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Israel Needs the Gospel
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McClain
’s outline
1)
The Divine Sovereignty (Chapter 9)2)
The Human Responsibility (Chapter 10)a)
The Gospel is accessible to all (1-10)b)
The Gospel is offered to all (11-15)c)
The Gospel is not obeyed by all (16-21)3)
The Merciful Purpose (Chapter 11)a)
A present election (1-10)b)
A future restoration (11-24)c)
A final salvation (25-32)Introduction: Three main facts established in this chapter:1.
The gospel is within reach of all (v 8, “
The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart
”)
2.
The gospel has been offered to all
–
note “
Whoever” in vss 11 & 13 AND “all” (twice in vs 12)
3.
The gospel has not been obeyed by all (v 16, “they have not all obeyed the gospel”)
Outline
–
Romans 10:1-131.
Paul’s Desire (1)
2.
Israel’s Problem (2
-3)3.
Christ is the end of the law (4-8)4.
The “word
of faith” (9
-11)5.
No distinction (12-13)Details:1.
Paul’s Desire (1)
a.
Text: “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel
is that they may be saved.
”
b.
Echoes Romans 9:1-3c.
Comments: True evangelism:i.
Motivated by a love of the Lord!ii.
An understanding of the urgency (saved / lost!)iii.
A desire to see lost saved:1.
Whether “countrymen” or
2.
Relatives, friends, neighbors, coworkers!iv.
A desire that is deep seated and not superficial (“heart’s desire”). A spiritual
appetite.v.
Communication with God: “prayer to Godf”
vi.
A conviction that the gospel works! Romans 1:161.
Not psychology or “good advice” or anything else!
vii.
A public commitment of the same: “Brethren … “ also in Romans 9:
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Israel Needs the Gospel
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d.
Nicely counterbalances truths of Romans 9i.
Answers those who might erroneously concl
ude: “God is sovereign, why pray?!”
ii.
Or “God is sovereign, why tell (the gospel)”?
e.
Thought: We pray because God is sovereign! God’s sovereignty is a motivation to prayer,
service, faithfulness, holy living & evangelism!2.
Israel’s Problem (2
-3)a.
Text: “For I
bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according toknowledge.
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For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish theirown righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.”
b.
Zeal but …
i.
“Zeal for God”
(English sounds like the Greek!: “ζ
ῆ
λος”)
ii.
Great but being sincere can be
sincerely wrong
if wrongly directed!iii.
Paul understood this zeal because he shared it: “though I also might have
confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, Imore so:
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circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel,
of
the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
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concerningzeal, persecuting the church
; concerning the righteousness which is in the law,blameless.
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But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.”
(Phil 3:4-7)c.
Not according to knowledge:i.
ἐ
π
ί
γνωσις, “a
precise and correct knowledge
”
ii.
Knew much about God but did not know Godiii.
Knew “facts” but not the Person!
iv.
Reminder: Christianity is a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christd.
Ignorant of God’s
righteousnessi.
Not the common type of ignorance:1.
I don’t know how computers work!
2.
I don’t know how to program or
3.
I don’t understand chemistry!
4.
This would be perhaps excusable!ii.
But a willful ignorancee.
A substitution
: “seeking to establish their own righteousness”
i.
Instead of Christii.
Instead of substitutionary atonementiii.
Instead of bloody sacrificeiv.
Instead of repentance and faithf.
A rejection of God’s righteousness
i.
A refusal to submit to:1.
God’s authority
2.
God’s plan
ii.
Their own righteousness was considered preferable to God’s imputed righteouness
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3.
Christ is the end of the law (4-8)a.
Text: “For Christ
is
the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
5
ForMoses writes about the righteousness which is of the law,
“The man who does those thingsshall live by them.”
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But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way,
“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”
(that is, to bring Christ down
from above
)
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or,
“‘Whowill descend into the abyss?’”
(that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
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But what does itsay?
“The word is near
you, in your mouth and in your heart”
(that is, the word of faith
which we preach):”
b.
The Gospel in one sentence
: “Christ
is
the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who
believes”
i.
Christ:1.
The objective2.
The goal3.
The foundation (of righteousness)4.
No Christ … no salvation
5.
Support:a.
Acts 4:12, “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other
name under heaven given among
men by which we must be saved.”
b.
John 14:6, “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
c.
John 3:18, “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who
does not believe is condemned already, because he has not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”
ii.
The Law:1.
Christ fulfilled the Law2.
The law is a tutor to lead us to Christiii.
Righteousness:1.
Theme of Romans - how to be right with God!2.
God’s justice / holiness imputed to the believer
iv.
Th
e universal nature of the applicability of the Gospel: “
to everyone
who believes”
v.
The mechanism by which righteousness is imputed
–
faith: “to everyone
whobelieves
”
vi.
The fact of personal accountability : “to everyone
who believes
” (also with 10:3 …
they did not submit!)
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