ROMANS
CHAPTER 10
OBSERVATION
STAGE
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
The purpose of
the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the
normative rules of language, context and logic 
which limits the observer to the content offered by the book of Romans.
This will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more
importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and objective
comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture.
Remember that
something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in
view.
Romans chapter
10 continues the context dealt with in detail in chapter 9 of the
principle of the salvation = preservation from temporal destruction and
early physical death of individuals and nations who express a moment of
the faith of Abraham in a Messiah-Savior Descendant for eternal life and
then truly rely on the LORD in faithfulness. Key excerpts from chapter
nine on this matter follow:
*** KEY
EXCERPTS FROM ROMANS CHAPTER 9 ***
OR
MOVE TO RO 10:1
JUST
AS WHEN THE LORD DECREED THAT A GENERATION OF GODLESS ISRAELITES WAS TO
BE DESTROYED, YET HE PRESERVED A REMNANT OF ISRAELITES TO AVERT THEIR
EXTINCTION AND INSURE THE FULFILLMENT OF HIS PROMISES TO HIS CHOSEN
PEOPLE, WHICH REMNANT WAS DECLARED BY GOD TO BECOME SERVANTS OF THE
LORD, I.E., BELIEVE IN AND BE TRUE TO THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM IN A
MESSIAH-SAVIOR DESCENDANT THROUGH ISAAC UNTO ETERNAL LIFE; SO IT IS WITH
ALL GENERATIONS OF MANKIND, JEWS AND GENTILES ALIKE: A REMNANT OF
FAITHFUL BELIEVERS WILL BE PRESERVED (SAVED FROM TEMPORAL DESTRUCTION)
SO AS TO PRESERVE THE HUMAN RACE FROM EXTINCTION IN ORDER TO FULFILL
GOD'S PROMISES TO MANKIND
JUST
AS THE LORD PREVENTED EXTINCTION OF THE NORTHERN ISRAELITE POPULATION BY
PRESERVING A REMNANT OF THEM - WHO WOULD THEN BELIEVE IN AND BE TRUE TO
THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM IN A MESSIAH-SAVIOR DESCENDANT THROUGH ISAAC UNTO
ETERNAL LIFE HENCE TRULY RELY ON THE LORD; AND HENCE PRESERVE HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FULFILLING HIS COVENENT WITH ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED
ISRAEL OF A FUTURE GENERATION OF ISRAELITE DESCENDANTS OF ALL TRIBES WHO
WOULD DWELL FOREVER WITH THE LORD IN THE PROMISED LAND; SO GOD INSURES
THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PRESERVED (SAVED FROM TEMPORAL DESTRUCTION AND
PREMATURE PHYSICAL DEATH) A REMNANT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD BE FAITHFUL
BELIEVERS IN EVERY AGE, JEWS AND GENTILES, I.E., ALL MANKIND, AND HENCE
PRESERVE THE HUMAN RACE FROM EXTINCTION SO AS TO FULFILL HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HIS PROMISES TO MANKIND
RIGHTEOUSNESS
IS NOT TO BE PURSUED BUT OBTAINED AS THE GENTILES HAVE DONE IT:
BY FAITH IN THE ROCK WHO IS CHRIST - A STUMBLING STONE TO THE ISRAELITES
WHO REJECTED CHRIST AND PURSUED KEEPING THE LAW IN ORDER TO ATTAIN
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND FAILED. EXCEPT FOR A REMNANT WHICH GOD PRESERVES FROM
EXTINCTION THROUGHOUT THE AGES, ISRAEL HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN DESTROYED
WHOEVER
BELIEVES ON JESUS CHRIST, THE STUMBLING STONE TO THOSE WHO WOULD KEEP
LAW TO ATTAIN RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE, WILL NOT BE PUT TO
ETERNAL SHAME BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
1)
[Compare Isa 8:13-17, 28:16-19]:
*** END OF
EXCERPT ***
I)
[Ro 10:1-2]:
A)
PAUL DECLARES TO HIS BROTHERS, I.E., FELLOW BELIEVERS THAT HIS HEART'S
DESIRE AND PRAYER TO GOD FOR THE ISRAELITES IS THAT THEY MAY BE SAVED,
I.E., PRESERVED FROM PREMATURE PHYSICAL DEATH AND TEMPORAL DESTRUCTION
BY BECOMING BELIEVERS WHO TRULY RELY ON THE LORD
II)
[Ro 10:3-4]:
A)
WITHOUT THE POSSESSION OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
WHICH IS VIA A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE, AN INDIVIDUAL IS ON THE PATH TO
TEMPORAL DESTRUCTION AND PREMATURE PHYSICAL DEATH
B)
THE JEWS PERSISTED IN WILLFUL UNBELIEF OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH
FAITH IN CHRIST WHO IS THE END OF LAW = THE END OF RULES OF BEHAVIOR FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ATTAINING RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE. THEY INSTEAD
ATTEMPTED IN VAIN TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS VIA KEEPING OF
THE LAW
III)
[Ro 10:5]:
A)
THE MAN WHO PRACTICES THE RIGHTEOUSNESS BASED ON LAW, I.E., WHO
ENDEAVORS TO OBEY STATUTES OF A RIGHTEOUS CODE OF BEHAVIOR WILL LIVE OUT
HIS YEARS OR DIE EARLY - BE BLESSED OR CURSED DEPENDING UPON HIS SUCCESS
OR FAILURE IN THAT ENDEAVOR. ON THE OTHER HAND, SINCE MAN CANNOT KEEP
RIGHTEOUS RULES OF BEHAVIOR, FAILURE IS INEVITABLE HENCE CHRIST
MUST BE AND IS THE END OF LAW FOR ALL WHO BELIEVE IN HIM UNTO
RIGHTEOUSNESS
1)
[Compare Lev 18:1-5]:
a)
Israel Is Commanded To Keep Statues Of God's Law Toward A Lifestyle That
Is A Godly One
b)
During Those Moment When One Is Successful At Keeping The Law One Will
Live Out Ones Temporal Life Blessed By God and Hence Be Saved From
Temporal Destruction And Early Physical Death
IV)
[Ro 10:6-8]:
A)
ONE WHO HAS HEARD AND SPOKEN OF WHAT THEY RECEIVED THROUGH THE PREACHING
OF PAUL AND OTHERS AND HENCE UNDERSTANDS IN ONES HEART (MIND) THE
PRINCIPLE OF ATTAINING RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH IN CHRIST UNTO ETERNAL
LIFE, CANNOT THEN DENY KNOWING IT AND SAY THAT SOMEONE HAS TO ASCEND TO
HEAVEN TO BRING CHRIST DOWN OR DESCEND INTO THE ABYSS TO RAISE HIM FROM
THE DEAD TO HEAR OF AND VERIFY THIS PRINCIPLE
1)
[Compare Dt 30:9b-14]:
a)
Moses Declares That The Content Of The Commands He Gave To The
Israelites Was Neither Too Difficult For Them To Obey, Nor Could They
Claim That The Content Was Beyond Their Reach
B)
ROMANS 10:6-7 REFLECTS AND EXPANDS UPON THE SARCASTIC HYPERBOLES OF DT
30:12 AND 13 WHEREIN AUTHOR PAUL GOES A STEP FURTHER AND INCLUDES THE
ABSURDITY OF SOMEONE HAVING TO GO TO HEAVEN TO BRING CHRIST DOWN OR
HAVING TO GO DOWN TO THE ABYSS WHERE SOULS RESIDE AFTER DEATH TO BRING
CHRIST UP FROM THE DEAD BECAUSE ONE MAINTAINS THAT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
ONE CAN VERIFY AND BE PROPERLY INFORMED OF THE PRINCIPLE OF A
RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD UNTO ETERNAL LIFE VIA A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN
JESUS CHRIST ALONE
C)
THE PRINCIPLE THAT A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD UNTO ETERNAL LIFE IS BY
FAITH ALONE IN JESUS CHRIST ALONE HAS BEEN SO CLEARLY PROCLAIMED IN THE
PREACHING OF THE WORD OF FAITH BY PAUL AND OTHERS THAT THOSE WHO HAVE
HEARD IT HAVE SPOKEN OF IT WITH THEIR MOUTHS AND REFLECTED UPON IT IN
THEIR HEARTS SO THAT THEY CANNOT CLAIM THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO ASCEND
AND BRING CHRIST DOWN FROM HEAVEN OR DESCEND TO THE ABYSS TO RAISE HIM
FROM THE DEAD TO CORROBORATE THE TRUTH OF IT
1)
[Compare Dt 30:9b-14]:
a)
The Word Of God Is Right There: You Have Spoken The Words On Your Lips
And You Have Them In Your Heart - The Very Thing Paul And Others Are
Preaching: That A Righteousness From God Unto Eternal Life Is Solely
Attained By A Moment Of Faith Alone In Jesus Christ Alone
V)
[Ro 10:9-10]:
A)
SALVATION FROM GOD'S ETERNAL WRATH UNTO THE RECEPTION OF ETERNAL LIFE IS
RECEIVED WHEN ONE BELIEVES WITH THE HEART UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS EVEN BEFORE
ONE HAS A CHANCE TO CONFESS JESUS AS LORD
B) ONLY
AFTER ONE HAS EXPRESSED A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE TO
RECEIVE AN ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD UNTO ETERNAL LIFE IS ONE
ENABLED TO CONFESS JESUS AS LORD IN THE SENSE OF HIS SOVEREIGNTY OVER
THEM AS LORD AND SAVIOR; OR IN THE SENSE OF ONES TEMPORAL LIFE
ATTESTING TO BEING IN FELLOWSHIP AND FAITHFUL TO JESUS AS LORD
C) THE WORD OF FAITH WHICH PAUL AND OTHERS WERE PREACHING TEACHES THAT AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO CONFESSES WITH HIS MOUTH JESUS AS LORD AND BELIEVES
IN HIS HEART (MIND) THAT GOD RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD, I.E., A
BELIEVER WHO IS ACKNOWLEDGING BUT NOT NECESSARILY FAITHFUL TO THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST, WILL BE SAVED
FROM TEMPORAL DESTRUCTION AND PREMATURE PHYSICAL DEATH AND RECEIVE ETERNAL REWARDS FOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT
D) VERSE 10 EXPLAINS VERSE 9 MORE SPECIFICALLY AND IN THE PROPER SEQUENTIAL ORDER:
IN ROMANS 10:10, TWO KINDS OF SALVATION CONTINUE TO BE IN VIEW: (1) SALVATION FROM
ETERNAL DESTRUCTION, (ETERNAL DEATH), VIA A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN
CHRIST ALONE TO RECEIVE A RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD UNTO ETERNAL LIFE; (2)
TO BE FOLLOWED BY A SALVATION FROM TEMPORAL DESTRUCTION AND FROM PREMATURE PHYSICAL DEATH
VIA CONFESSION WITH ONES MOUTH JESUS AS LORD WHICH EXPRESSION REFLECTS
BEING FAITHFUL TO THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST MOMENT TO MOMENT
VI)
[Ro 10:11-13]:
A)
THE PHRASE "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NEVER BE PUT TO SHAME"
HAS IN VIEW THOSE FROM THE POPULATION OF ALL MANKIND WHO EXPRESS A
MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE HENCE WHO WILL NEVER BE PUT TO
ETERNAL CONDEMNATION, I.E., ETERNAL SHAME. THIS IMPLIES ETERNAL
SECURITY. IT ALSO IMPLIES THAT CONFESSION, I.E., FAITHFULNESS TO THE
LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IS NOT A REQUIREMENT TO RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE
******** EXCERPT
FROM CHAPTER 9 *******
JESUS
CHRIST IS THE STUMBLING STONE TO THOSE WHO CANNOT ACCEPT HIM BECAUSE
THEY VAINLY INSIST UPON ATTEMPTING TO KEEP LAW TO ATTAIN THEIR OWN
RIGHTEOUSNESS TO GAIN ETERNAL LIFE. BUT WHOEVER BELIEVES ON HIM WILL NOT
BE PUT TO ETERNAL SHAME BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
1)
[Compare Isa 8:13-17, 28:16-19]:
******* END OF
EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 9 *******
VI cont.) [Ro
10:11-13 cont.]:
B)
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST UNTO ETERNAL LIFE AND NEVER BE PUT
TO ETERNAL SHAME IS EXTENDED TO ALL MANKIND, JEW AND GREEK, (GENTILE)
ALIKE BECAUSE THE LORD IS LORD OF ALL
1)
[Compare Ro 3:21-24]:
C)
THE LORD'S RESPONSE IS RICH TOWARD THOSE WHO CALL UPON HIM VIA A MOMENT
OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE UNTO ETERNAL LIFE AND VIA CONFESSION OF
HIS LORDSHIP UNTO TEMPORAL BLESSINGS
D)
TO CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD IS TO MAKE USE OF HIS NAME, I.E., TO
TRUST IN HIS CAPACITY TO SAVE ONE FROM ETERNAL AND TEMPORAL DESTRUCTION
1)
[Compare Joel 2:1-32]:
a)
An Unprecedented Day Of The LORD Is Coming - One Of Darkness And
Trembling - The Largest Army In History Will Attack Jerusalem
b)
The Future Horrors Of The Tribulation Period And Our Lord's Second
Coming
c)
Unprecedented Temporal Disaster Of God Pouring Out His Wrath Is In View
d)
Those Who Are Of The Remnant Of Israelite Believers Who Call On The Name
Of The LORD Will Be Saved, I.E., Delivered From The Temporal Destruction
Of The Day Of The LORD
VII)
[Ro 10:14-15]:
A)
ONLY BELIEVERS IN THE LORD UNTO AN ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD UNTO
ETERNAL LIFE ARE IN A POSITION TO CALL ON THE LORD FOR SALVATION FROM
TEMPORAL DESTRUCTION AND EARLY PHYSICAL DEATH
B)
TWO KINDS OF SALVATION ARE IN VIEW: (1) CALLING ON THE [NAME OF THE]
LORD FOR DELIVERANCE FROM TEMPORAL DESTRUCTION WHICH MUST BE PRECEDED BY
(2) BELIEVING IN HIM UNTO ETERNAL LIFE WHICH IS DEPENDENT UPON HEARING
OF THE LORD VIA PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL BY THOSE WHO ARE SENT
C)
INDIVIDUALS MUST BE SENT BY THE GRACE AND AUTHORITY OF GOD TO PREACH
THE GOSPEL OF ETERNAL LIFE IN ORDER FOR ONE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL MESSAGE
SO ONE CAN BELIEVE IN THE LORD FOR THE FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE SO
THAT IN TURN ONE IS IN A POSITION TO CALL ON THE [NAME OF THE] LORD FOR
SALVATION FROM TEMPORAL DESTRUCTION AND REWARDED WITH AN ENHANCED
ETERNITY
1)
[Compare Isa 52:1-15]:
VIII)
[Ro 10:16-17]:
A)
MOST ISRAELITES REFUSED TO OBEY (BELIEVE IN) THE GOSPEL,
(AS
IT SAYS IN ISAIAH):
AN
INDIVIDUAL MAN, THE ARM OF GOD, WOULD TAKE IT UPON HIMSELF, THROUGH A
SACRIFICIAL GUILT OFFERING FOR THE SINS OF ALL MANKIND IN ORDER TO
JUSTIFY UNTO AN ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD FOR ETERNAL LIFE THOSE
WHO WOULD BELIEVE IN HIM TO HAVE DONE THAT FOR THEM
1)
[Compare Isa 52:10, 13-15-53:12]:
B)
FAITH UNTO ETERNAL LIFE COMES FROM HEARING WITH CORRECT UNDERSTANDING
THE CONTENT OF THE GOSPEL AND THAT SPECIFIC CONTENT COMES FROM THE WORD
OF GOD
IX)
[Ro 10:18]:
A)
PAUL ASKS 'DID THE ISRAELITES NOT HEAR THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM?;'
AND HE ANSWERS 'OF COURSE THEY DID.' HE SUPPORTS THIS ANSWER FROM PSALMS
19 THROUGH WHICH PAUL CORROBORATES THE CONCLUSION THAT IN THE SAME WAY
THAT THE 'VOICE' OF CREATION SPEAKS TO ALL MANKIND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF
GOD WHICH THEN CAN LEAD TO A KNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPTANCE BY FAITH IN THE
GOSPEL OF ETERNAL LIFE, SO ALL THE MORE, THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF THE
GOSPEL OF ETERNAL LIFE WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO BE HEARD WITH UNDERSTANDING
AND ACCEPTANCE BY ALL ISRAELITES
1)
Compare Ps 19:1-6]:
X)
[Ro 10:19]:
A)
THE LORD THROUGH MOSES FORETOLD TO ISRAEL THAT GENERATIONS OF ISRAELITES
WILL ACT CORRUPTLY TOWARD THE LORD. THERE WILL BE NO EXCUSE FOR NOT
KNOWING ABOUT THEIR GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; WHEREUPON THE LORD WILL
RESPOND WITH ANGER: HE WILL FORSAKE AND DESTROY THEM AND USE GENTILES
AND A FOOLISH GENTILE NATION TO DISCIPLINE HER BY PROVOKING HER TO
JEALOUSY AND ANGER. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LORD WILL SURELY PRESERVE
ISRAEL IN ORDER TO FULFILL HIS PROMISES TO A FUTURE GENERATION OF
ISRAELITES
1)
[Compare Dt 31:14-22; 32:1-21]:
XI)
[Ro 10:20-21]:
A)
THE LORD HID HIS FACE FROM THE GENERATION OF UNFAITHFUL ANCIENT
ISRAELITES. ALTHOUGH THEY WERE GIVEN MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO BE FAITHFUL TO
THE LORD THEY WERE DISOBEDIENT AND OBSTINATELY UNFAITHFUL. CONSEQUENTLY,
THE LORD TURNED AWAY FROM THEM AND TOWARD GENTILES:
HE
WAS FOUND BY THOSE WHO DID NOT SEEK HIM AND REVEALED HIMSELF TO THOSE
WHO DID NOT ASK FOR HIM. THIS MADE ISRAEL ANGRY AND JEALOUS
1)
[Compare Isa 65:1-18]:
ROMANS
CHAPTER 11
