID RECEIVE THE GOOD NEWS
meNOUNge, Eis PAsan ten gen eXELthen ho PHTHOGgos [5353] auTON,
Yes, verily, Their :sound went out into all the earth,
kai eis ta PEra-ta tes oi-kouMEnes [3625] ta HREma-ta auTON.
And their :words unto the ends of the inhabited earth.
f. 10:19a DID ISRAEL KNOW?
alLA LEgo, me Is-raEL ouk EGno [1097]?
But I say, Did Israel not know?
g. 10:19b SALVATION OF GENTILES: DESIGNED TO AWAKEN JEWS
PROtos Mo-uSES LEgei, E-GO pa-ra-zeLOso [3863] huMAS ep’ ouk ETHnei,
First Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy with what is no nation,
ep’ ETHnei a-suNEto [801] pa-ror-giO [3949] huMAS.
With a nation void of understanding will I enrage you.
h. 10:20 GENTILES WERE SOUGHT BY GOD
E-SAIas de a-po-tolMA, [662] kai LEgei, HeuREthen [2147] tois eME me zeTOUsin [2212];
And Isaiah is very bold, and says, I was found of them that sought me not;
em-phaNES [1717] e-geNOmen tois eME me e-pe-roTOsin [1905].
I became manifest to them that asked not of me.
i. 10:21 ISRAEL CONTINUALLY REJECTED GOD’S OVERTURES
pros de ton Is-raEL LEgei, HOlen ten heMEran e-xePEta-sa [1600] tas CHEI-RAS [5495] mou
But as to :Israel he says, All the day long did I spread out my :hands
pros laON [2992[ a-peiTHOUNta [544] kai an-tiLEgon-ta [483].
unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
NOTE: This chapter represents God’s Master Chess Game! With great and infinite wisdom God has played off the Jews with the Church of the Gentiles. The believing Messianic Jews are part of this, but they still do not see the need of being grafted into the church, even as the Gentile believers need to be grafted into Israel. Our Jewish Roots await the church to discover, and the riches of God in Israel’s daughter the church is for Israel to find a place of grafting.
And – salvation of BOTH – is in the SAME MESSIAH – the Only-Begotten Son of God, Jesus. The Word of Faith – the Word for BOTH to confess – is right in our mouth. It was in the Spring of 1944 in Victoria, B.C. that I first openly confessed Jesus as my Lord and Savior, and the One I had chosen to represent according to His Word, instead of Communism. The moment I did so – God CONFIRMED His Word, and I was IMMEDIATELY born from above by the Living Word of God through the Spirit of God. The presence of God so completely filled the room where I made my first confession, that my friend and I could scarcely survive in His presence! It took 3 months for me to discover Romans 10:9-10, and realize that I had almost inadvertently fulfilled its condition, and God in turn confirmed it.
When Jews see God’s increasing blessing on the church as Christ’s return draws ever closer, and as the church takes on her high privilege and calling of praying God’s purposes to be fulfilled for Israel – THEN God’s plan of bringing Israel into jealousy will also be fulfilled, and a nation then will be reached to be born in a day.
So – let us study and meditate upon this chapter, and resolve not to come short of God’s full purposes as revealed here by the Spirit of God through the apostle Paul.