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ROMANS
CHAPTER 10
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
I)
[Ro 9:30-10:2]:
A) PAUL'S
HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER IS THAT THE ISRAELITES BE SAVED
II) [Ro
10:2-3]:
A) THE
ISRAELITES SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS IN PLACE OF GOD'S
RIGHTEOUSNESS
1)
[Compare Ro 3:19-22]:
2)
[Compare Acts 10:43]:
III)
[Ro 10:3-4]:
A) FAITH
IN CHRIST TO PROVIDE GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE END OF ONE BEING UNDER
LAW, I.E., A CODE OF CONDUCT TO LIVE BY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
IV)
[Ro 10:3-5]:
A) ONE WHO
SEEKS TO ESTABLISH ONES OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS WITH GOD BY KEEPING THE LAW OR
ANY RULES OF CONDUCT WILL FAIL
1) [Compare Lev 18:5]:
2) [Compare Jas 2:10]:
B) KEEPING THE
COMMANDMENTS TO ESTABLISH ONES OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE GOD INVOLVES
PERSONAL EFFORT WHETHER IT IS DIRECTED BY GOD OR NOT WHICH INEVITABLY
FALLS SHORT OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
1) [Review Ro 10:2-5]:
2) [Compare Ro
3:10-11]:
3) [Compare Eph 2:8-9]:
V)
[Ro 10:6-8]:
A) ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO
ASCEND TO HEAVEN TO BRING CHRIST DOWN TO TELL ONE WHAT ONE MUST DO TO
ATTAIN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH - THE WORDS OF CHRIST ARE IN THE WORD OF
GOD WHICH IS IN ONES MOUTH AND IN ONES HEART (MIND) FROM PAUL'S
PREACHING
1) [Compare Dt
30:11-13]:
B) ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO
DESCEND INTO THE DEEP TO BRING CHRIST UP FROM THE DEAD TO TELL US WHAT
ONE MUST DO TO ATTAIN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH - THE WORDS OF CHRIST ARE
IN THE WORD OF GOD WHICH IS IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART (MIND)
1) [Compare Dt
30:12-13]:
VI) [Ro 10:8]:
A) THE WORD OF GOD IS
NEAR IN THE SENSE OF ONE UNDERSTANDING IT IN ONES HEART (MIND) AND
CONFESSING IT WITH ONE'S MOUTH
1) [Compare Dt
30:9b-14]:
VII) [Ro
10:8-9]:
A) CONFESS LITERALLY
MEANS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT JESUS IS LORD BECAUSE ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN
JUSTIFIED I.E., SAVED UNTO ETERNAL LIFE BY FAITH ALONE
B) TO BE JUSTIFIED BY
FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST IS TO BE SAVED FROM GOD'S WRATH UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
1)
[Compare Ro 5:8-9]:
C) CONFESSION OF JESUS
CHRIST AS LORD IS FOOLISHNESS TO ONE WHO IS NOT SAVED AND THEREFORE
CANNOT BE A REQUIREMENT TO BE SAVED
1) [1 Cor 2:14]:
D) SINCE CONFESSION
WITH ONES MOUTH JESUS AS LORD INVOLVES HUMAN DOING, I.E., A WORK; IT
CANNOT BE PART OF WHAT ONE MUST DO TO BE SAVED, WHICH IS A GIFT &
NOT BY WORKS
1) [Eph 2:8-9]:
E) CONFESSION WITH THE
MOUTH JESUS AS LORD DEMONSTRATES TO MAN ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN SAVED BY A
MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE
F) JUST AS ANCIENT
ISRAEL HAD THE WORD OF GOD NEAR THEM: IN THEIR MOUTHS AND IN THEIR
HEARTS, SO IT IS WITH THE GOSPEL WHICH PAUL IS PREACHING: IT IS IN THE
MIND AND THUS IN THE MOUTH
G) BELIEVE AND BE SAVED
THEN ONE HAS THE POSSIBILITY THAT ONE MAY CONFESS THAT ONE IS ALREADY
SAVED
H) THE POSSIBLE EFFECT
IS THAT ONE MAY CONFESS JESUS AS LORD GIVING EVIDENCE OF THE CAUSE OF
HAVING ALREADY BEEN SAVED BY FAITH ALONE
I) SCRIPTURE TEACHES
IN MANY PLACES THAT SALVATION IS BY A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST
ALONE WHICH EXCLUDES CONFESSION
VIII) [Ro
10:10]:
A) BEFORE CONFESSION
CAN BE MADE THAT JESUS IS LORD, FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST BRINGS
JUSTIFICATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE BEFORE GOD
B) JUSTIFICATION BY
FAITH ALONE MEANS ONE IS SAVED UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
1) [Compare Ro
5:8-9]:
C) CONFESSION OR ANY
HUMAN DOING IS NOT REQUIRED FOR ONE TO BE SAVED UNTO ETERNAL LIFE -
HOWEVER IT MAKES ONES SALVATION EVIDENT TO MAN
1) THERE ARE TWO
KINDS OF JUSTIFICATION, ONE UNTO ETERNAL LIFE BY FAITH ALONE BEFORE GOD,
ANOTHER BY WORKS TO MAKE ONES SALVATION EVIDENT BEFORE MEN
a)
[Compare Ro 4:2]:
i)
ABRAHAM'S JUSTIFICATION BY HIS OWN ACTIONS WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING HE
COULD BOAST ABOUT BEFORE GOD
i_Eph
2:8-9]
ii)
JUST AS ABRAHAM'S WORKS DEMONSTRATED HIS JUSTIFICATION (SALVATION)
BEFORE MAN, SO CAN ONES CONFESSION OF JESUS AS LORD - OR ANY FAITHFUL
HUMAN DOING
ii_Jas
2:22-24]:
RETURN
TO STUDY ON SAVED BY GRACE AND THE WORD BELIEVE 
OR
CONTINUE THE STUDY OF ROMANS CHAPTER 10 
IX) [Ro
10:10-11]:
A) BELIEVING UNTO
ETERNAL LIFE IS IN VIEW
1) [Compare Isa 28:16]:
2) [Compare 1 Pet
2:4-6]:
B) 'WHOEVER BELIEVES IN
HIM WILL NEVER BE PUT TO SHAME' REFERS TO NEVER BEING PUT TO ETERNAL
CONDEMNATION AND IT IS CAUSED BY FAITH ALONE, NOT CONFESSION
X) [Ro
10:10-12]:
A) SALVATION IS FOR ALL
MANKIND, JEW AND GREEK, I.E., GENTILE ALIKE BECAUSE THE LORD IS LORD OF
ALL
1) [Compare Ro 3:21-24]:
XI) [Ro
10:10-13]:
A) TO CALL UPON THE NAME
OF THE LORD IS TO MAKE USE OF HIS NAME, I.E., TO TRUST IN HIS CAPACITY
TO SAVE ONE UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
B)
CALLING UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD IS A ONE TIME COMPLETED ACTION TO BE
SAVED WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE SPEAKING ANYTHING OUT WITH ONES MOUTH
C)
A COMPLETED ACTION MOMENT OF CALLING, I.E., TRUSTING ALONE IN THE LORD
ALONE RESULTS IN A COMPLETED ACTION MOMENT OF SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL
LIFE
XII) [Ro 10:13-14]:
A) TO CALL UPON THE
NAME OF THE LORD UNTO SALVATION IS EQUATED WITH BELIEVING IN HIM
B) THERE IS NOTHING
MORE NEEDED TO BE SAVED THAN WHAT ROMANS CHAPTER 10 STIPULATES - NO
OTHER PASSAGE NEED BE CONSULTED
C) ONE MUST HAVE THE
GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM IN ORDER TO HEAR IT IN ORDER TO BELIEVE IN IT
AND BE SAVED UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
XIII) [Ro 10:13-15]:
A) THE PREACHING OF
THE GOSPEL IS A GODSEND
B) ALL BELIEVERS ARE
IN VIEW RELATIVE TO BRINGING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL OF ETERNAL LIFE