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ROMANS – LESSON 10

I. THE GOSPEL AS IT RELATES TO ISRAEL – SALVATION REJECTED BY ISRAEL (10:1-21)

A. Paul’s strong desire for his brethren Israel to be saved (v. 1)

B. Israel seeking to establish a righteousness of their own (v. 2-5).

    1. They manifest zeal, but not according to knowledge.

    2. They do not submit to the righteousness established by God.

    3. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness.

    4. Righteousness by law demands living perfectly according to law.

C. Righteousness which if of faith is accessible to all – just as the law of Moses was accessible to Israel

    (v. 6-15, cf. Deut. 30:12-14).  

1.  One does not have to ascend  into heaven or descend to the abyss – word is nigh in preaching.   

2.  Salvation is received by submitting to the conditions: believe and confess.

3.  Being saved by believing upon and calling upon the Lord substantiated by Old Testament Scripture – Isa. 28:16, Joel 2:32.  

4.  Calling upon the Lord demands necessary steps of preaching, hearing  and believing.

D. Paul indicts Israel for not believing the message of God with Israel’s own Scripture (v. 16-21).

1. Not all hearken to the glad tidings – Israel of old did not (Isa. 53:1).

2. Universality of God’s salvation prophesied by God in Scripture (cf. Deut. 32:21, Isa. 65:1, 2).  

 

QUESTIONS:

1.    How deeply did Paul feel about the salvation of his fellows Israelites?  

     

2.     What must our “zeal” be coupled with in order to be approved of God?   

      

3.      Exactly what were Paul’s fellow Israelites ignorant of when they were ignorant of God’s righteousness”?

4.      What is the “end of the Law unto righteousness”?

5.      Who does Moses say is righteous according to Law?

6.      How does Paul use Deuteronomy 30:12-14 regarding the Law of Moses to show that faith is accessible to all today?

7.      What must one “confess” in order to be righteous and saved?

8.      What must one “believe” in order to be righteous and saved?

9.     Who will never be put to shame?

10.   How does one “call upon the name of the Lord”?

11.   What steps must be taken before one can call upon the name of the Lord?

12.   “So, belief cometh of _____________ and______________ by the _____________________ of Christ.”  

13. Contrast the above fact with the so-called “experiences of faith” in our day?

14. How does Paul prove with Scripture that God would be identified with other nations?

15. How does Paul prove with Scripture that Israel has refused to submit to God’s standard of becoming righteous?