Thank you very much.
Thank you.
We're gonna have a quick short
financial meeting and
that's just gonna be our
normal regularly scheduled
finance meeting where we talk about
just the finances of our
church. We just do this
every six months
just to provide everybody that information.
Also in that
meeting I'm just gonna discuss a few
things about the future of our
church and so I please do
ask if you don't normally come on Sunday
nights to still please consider
coming and just being part of that meeting.
Our Sunday
evening attendance record is not
even that hard to beat.
It's only 160
folks so we could totally
smash it and then you get
ice cream after the finance meeting.
I'm just throwing
that out there but obviously
everybody has to show up.
If we have a big
percentage of our church show up
we'll crush that and we'll get
ice cream and so just throwing
that out there. I know you guys love
finance meetings otherwise.
On the back
we have the church reminders.
We also have upcoming events. Our men's
conference is really close right around
the corner and excited
about that.
Brother Al's helped us send out
an email with a
consent form that everybody
just needs to fill out and
basically if you die that we're not
responsible and they're not responsible
and all that.
How intense is this? I don't know but
it's hot out there and so
it's intense.
Please fill that out.
If you have a minor
that's 16
between the ages of 16 and just under 18
they can attend the conference
but they do need
someone over the age of 18
that's going to be their
guardian while on the trip.
And so if you have
that situation please
make sure that we get the proper
forms filled out and then we identify
who their guardian is while
on the trip. The conference
is of course free
to anybody that signs up and
it's really helpful to have you all sign
up accurately so that way we don't over pay
for people that aren't going to show up.
Also
October 12th to the 15th
is the Fire Breathing Baptist Fellowship
and
we have November 4th Abilene Texas
Soul Winning Marathon. So a couple
other events there to keep in mind.
That's really all I have this evening. Let's go ahead
and go to Psalm 67. Our special handouts
are Psalm of the Week and we'll
sing that real quick.
Psalm 67.
All right.
That was Psalm chapter 67.
In your laminated handouts
or in your King James Bible.
Psalm chapter 67.
All right. Sing it out together on the first.
God be
merciful unto us
and all
be merciful unto us
and bless us
and cause the space to shine
upon us
that thy way may be known
upon earth
by saving us
among all nations
let the people praise
thee oh God
let all
the people praise
thee oh let
the nations be
cast and
sing for
joy
for thou shall judge
the people
righteously
and govern
the nations
upon earth
thy nations
of mercy
let the people praise
thee oh God
let all the
people praise thee
oh let the nations
be glad
and sing
for joy
then shall
your character increase
and God
in our own God shall bless
us God shall bless
us and all the
ends of the
earth shall
fear him let the
people praise thee oh
God let
all the people
praise thee
oh let the nations
be glad
and sing
for joy
great singing everybody now as the offering
plates are being passed around go ahead and
turn in your Bibles to Romans chapter 10
that's Romans
chapter number 10
sit down
so
Romans chapter 10 the Bible
reads
do it those things shall live by them
but the righteousness which is
of faith speaketh on this wise
say not in thine heart who shall
ascend into heaven that is
to bring Christ down from above
or who shall descend into the
deep that is to bring up Christ
again from the dead but what
sayeth it the word is nigh
thee even in thy mouth and in thy heart
that is the word of faith
which we preach that if
thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
word Jesus and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead
thou shalt be saved
for with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation
for the scripture sayeth whosoever
believeth on him shall not be ashamed
for there is no difference
between the Jew and the Greek
for the same Lord over all is rich
unto all that call upon him
for whosoever shall call upon the name
of the Lord shall be saved
then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed
and how shall they believe in him
of whom they have not heard
and how shall they hear without a preacher
and how shall they preach
except they be sent as it is written
how beautiful are the feet of them
that preach the gospel of peace
and bring glad tidings of good things
but they have not all
obeyed the gospel for asias sayeth
Lord who hath believed our report
so then faith cometh by
hearing and hearing by the word of God
but I say have they not heard
yes verily their sound
went into all the earth
and their words unto the ends of the world
but I say did not Israel know
first Moses sayeth
I will provoke you to jealousy
by them that are no people
and by a foolish nation I will anger you
but asias is very bold
and sayeth
I was found of them that sought me not
I was made manifest unto them
that asked not after me
but to Israel he sayeth
all day long I have stretched
forth my hands unto a disobedient
and gainsaying people
let's bow our heads for a word of prayer
Father in heaven we thank you for Romans
chapter 10 Lord and I pray that you
would just open ears in the room
and help us
to learn as much as possible
about the doctrines contained
in this chapter and I pray
that you fill Pastor Shelley with your spirit
now and enable him to preach
to the best of his ability
we love you and in Jesus name I pray
amen
we're continuing
our series through the book of Romans
and we're here in Romans 10
probably
one of my
most favorite
chapter I have in the Bible
possibly
one of the first chapters I ever memorized
in the scriptures
you know it's a great chapter of the Bible
it's really well known I think
a lot of people are very familiar
with this particular chapter
and one of the things that's really cool about
this chapter and I'm not
necessarily going to do it today maybe
in the future I'd love to do this but
is to try and show you how almost
every verse in
chapter 10 is like
a quote of the Old Testament
like it's just basically just
in the Old Testament just taking random
verses out it's like God
just wrote this beautiful mosaic
where he just took all these different verses
from the Old Testament and just threw
them all together in chapter 10
but what's so cool about it
is if you just read this you would never
think that it was just like a combination
of a whole bunch of verses thrown together
it sounds like it's own unique
beautifully worded passage
it's like brand new
seeming it's fresh but at the same
time it's actually just throwing
together so many different places of
the Old Testament all in one beautiful
you know piece
of art really I mean there's no other way
to kind of word it it's a linguistic
masterpiece and
you know this is a great chapter it's
one of the most important chapters in the Bible in my
opinion because it explains the
mechanics of how to get saved
it really emphasizes
the gospel and how to be saved
and so it's just such a
great chapter of scripture
and you know it really makes
a lot of sense that it
kind of is where it's at based on
the context that we built so far
if you think about chapter 1 again and I
like to always kind of give you a little quick recap
but chapter 1 of Romans
tells us that salvation's been revealed
it's been revealed from heaven
and in chapter 2 that's
important because everyone's going to be judged
for their sins chapter
3 told us that we're all sinners
and we're guilty before God
and that the only salvation
is what chapter 4 said is salvation
by faith you have to believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ and that's what saves us
chapter 5 really emphasizes the fact that
once you're saved you're always saved
chapter 6 then says well
even though you're saved by faith and it
was a free gift and you can't lose it it's
still important to serve God with your life
chapter 7 then tells us that it's going
to be a struggle that it's not always
easy to serve God there's going to be
that struggle you have that war between
the flesh and the spirit and
chapter 8 emphasizes how you can have
victory when you decide to walk
in that spirit and that ultimately
we'll have the ultimate victory because
eventually we'll get our new body
and we'll be a new creation physically
as well and we're going to have total
victory over death we'll never even go to hell
whatsoever and nothing
can separate us from the love of God which is
in Christ Jesus our Lord that's how it ends
that beautiful chapter
chapter 9 then tells us
that well Israel
unfortunately though
is going to by and large
not accept God's
salvation they're not going to get
saved and it's kind of talking
about their rejection of the
gospel and you kind
of wonder like I don't know this is just my
personal thought for the longest time
I kind of wondered like why is that
included like why did we just
switch to oh and by the way
Israel sucks and they don't
they're not going to get saved in replacement
theology like it kind of just seemed
a little random of a switch
or maybe a change
in the text but you know
today I felt like it really kind of made
a lot of sense especially when I'm thinking
about chapter 10 and this is
why it's so important that he's putting
this in here is think about
the apostle Paul he is of Israel
he is of the tribe of Benjamin
and he's going out
into all the world he's going
under the Gentiles to preach the gospel
that's and he talks
about himself as being the apostle of the
Gentiles but
you know what's kind of interesting
is hey I'm coming
here to give you this great news this great
message about the Messiah
that was given to the
you know to Israel
wouldn't a logical question be like oh yeah
how did Israel you know do with that
what did Israel think about that
and it's like oh well by the way they
they rejected it completely
you know imagine it's like you're a car
salesman and someone's like
oh you're a car salesman yeah
what about your friends and family oh they would never
drive these cars and you're like
that's kind of weird like is there something
wrong with the car
that you know you guys don't
want to drive it so it's like why would
we want to accept the gospel
that your own people
and your whole nation and the place
that Jesus came to all
rejected it because that actually
presents kind of an interesting thought
or a question like why in the world
are we supposed to accept this message
or this religion when you guys
totally rejected it and want
nothing to do with it right like imagine
someone coming here from the
Middle East and saying hey everyone's rejected
Islam but you guys need to embrace
it it's kind of a strange
strange idea right
so the apostle Paul is
spending chapters 9 10 and 11
explaining how
throughout all of history
this was the case throughout all of
history Israel by and large was
constantly rejecting God and not accepting
him and it was always a remnant that was
getting saved it was always a small
percentage that was getting saved and
how even now it's no
different that it was a small
percentage of Israel that was going to
get saved and that in fact God
had prophesied over and over
from Genesis all the way to Malachi
of how the Gentiles
were going to end up getting saved
and accepting the gospel and they
were going to be the ones that were going to become the
new heirs they were going to replace
Israel okay
and so it's important that he covers this
topic considering his audience
who's his audience the Romans
that's why it's called the
book of Romans okay
because it's written to Romans and so
it's important for him to explain why
Israel is not
going to be the front runner anymore
Israel's not going to be the ones leading with the gospel
Israel's not the focus
anymore who is the focus
of God's eye it's the
Gentile churches that have believed in
Jesus Christ that's why when you
look at the New Testament it's not written
to a bunch of Jews is it
I mean when we get past the book of
Acts who is the Bible emphasizing
it's emphasizing Gentiles
isn't it Romans
and Corinthians and Galatians
and Ephesians and
Philippians and people with
all kinds of Greek names
and that becomes the focus we
get to the end and it's written to the seven
churches which are in Asia
because God's
focus has completely shifted
he no longer is focused
on a nation a physical
nation of Israel he's focused on
a spiritual nation of believers
and when you think about
just the absurdity of the
fact that the King James Bible
in the New Testament is only talking
about Gentiles the entire
portion for people to be like
yeah God's just super focused on Israel
it's like what are you talking about
are you even reading the same
book I mean do you not realize
that we're reading the book of Romans
why do you think
that it's all about Israel when
the book's addressed to Romans
when it's addressed to
Gentiles and
chapter 10 does the exact same thing
where it makes it abundantly clear
that the children of Israel the nation
of Israel didn't get
saved they're not the ones
that wanted to get the gospel
and he explains the mechanics
of how to get saved
so that he can understand why
Israel's not saved why
is chapter 10 important
he's explaining exactly how to get
saved so that you know why
Israel is not saved
and this is really important because
let's be honest most
of us you know
if you weren't a soul winner
you know for a long portion of your life
you know there was a point in your life
where you thought almost every Christian was saved
who in here thought before they started going
soul winning that virtually every Christian was
saved okay yeah me too
I thought that virtually every church
every Christian was saved and everybody knew
but you know what helped me
understand that people weren't saved
going soul winning and using Romans chapter number 10
asking people what they
believe and look a lot of Christians think
that Jews are saved you know or
they think that Jews believe the Bible or they think
a lot of weird things and what helps them
understand that these individuals
are not saved or they don't believe the Bible
is just asking them hey what do you believe
hey what do you think salvation
is hey what do you think it takes to go to heaven
and then you start realizing virtually every person
believes in themselves every
person is trusting their works everybody
trusts that they're a good enough person
to get into heaven and that's what the Jews
were trusting in that's what
Romans chapter 2 emphasized
that's what Jesus was constantly hammering
when he was with the Jews
is the fact that they were sinners
that they did not keep the law
that they were willing to justify themselves
that they were not believing in him
and he was trying to get them to realize
they're a sinner deserving of hell
so that they would realize they needed a
savior okay and
Romans chapter 10
you know it's a great tool
for us because even though
the immediate context isn't necessarily
trying to just get some random
guy off the street saved it's
explaining what it takes to get saved
so then it ends up being an
awesome portion of scripture
to get someone saved
now there's an attack out there
which is just
literally insane
and wicked it's both insane and
wicked which will try to say
that chapter 10 is not about
how to get someone saved
or the mechanics of getting someone saved
spiritually but rather
it's just talking about a physical deliverance
of the nation of Israel
or it's just physical deliverance
this is just complete
absurdity it is not
it's not reasonable
and honestly it's
super French
and you say like why preach about it if it's
super French well let me explain this
for one it's super French in reality
because virtually every church
agrees that Romans
10 is talking about spiritual salvation
I mean it doesn't matter if you're talking about
Pentecostals it doesn't matter if you're talking about
the non-denom church it doesn't matter
if you're talking about the southern Baptist church
it doesn't matter who you're talking to
I mean 99%
of everyone agrees this is talking
about spiritual salvation
but there's just this stupid phenomenon
of internet bozos
that go around and they hang out
with you know in new IP circles
and they try to lie to everybody
and make a big deal and say like
oh this is about like physical salvation
or whatever you know it's about
Israel or something those people are idiots
and they remind me
of flat earthers because they
just deny reality so hard
and one thing about flat
earthers that you'll find out if you ever
meet one is the only thing they can talk
about is the earth being flat
like they're just obsessed to the point
where that's the only talking point that they have
they're not interested in talking about the weather
about food
about life
about family
they probably have just no hobbies
it's just that the earth is flat
it's the only thing they want to talk about
and they're freaks
what seems like the same as with these people
all they want to do is try to talk about Romans 10
not saying what it's saying
and because they're just such a
loud fringe
freak minority it sometimes gives
people the idea that a lot of people think this way
or a lot of people believe this way but that's not true
and I don't want anyone in our
church or any of our friends to ever
get infected with this garbage
or this insane
wickedness if you
think that this chapter is not
talking about spiritual salvation
you're wicked okay
it goes beyond just being stupid
to a point of wickedness because
this is such a powerful portion of scripture
where 99.99%
of people that got saved
someone showed them at least one verse
from this chapter
so someone trying to attack
the idea of this chapter being about
soul winning is just wicked
to the core folks
and I don't want you to ever have anything to do with these individuals
but look what it says in verse 1
brethren my hearts desire
and prayer to God for Israel is
that they might be saved
now here's a question
anytime a word's brought up in the Bible
shouldn't the Bible be able to define it for us
or couldn't we look at
other places where that particular word is used
to get a sense of what we're talking about
now do you think the apostle Paul
you know he didn't write out
the word ten right here
first of all he was writing in Greek
okay number one
but number two he wasn't numbering these
chapters this is a cohesive
thought it's a cohesive letter
so obviously he's not going to come up with a random
new definition for saved
that he hadn't even brought up before
it's going to be similar to all the other times he mentioned the word saved
so let's just look at
what the Bible said when it used
the word saved previously
look at chapter 9
flip back maybe one page look at verse 27
Isaiah
talking about Isaiah
also cried concerning Israel
though the number of the children of Israel
be as the sand of the sea
a remnant
shall be saved
what was that verse talking about
is this talking about just physical deliverance
only a small portion of
physical Israel is going to be physically delivered
no
it's obviously talking about how just only a small number
of physical Israel is going to be saved
spiritually
now it gets really clear
when you keep going in that
in this particular passage
that we're talking about spiritual salvation
what shall we say then
that the Gentiles
which followed not after righteousness
have not attained to righteousness
even the righteousness which is of faith
but Israel
which followed after the law of righteousness
have not attained to the law of righteousness
wherefore
because they sought it not by faith
but as it were by the works of the law
for they stumbled at that stumbling stone
as it is written behold I lay in Zion
a stumbling stone and rock of offense
and whosoever believeth on him
shall not be ashamed
so notice are we bringing up
a physical deliverance here
or are we talking about righteousness
and wasn't that the context that we started with
in Romans chapter 1
have we ever left that context
never we've never left
the righteousness of God being revealed
in the book of Romans
we've just been hammering that point
every single one of these chapters
and now Israel is not
righteous because they sought it by the works of the law
and how Gentiles
and the remnant of physical Israel
that believed they obtained it
because they sought it by faith
okay and that's the reason why
Israel is not saved
is they didn't believe in Jesus Christ
they didn't put their faith in Jesus Christ
so he's showing to these Gentiles
why the Jews in their synagogue
in their local synagogue are not saved
and he's like well
how do I know? well go walk up to
one of them and ask them hey what does it take to go to heaven
and they're like be a good person
follow the commandments, get circumcised, be a Jew
and he's like well doesn't the Bible say
believe in Jesus though?
doesn't the Bible say that you're supposed to put your faith in him
and so they can help them understand
why the Jews in their local
synagogue aren't even saved and they are
because that's pretty important
so that you don't go
to Robert Morris' church
you go to the steadfast Baptist church
in your local area right?
and you end up realizing hey these people
are not really of God
these people are not even saved
I wish they were, I want them to be saved
but you know what? they're not
and the same is with me
you know I want the Catholics in our area
to be saved
I want the Methodists in our area to be saved
and hey I even want the ethnic Jews in our area to be saved
but let me tell you something
they're just not
they have to believe in Jesus Christ to be saved
and yes ethnic Jews can be saved
but I know one, I know somebody that's an ethnic
Jew and they believe the gospel
and they're a Christian
so it's not like being ethnically Jew matters
because the Apostle Paul was ethnically Jew
but here's the thing
what makes someone a true Jew or a spiritual Jew
is because they believe in Jesus Christ and they're saved
by faith
so
I mean that was not even far from verse 1
you know how close that was
to verse 1? it was literally
right next to it
so the next verse
brethren my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel
is that they might be saved
do you really think that's a radically different
context of the word saved than what we just read?
than what we were just talking about?
of course not
now just for the sake of turning every stone over
let's look at other
mentions of the word saved previously
go to chapter 8 and look at verse 22
now the word saved is only used a handful of times
in the book of Romans
and we're going to look at all of them really quick
look at Romans chapter 8 verse 22
for we know that the whole creation
groaneth and travaileth and pain
together until now
and not only they
but ourselves also
which have the first fruits of the spirit
even we ourselves
groan within ourselves
waiting for the adoption to wit
the redemption of our body
for we are saved by hope
what do you think that salvation was talking about?
that the whole creation is groaning for
that every single person wants
and the redemption of our body
that sounds like spiritual salvation to me doesn't it?
and what saves us?
hope in Jesus Christ
our faith in Jesus Christ
not something that we can see now
not our works
but rather our hope and faith
and trust in Jesus
go to chapter 5
and look at verse 9
Romans chapter 5 verse 9
the Bible says much more than
being now justified by his blood
we shall be saved
from wrath through him
what do you think that's talking about?
that's talking about being saved from hell folks
because we are justified
by the blood of Jesus Christ
and we've been made righteous
in God's sight through his blood
through his righteousness
therefore we've been saved
from the wrath of hell
now this makes perfect sense
because you know what you're not saved from?
the consequences of your sin on earth
you know
if you are in the middle of getting a tattoo
and you get saved
the tattoo doesn't disappear
you still have it on your body
and you're not even
it's not like you're saved from that consequence
if you shoot someone in the head
and you kill them in cold blooded murder
and then someone walks up and says
hey you want to get saved before the cops drag you off to the jail?
they're like sure
and you preach them the gospel and they get saved
you know what the cops are going to do?
they're going to put handcuffs on you and put you in the car
and take you to jail
but you don't understand officer
I just got saved
they're going to be like I don't care because I'm a cop
and I don't care about the Bible apparently
and they're just going to throw you in the cop car
drag you off and you're going to go to jail
and you might even die in jail
because you know what?
you're saved from the consequences of your sin
in this life you are saved from the wrath of hell
and that's what it means
to be saved
is to be saved from hell
otherwise it doesn't even matter
you know
why does it matter that someone
is saved for a temporary
short period of time if they still go to hell
why is that emphasized?
why does that even matter?
you know what matters is that you're not going to burn in hell for all of eternity
look at verse 10
what reconciled God by the death of his son
much more being reconciled
we should be saved by his life
so notice we're saved by the life of Jesus Christ
we're saved by his death burial and
resurrection
what reconciled us was the whole package
not just one aspect of it
so let's go back to
Romans chapter number 10 here
these are all the mentions of
saved so far
so why after those handful of mentions of saved
would I randomly get to
chapter 10 verse 1 and then say it's
anything other than spiritual salvation
I wouldn't unless I was wicked
and had a bad agenda
because it's just so clear
it's so obvious
and think about this
the verse proceeding
verse 33 of chapter 9
notice the last phrase
and whosoever believeth on him
shall not be ashamed
did you realize that that exact phrase
is repeated again here in this chapter
look at what it says
in verse number 11
that is exactly
the exact same quote
that we had in verse 33
is there in verse number 11
so it's talking about
the exact same thing
it's the same context
it's the same phrase
it's the same mention of the fact
that hey, anybody who ends up
believing they're not going to be ashamed
what does it mean to be ashamed in this context
because ashamed could have a lot of different context
a lot of different meanings
it's simply saying that if it's the fourth quarter
of the basketball game
and you're down by two
and there's one second on the clock
but you know what, you got Jesus on your team
and it's saying
whosoever passes the ball to Jesus
in the fourth quarter or down by two
is not going to be ashamed
he's always going to make the shot
you're never going to be like
man, I wish I hadn't passed it to him
you're going to be like
man, it's not like
passing it to Shaq and he has to shoot free throws
at the end of the game to win
you're passing it to Jesus
and he's always going to make it
and you're always going to win
it means you're not going to be let down
you're not going to lose the game
you're not going to ever be a loser
you're going to always be a winner
it's just basically saying look
if I believe in Jesus
I'm not going to stand before God
and he's going to say you know what, you sinned too much
I know you believe in Jesus
but it just wasn't enough
you're going to hell
nope, every single person that stands before God
and says I believe in Jesus
heaven, they're on the championship team
they got the trophy
they got in, they're a winner
and that's what it means
it's saying anybody, not just Jews
even Gentiles, even us
we who have believed in Jesus Christ
we're also going to be saved by his life
so what's the problem with Israel?
they don't believe that
they're not
believing on Jesus
and you know what they're going to do?
they're going to testify to their works
and they're going to end up being ashamed
because they just aren't going to be able to make it in
just like Adam and Eve were ashamed
when they were naked
because they ended up realizing
oh wow, I've got a problem here
and they tried to cover themselves with fig leaves
but you know what, they still
weren't right in God's sight
because your works can't cover your nakedness
your works can't cover your sin
you can try your best
but you know what, it's not the same
you need that lamb to be slain
and to be clothed with the blood
of the lamb and that's what covers
your nakedness, that's what covers your sin
before God and you stand righteous
in his sight
Israel doesn't do that
how do you know? well look at verse 2
for I bear them record
that they have a zeal of God
but not according to knowledge
for they being ignorant of God's righteousness
and going about to establish their own righteousness
have not submitted themselves
unto the righteousness of God
for Christ is the end
of the law for righteousness
to everyone that believeth
saying what?
the children of Israel, the Jews
they definitely have a zeal
meaning that they're very
they have a lot of energy
about serving God, they're doing
a lot of things, they're excited about it
it's important to them, it's a big portion of their life
they're committed, you know
and look, we have that today
there are people that show up at their Catholic church
every time the doors are open
there are people there that are dedicating
their life, their money, their time, their effort
their energy to false religion
and they have a zeal
just like the Jews, they have a zeal
they're going to synagogue
they're doing all their different stupid rituals
they've got the pigtails going on
and all kinds of stuff, right?
but here's the problem, it's not according to knowledge
meaning that they're not doing the right things
just like Cain
hey, he offered a sacrifice
unto God, he put effort and energy
into his sacrifice, it just was the wrong sacrifice
it was the wrong offering
that he had
and so because they're trying to
establish their own righteousness
they're not saved
what does it mean to establish their own righteousness?
think about
and this is a great example
I'm not going to go there for the sake of time
but think about the two men
that go to pray
you've got the publican
and you've got basically this Pharisee
and when they end up praying unto God
what does the Pharisee do?
he talks about how, oh I thank thee
that I'm not like other men
I give tithe of all that I have
you know what he's doing?
he's establishing
his righteousness
I give of this tithe
and I fast twice in the week
and he's establishing
why he's righteous before God
and what does the
other man, what does the publican do?
God, be merciful
and a sinner, he's not establishing
his righteousness, he's establishing God's righteousness
and you know what Jesus
said about that man is he went home justified
rather than the other
why? because your righteousness doesn't add up
and the Jews
as the Bible describes them
they're willing to justify themselves
they thought they were saved
they looked down upon other people saying they're sinners
hey look buddy, you're a sinner too
we're all sinners
and because they couldn't recognize their need for the savior
he was right in front of them doing miracles
and they rejected him
they wanted him to be crucified
they were ignorant of God's righteousness
now, that's important
phrasing here when we talk
about that being God's righteousness
also at the end of verse 3
it says the righteousness of God
keep your finger here, go back to Romans 1
go to Romans chapter 1
and look at verse
number 17
for therein
is the righteousness of
God revealed
from faith to faith
as it is written that just shall live by faith
now what do you think
Romans chapter 1 verse 17 is about?
what does the previous verse say?
for I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ
for it is the power of God unto this word
salvation
to everyone that believeth
to the Jew first and also the Greek
so you know what? if you think
that Romans chapter 10
is about physical salvation then you have to say
that Romans chapter 1 is about physical salvation too
because they are the exact
same thing
but you know what? Romans 1 is so clearly
about spiritual salvation
and that proves beyond any shadow of a doubt
that Romans 10 is talking about
the same thing, because why?
because in Romans chapter 1 we are establishing that the righteousness
of God has been revealed
salvation has been revealed
and in Romans chapter number 10
we are talking about the righteousness
of God which those who believe
in Christ have and which Israel does not have
because they went about to establish
their own righteousness
let's keep going here in chapter 10
look at verse number 5
for Moses
describeth the righteousness which is of the law
that the man which doeth
those things shall live by them
so if you want
righteousness by the law
well you better just do it perfect
and hey, technically you will live by it
there is nothing wrong with following the law
there is nothing wrong with being righteous
according to the word of God and according to the law
but what is the problem?
our flesh is weak
we are not capable of keeping
all of the law
for finding fault with them
there is nothing wrong with the law
the law is fine, the law is perfect
the problem is that we are not perfect
and we could never keep the law
that is what the Bible made really clear in chapter number 3
is hammering
well unfortunately though we are sinners
unfortunately we did not keep the law
therefore that is why we needed Christ
that is why we needed salvation
and in verse 4
notice it says for Christ is the end
of the law
what does it mean
by end?
it is over
meaning what?
I have already fully acquired righteousness
the moment I believe in Jesus Christ
I am righteous
it is the end
I have already acquired it
I have already won the race
I have already finished
I have already completed the course of righteousness
whereas those that are going down the course
of the law
they never get to the finish line
they cannot make it
it would be like a 100 million mile marathon
good luck
you might get 50 miles
you might get 100 miles
you are never going to run 100 million miles
you are never getting there
I just basically believe in him
and I am at the finish line
it is the end of the law
I have arrived
I am righteous
whereas Moses is saying
there is nothing wrong with running the race
do it
here is a problem you just cannot run it
you just cannot get there
you will never be good enough
you will always come short
for all have come short
of the glory of God
verse 6
but the righteousness which is of faith
so notice he is contrasting
Moses' righteousness
which is through the law
with the righteousness which is of faith
which is what he was bringing up previously
he says but the righteousness
which is of faith speak of on
this wise say not
thine heart who shall ascend into heaven
that is to bring Christ down from above
or who shall ascend in the deep that is to bring up Christ
again from the dead
the word is nigh thee even in thy mouth and in thy heart
that is the word of faith which we preach
so he is saying what I am about to tell you
is what I preach to everybody
it is the faith message that I deliver
it is the exact same thing it said in Romans chapter 1 verse 17
that the righteousness of God is revealed from faith
to faith
so when the apostle Paul wants to give somebody
the righteousness of God
he is delivering from his mouth
the word of faith to others
so they can also have that faith
in Romans chapter 17 and it says what?
it says so then faith cometh by hearing
and hearing by the word of God
what is the transfer of salvation?
it is from one person preaching the word of faith
and another person hearing that
and then believing and getting that faith
that is why we have so many cool pictures
like on a Christmas
session
where we all get the lights
and we all have candles
and only one candle needs to be lit
and then that person takes their lit candle
and it is like their little faith
and they just put it next to the other guy's candle
and it is just like
fire
and then the next guy
and then pretty soon we all have light
and it came from one source
this is the same way that the gospel works
that we go out and we preach the gospel
and the word of faith spreads to another person
and that person hears it
and then they get saved
and then they preach it and then they get saved
this is how the multiplication process works
we have the seed
within ourselves
just like physical multiplication
where the seed is in Adam
and he produces through Eve
and then the seed is in man
and man has to plant that seed
it is the same way, we have the seed of the gospel
and we are the sowers
and the sowers soweth the word
and we are going out there and we are trying to preach
the gospel and give it to people
we are running around with our light
putting it up to there and seeing if it will catch fire
that is what we are doing
and that is how it works
it is talking about the mechanics of getting someone saved
now this is an interesting portion of scripture
go to Deuteronomy
chapter 30
go to Deuteronomy chapter 30
I think the language here is a little bit
interesting about what it is saying in Romans chapter 10
but you know it is actually quoting
Deuteronomy chapter number 30
look at verse 12
in the Old Testament it says this
and it is talking about the commandment
it is not in heaven
that thou shouldst say
who shall go up for us to heaven
and bring it unto us
that we may hear it and do it
neither is it beyond the sea
that thou shouldst say
who shall go over the sea for us
and bring it unto us
that we may hear it and do it
but the word is very nigh unto thee
in thy mouth and in thy heart
that thou mayest do it
see I have set before thee this day
life and good
and death and evil
so the Old Testament is actually
being referenced here
in the book of Romans
and if you look at verse 7 again
it says
or let's look at the end of verse 6
it says say not in thine heart
now
whenever it is telling you say not
what it is trying to say is what we are about to say
is wrong
the quotes that we are saying
Calvinists might embrace this
because they apparently embrace what is wrong
but don't say this
who shall ascend in the heaven
that is to bring Christ down from above
what was the quote in Deuteronomy chapter 30
who is going to go up to heaven
and bring the Bible down to us
bring the commandment, bring the word of God to us
now here is the thing
on one quote it is the word of God
on the other quote it is who
it is Christ, now there is an interesting thing in the Bible
Christ is the word of God folks
ok
so what is it trying to say
it is saying we don't need to go up to heaven
to find out what to do
did you know that people
can get saved and know how to go to heaven
without ever having been to heaven
but isn't that an objection
you get at the door
well no one can know if they are going to heaven
we have never seen heaven, no one has ever been there
so how could anybody know
or whatever
it is like I don't have to have been to heaven
to figure out how to get to heaven
and I don't have to go all the way up there
to figure out what is the key
like hey guys
how do I get into this place
no no no I already know
and I don't have to drag Christ back down from heaven
and be like hey how do we get up there
I don't have to do that
here is another thing I don't have to do
or who shall descend into the deep
that is to bring up Christ again from the dead
now the Old Testament is talking about the sea
sometimes the sea is referenced as in the deep
and it is kind of
tongue in cheek here in this one
in the sense that it is also referencing Christ's
death right
and the fact that he descended down
into the deep
and of course he was risen again from the dead
now what is significant
about Jesus Christ being raised from the dead
well he is a witness
of the resurrection
right Jesus Christ himself
is a witness of the resurrection
and here is the thing
I don't need
someone to be risen from the dead
or a physical witness of the resurrection
to believe the gospel
didn't we have
in the book of Luke
we have a guy who is in hell
he lifts up his eyes and he is talking to Abraham
and he is saying hey can't we send
them someone that
is risen from the dead
to warn them about this place of hell
and he says hey
they have Moses and the prophets
let them hear them
saying what you don't need someone
to rise from the dead
to get you saved
you don't have to have someone that is from hell
to come up and say hey
I am from hell and it is kind of hot
I know that Texas is hot
but guess what hell is way more
hot than Texas
do you have a glass of water
by the way
I don't need that guy
I don't need that guy in grave clothes
I don't need Jesus coming down from heaven
and the question is why
why do I not need these things
well verse 8 the word is 90
even in thy mouth and in thy heart
you know what he is saying
you already know how to be saved
you already have those words in your mouth
and in your heart
now this becomes really evident
especially when you go to
Bahamas or something
because when you go to some of these Caribbean places
I don't have to show them anything they don't know
they could quote for me John 3 16
they could quote for me
they already have salvation
in their mouth
and they like that verse
they have the knowledge in their heart
how could someone have it in their heart and not be saved
well have you ever read the parable of the sower
in Luke chapter number 8 it talks about how some people
have the word of God in their heart
but you know the devil comes and takes
that which was sown out of their heart
lest they should believe and be saved
you know having Jesus in your heart
doesn't necessarily save you
believing in Jesus saves you
because according to the Bible we all have it in our heart
people have all got it sown there
a lot of people have accepted
the truth and look Catholics
have accepted the truths about Jesus
I mean I've never met a Catholic that said
Jesus isn't the son of God
or Jesus didn't die on the cross
or that Jesus didn't raise from the dead
I've never met one
I'm sure he exists but he's a weirdo
they already have that accepted in their heart
but you know what they didn't do
they didn't believe on that guy
they didn't put their faith in him yet
they haven't trusted in him yet
and so
when the apostle Paul is talking to them
he's trying to make it clear look
you guys already know
plus every place in the entire earth
according to the Bible
in Acts chapter number 15
every city had Moses
every city had already had the Bible
it wasn't like you were living in some area
you know they always talk about this proverbial guy in the jungle
like there's this guy in the jungle
and he's just never heard about the Bible
or the word of God or anything
he's just ooga booga
ooga booga trees
and it's like how is it fair that he dies and goes to hell
you know it's like
but you and I have never met that guy
and frankly speaking
go find me a person on this planet that's never even
heard of the Bible or Jesus one time in their life
good luck
because everybody has
I mean it doesn't matter if they're a Muslim
a Hindu or whatever
they've all heard of Jesus they've all heard of the Bible
they all know
and many people have already even heard the gospel
but what's the problem
someone didn't come with that faith and come and reveal it
unto them
they didn't get close enough to have their
candlesticks you know
tick so they could get that fire
they could get that gospel message did they
and of course the Jews
were scorching on their candle and it just wouldn't light
for some reason
I mean their entire candlesticks in a fire
and it won't catch on fire somehow
it's like what is wrong with your candle
you know
okay
but it's very clear
that we've never left at any point
in Romans 10
the context of talking about spiritual salvation
I mean
has any verse suggested
anything other than that so far
no it's super clear right
so then we get to verse 9
that if thou
so he's saying here's what I preach
here's what I tell people when I go and knock on a door
this is what the apostle Paul told people
that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus
and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised
from the dead thou shalt be saved
so you know what the apostle Paul told people to do
to be spiritually saved
to confess and to believe in Jesus
that's what the apostle Paul did
and you know what I'm not any better
than him all I can do
is the same thing he did and that's the same
word of faith that I preach when I go
and I knock on doors I tell people
hey look if you confess with your mouth
and you believe in your heart
you're saved
and you say what does save mean there
saved from the wrath saved from
hell saved from dying
and having to pay for your own sins
at what point
did we ever introduce physical danger
and what would be the point
like hey if a criminal
knocks through the window at night
and is breaking in your house
if you just confess
the death prone resurrection you'll be saved
you know what
I got a smith and wesson
that now here's the thing
the horse is prepared against the day of battle
but safety is in the Lord
you know what it's not about recognizing the death prone
resurrection that's going to deliver you from that situation
okay
and that is a silly silly thing
to think that somehow
every time you're in physical danger
you need to confess the death prone resurrection
or something
that is not what we're talking about
we're talking about a one time event
and notice also the emphasis of this chapter
verse 9
that if thou
thou, what is the word thou
it's a singular word
about a singular individual
that if thou shall confess
with thy mouth
and the Lord Jesus Christ shall believe in
thine heart
that God hath raised him from the dead
thou shall be saved
oh this is talking about the nation of Israel being saved
no it's talking about an individual
it's talking about one person
the singular person that confessed
the singular person that believed
that singular person is going to be saved
it's not talking about multiple people here
it's talking about a person
that decides to do this
why? because every single person
is responsible for their salvation
no one can save you
except for you trusting in Jesus
you have to decide
every person has to decide
for themselves to be saved
every child in this room
you have to decide if you're going to believe in Jesus or not to be saved
your parents can't get you saved
you can't have someone else believe for you
you have to decide
where you're going to put your trust and where you're going to put your faith
and that's how someone gets saved
verse 10
for with the heart man believes in righteousness
and with the mouth confession is made into salvation
now
from a mechanical perspective
it is identifying
two items here
absolutely
one is a belief and one is a confession
and I've heard
some people say
well there's two things you have to do to be saved
and you know
I get where they're coming from
I just don't like using that phraseology
because really
we're still only talking about one thing
we're talking about
how to believe in Jesus Christ
it's not like there's really
because here's
what the Bible is really trying to say
is this is the mechanics of how you believe
because someone who didn't confess
didn't believe
and someone who confesses and doesn't believe
didn't really confess
even though they may have
opened their mouth
I mean think about it this way
if I just said I believe that Jesus died
and was buried and rose again but I don't believe it at all
atheists are mocking it
and then you were to stand before God
and he's like why should I let you have it
and he's like why confess
no you didn't because you didn't believe it
you were mocking you were just saying it
because why?
for the confession to have happened you had to believe
and the same way for the belief to happen
you had to confess
at the same event at the same time
meaning the same thing
you had to have both for it to actually happen
similarly
the Bible describes how repentance and faith work together
in the sense that the moment
that someone believed in Jesus Christ
was the exact same moment
they repented of whatever they were trusting in
and for them to have repented
they had to believe
and for them to believe they had to repent
you couldn't have done one without the other
they were the simultaneous action
of turning
to Christ
is a joint action in the sense that I'm
both repenting and believing
but you could simply just say
I believed
or you could just say I repented
both are explaining the exact same
singular event
of course the Bible is getting into the very specific
mechanics of it and that's okay
but mechanically speaking
while there's multiple things you do to get saved
technically there's one thing
you do to be saved and just believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
the Bible is just explaining
in Romans chapter 10 how to do that
well how do I do that
well I have to believe in my heart and I confess with my mouth
and then I'm saved that's what it says in verse 10
verse 11 for the scripture saith
whosoever believeth on him should not be ashamed
so he sandwiched
verse 33 from chapter 9 all the way to here
talking about the mechanics
of salvation itself and how
Israel did not do this
but it doesn't matter if you're Israel it doesn't matter
if you're Greek look at verse 12 for there's no difference
between the Jew and the Greek
for the same Lord
over all is rich unto all
that call upon him
notice a couple things about verse 11 and 12
in verse 11 it uses the word whosoever
and verse 12
it's comparing it with a different word
all
in verse 11 it says whosoever
and verse 12 it's saying all
they mean the same thing
all and whosoever is the same
but notice another comparison it's making
it's saying whosoever believeth
but then in verse 12
it's saying all
that call upon him
well which one is it?
it's the same thing
because believing is the same
as those who called upon him
those who called upon him are those who believed in him
those who believed in him are those who called upon him
and it's whosoever
and it's all it's saying it's the
same it doesn't matter if you're a Jew
or a Greek every Jew or Greek
that believed is not going to be ashamed
whoever is a Jew or Greek that called upon him
not going to be ashamed
because that's what we had in verse number
11 and 12 and look at verse 13
for whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved
now think about this
verse 11 whosoever believeth
on him shall not be ashamed verse 13
whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved
it's just saying this is the same thing
calling on him
is the same thing as believing on him
it's the same process, same event
it's talking about
being safe spiritually
of course
there's reference to Acts chapter 2
here
let's go there for a moment, let's go to Acts chapter 2
of course
there's plenty of people who just don't believe the Bible
ok folks
and I don't really care about someone that's just
obstinate and a heretic because the Bible
says after the first and second admonition
a heretic is someone that you're supposed to reject
ok
and I've even heard this, this is crazy to me
but I've heard someone tell me in Acts
chapter 16
when the jailer said sirs what must I do
to be saved, he was asking about physical
deliverance
and I'm thinking like
but
ok, why
in the world would that guy think
that believing in Jesus
would have delivered him from the
Roman guard executing him
as a result of all the prisoners being
escaped
hey, sorry that I let all the prisoners out of the prison
but I did believe in Jesus
oh fine then
no problem
that's not what he was asking about
he was about to kill himself
you know what, he doesn't care about
physical deliverance when he's willing to kill himself
you know what he was worried about
as soon as I kill myself
my eyes are going to lift up somewhere
and you know what I don't want them to lift up in
hell
so what do I have to do to be saved before I kill myself
and it's like
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, notice they didn't say
don't kill yourself
that would have been the perfect time to ever
introduce the idea that suicide might
take you to hell, and you know what, they didn't bring it up
because technically suicide
can't send someone to hell
now of course suicide is a wicked sin
and suicide is something you should never do
if they didn't believe in Jesus
if they kill themselves they will be in hell
but if someone believes in Jesus
nothing can separate them from the love of God
which Christ Jesus is our Lord
now Acts chapter number 2
brings up the same phrase that we see in Romans chapter number 10
look at verse 21
the Bible says
and it shall come to pass
that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord
shall be saved
now what do you think
Acts chapter 2 is about?
is it about the physical deliverance
of the children of Israel that have shown up for this feast?
no, it was talking about
the Apostle Peter and
the early disciples trying to get a bunch
of Jews to believe in Jesus Christ
that's why you have very clearly in
Acts 2, 38
it talks about repent and being
baptized in the name of Jesus because he wants
them to get saved, he wants them to believe in Jesus Christ
now in Acts chapter 2
verse 21
it is a quote from the book of Joel
and you can see this
look at verse number 16
but this is that which was spoken
by the prophet Joel
and it shall come to pass
in the last days, saith God
I will pour out of my spirit upon
all flesh and your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy and your young men shall see
visions and your old men shall
dream dreams and on my servants
and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those
days of my spirit and they shall
prophesy and I will show wonders in heaven above
and signs in the earth beneath
blood and fire and vapor of smoke
the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon
into blood before that great and
notable day of the Lord come
and it shall come to pass
that whosoever shall call on the
name of the Lord shall be
saved. Now I've heard some people
take this passage in Joel and let's go
there for a moment, let's go to Joel
chapter number 2 for a moment
they'll go to Joel chapter 2
and they'll say well what you have to understand
is that Romans
was quoting Joel
chapter number 2
and I'll say yes
yeah
it is quoting Joel chapter 2 and they'll say
well what you have to understand Pastor Shelley
is that Joel chapter 2
is talking about the rapture
and that at the rapture
those who call on the
name of the Lord they're going to end up
being raptured and being saved from
physical destruction and that's the whole
context of Romans chapter number 10
well that's funny
because when I was reading Romans chapter number 10
I never saw anything about the
rapture ever
like it was like zero mention at any point
about anything close to the rapture or Christ
coming or anything like that
ok
but here's where they're
cunning and they're crafty
is Joel chapter number 2
and the portion of scripture they're going to look at
does it have reference or illusion
to the rapture and the coming of Christ
and the answer is yes
it does
but you know what it also definitely references
Acts chapter 2
you know why? because
Acts chapter 2 literally says hey this
that was in Joel chapter 2 is talking about right now
and let me tell you something
preterism is false
Jesus didn't come back
in Acts chapter number 2
so you know what?
Joel 2 is also talking about
a bunch of Jews believed on Jesus Christ
by calling upon his name
and getting saved
now look at Joel chapter number 2
and look at verse 28
now it uses the word delivered in the Old Testament
it uses the word saved in the New Testament
and you say why?
because they mean the same thing
ok
I've been delivered from hell
I've been delivered from the wrath to come
ok just like I've been saved
it doesn't matter which word I use
delivered and saved and redeemed
and any other word that means the
exact same thing
so you know what this tells me?
that the gospel was in the book of Joel
that the same way to be saved in Romans chapter number 10
was the same way to be saved
at the time of Joel
and it was the same way people got saved
in the book of Acts in chapter number 2
oh I thought it was about the rapture
it's about both
it's called dual fulfillment folks
the Bible loves to do this
where it will bring up a particular prophecy
that's going to happen in a more short term
and then talking about the end times as well
and so Joel chapter 2
is clearly in reference to Acts chapter 2
and it's in reference to the rapture
but that does not mean that Romans chapter 10
is about the rapture
if you think that Romans chapter 10
is about the rapture
you need to get your head checked
ok
go back to Romans chapter number 10
you know it's about
it's about people calling on the name of the Lord and getting saved
just like Acts chapter number 2
was about
no one got raptured in Acts chapter number 2
no one
no one even believes that they got raptured
no one even believes that
Jesus Christ returned in Acts chapter number 2
I don't even think preterists believe that
they probably thought it was even further out
from that point in time
because there's another chapter
called Acts chapter 3
and 4
don't you think that the rapture if it had happened
in chapter 2
it would have been a little bit different in chapter 3
when the disciples are still going out
and telling people that Jesus hasn't returned yet
I guess
they're confused
the apostle Paul was just confused with the rest of the New Testament
that Jesus hadn't come back yet
look folks
these are just stupid ideas
that are coming from stupid, unsaved minds
now
verse 14 explains
the backwards mechanics of this salvation
verse 14
how then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed
this makes sense because the apostle Paul is going to the Romans
he's kind of like
justifying the whole
purpose of his life
like
how in the world were you guys going to end up calling on Jesus
and getting saved
if you don't even believe
in the Jesus that's in the Bible
and it's saying
and how so they believe in whom if they have not heard
and how so they hear without a preacher
and how so they preach except they be sent
as it is written how beautiful are the feet of them
that preach the gospel of peace
and bring glad tidings and good things
so what he just explained
in verses 14 and 15
can be summarized in one word
you notice what that word is?
gospel
because that's what he's saying
that preach the gospel of peace
so telling someone
that they need to confess to the Lord Jesus
and believe in their heart
and that's how they get saved
that's the gospel
calling upon the name of the Lord is part of the gospel
people who say
you don't have to call upon the name of the Lord
are preaching another gospel
you know which gospel I preach?
the one that's in the Bible
I preach the gospel of peace
not the missing gospel
not almost gospel
but the full gospel
which is
you got to call on the name of the Lord
and you got to believe and they say oh no no no
you don't understand Pastor Shelley
look at verse 14 again carefully
it says how shall they believe
I'm sorry how shall they call on him
and whom they have not believed
meaning they already believed
and if they already believe
then they're saved
this is
again
just not understanding how logic
reason and time work
did you realize that the moment
I'm preaching
is the same moment that you're hearing what I'm preaching
was there a microscopic
second difference
when the sound waves went from my mouth
into your ear?
sure
just like when I believed in Jesus Christ
I went from repenting
to believing in Christ
was there a microscopic difference
from that
yes there was
but you know what it was the same moment
it was the same event
just like in the same way
that the time when someone believed in Jesus
they were calling on the name of the Lord
but let me tell you something
it was the same event
it was the same time
otherwise they didn't believe
it's stupid
they already believed so they're already saved
when people try to tell me there's these people
who are just believing the gospel
and they're calling
that doesn't exist because that would have been a split second in time
even at best case scenario
like some moment when they were like
dear Jesus I'm a sinner
and there's like a split second or whatever
you know before
no it's stupid
you're a fool
this is straining at a knot and swallowing a camel
if someone
is going to try and be so pedantic
to take verse 14
which is a literal question
to try and explain to you why calling on the name of the Lord
is not saying that that's how you get saved
you know what that person is wicked
because we have period
just point blank
period the verse before it
whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved
period next verse
how then shall they call on him when they have not believed
question mark see that tells you you don't have to call upon the name of the Lord to be saved
what
are you even reading the same book as me
you know what's so funny to me
I'm going to prove to you
that calling on the name of the Lord doesn't save you
you know where I'm going to go? Romans 10
I'm thinking like that's the worst chapter to go to
in the entire Bible
and then they'll just cherry pick
phrases out of this chapter
ignoring
the next phrase
they'll just be like well look it says that in verse 10
that with the heart man believeth in righteousness
see proof
and with the mouth
confession made on salvation
it's like that's how stupid some people are
look what it says in verse 16
but they have not obeyed
the gospel
for Isaiah saith the Lord who hath believed
our report
so then faith cometh by hearing
and hearing by the word of God
every time it's talking about everything we've talked about
it always just says the gospel
we never left the gospel
we never started a new conversation
it was just gospel gospel gospel
believe believe believe faith faith faith
salvation salvation salvation
same context same thing
now probably the worst offender
of this
physical salvation or denying
calling upon the name of the Lord is a guy named Norm Diamante
and
this guy used to hang out with some of us
he went to some of our soul winning marathons
some of the people in here I know have been
friends of him in the past
and let me tell you something
you know anybody
I don't care who it is anybody
that says you don't have to call upon the name
of the Lord to be saved is
wicked and I don't care
who it is I don't care if it's your friend
grandmother dog
boyfriend your Siamese
twin they're wicked
okay and I want nothing
to do with that individual
and even further proof that Norm
Diamante is wicked I have
physical hard evidence
of the fact that this guy is friends
with and consorts with
the absolute worst enemies
of our church just think
in your mind who is the absolute worst
scummy people on this
planet and enemies of our church
and Norm Diamante is friends
and consorting with those people
I have hard physical
evidence of that
oh but he's such a nice guy
why can't you be friends with him
I never want to be friends with this guy
this guy is super
wicked to the core
and let me tell you something if you don't think
that you have to call upon the name of the Lord
to be saved you should find another church
and have nothing to do with our church
and you're forbidden for ever going
soloing with us you're not welcome to go
soloing with us
and if I ever find it out you better run
okay
I don't want that heresy and
leaven and junk I mean it is
wicked I mean
what is the whole purpose of him being here getting
people saved I
don't I'm not going to tolerate for one
second that kind of wickedness
and that kind of evil now obviously
if we have a visitor come in
or someone that's brand new to the faith
and they're not really sure hey let's
love on them let's show them the truth on this
but look someone that knows better
or has been going soul winning or part of our
church and they start coming out with this junk
boy the hammer is going to
crack hard and fast
okay
you better believe it and look that guy
is wicked and I'm sick and tired
of people justifying this
junk or claiming like oh
I never called the name of the Lord
well you're just not saved then
okay why would I want to be
around you why is that something
that's cool to brag about
and what kind of logic is this hey
God wants me to be saved from
physical danger by calling on his name
but he doesn't want me to be saved from hell
by calling on his name
what I mean what's more
important physical danger or
hell hell's way more important
that just defies
all reason and all logic
and we better believe this chapter
I mean I'm not leaving any stone unturned
I mean I'm showing you every single
verse these people you ask them questions
about verses like they won't even answer
they won't talk about it they'll just
they'll just make fun of you or threaten to beat
you up or let's wrestle about it or something
it's like I don't want to wrestle with you Norm
that sounds
kind of gay alright
I'm not
I'm not interested in that
you'd be like Jacob wrestled
okay cool but you know what
I'm not interested in rolling around on a mat with you
to decide what the Bible believes
you know what the Bible says
stupid verse 18
but I say have
they not heard yes
verily their sound went into all the earth
and their words unto the ends of the world
but I say did not Israel know
first Moses saith I will
provoke you to jealousy by them
that are no people and by a foolish
nation I will anger you
but Isaiah is very bold and saith I
was found of them that sought
me not I was made manifest
unto them that asked not
after me but to Israel saith
all day long I have stretched forth my hands
unto a disobedient and gainsaying
people so again this is
kind of helping us wrap up the context
here he's explaining to
this Gentile audience
look everyone
has heard everyone
has the Gospels gone everywhere what
was the point of Romans chapter number one
the the righteousness of
God has been revealed and even
makes it clear that they have no excuse
the invisible things of him from the creation of the world
are clearly seen being
understood by the things that are made so they're without
excuse salvation
hey the words have gone everywhere
the Gospels gone everywhere
the word of God has been spread to the ends
of the world and he's like
well then did Israel
not know this like what what happened
and he said well no
the whole the reason why the Gospel went
everywhere was to try and
provoke Israel to
end up getting saved being like look
these guys are getting saved why
don't you get saved they're
getting the righteousness of God they're
getting the blessings they're getting the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit they're getting the miracles
and it should provoke them to say like
well I want in on this too
verse 20 and he's saying I was
found of them what what does it
mean to be found if that lost
sheep that Jesus went out
and he found them and he brought them in
this is again talking about that spiritual
picture of salvation how he was found
of Gentiles
and notice they weren't even asking
they were just out we were just lost little
sheep just like we and he just
pulled us out of the ditch we didn't even
know what to do we didn't even see the Savior
he just pulled us out of the ditch he found us
and of course it's not this
Calvinist doctrine of where we were just like
laser beam of irresistible
grace we at least
believe the Gospel when we heard it
we decided to trust in him
but we didn't necessarily
knock on someone else's door
to get the Gospel someone knocked on our door
someone knocked on our heart
someone came and confronted us about the Gospel
and we ended up believing in him but
what's the problem with Israel
all day long I stretch forth my hands
into a disobedient
and gainsaving people he's just like
just forever I've been trying to get Israel saved
and they just won't do it
what is gainsaying? to gainsay
means to contradict
say the opposite
to deny the veracity
of something so
you tell them about Jesus and they
contradict the stories of Jesus
everything Jesus said was constantly being
contradicted by the sinners
contradicted by the Jews
they're lying about him they're saying this is
not true he's a blasphemer
no he can't because he's from the wrong
town no
would this guy hang out with sinners would this guy
hang out with public just everything they're just
constantly gainsaying just everything about him
no it can't be that way
and they just resist
it's not that they didn't hear it's not
that they didn't know they're just a Ben Shapiro
look Ben Shapiro
knows the gospel
he knows it better than Matt Walsh who's a
catholic
he has to constantly tell Jordan Peterson
and Matt Walsh what the gospel even is
because they're such
heretics he's like well actually
Christianity teaches
that it's all faith in Jesus
not your stupid work salvation that's what I believe
you know he's like you sound
like a Jew okay
hang out with Jews too much yeah because you work for one
okay
don't trust the catholic working for a Jew
okay that's bizarre
and look
I'm not against people that
don't believe like us
we need to test them but we need to realize they're not
saved and we need to help them to do what
call upon the name of the Lord to be saved
we need to show them
the faith we need to reveal unto them the
faith and bring our faith
and preach them how do they get faith
by hearing the word of God
us going out and confronting
the world about the gospel the only
way someone's going to get saved is if you open up your mouth
don't you know another
important part of this chapter is that
it didn't say hand them a track
it didn't say mail them a Bible
it said hey
you preach them the gospel
it's the word of faith which we preach
that's how we want to get people saved
the old fashioned door knocking
soul went away alright let's close in prayer
Heavenly Father for this great chapter for this
incredible mosaic of scripture that we have
giving us the
beauty of the gospel I pray that we would
be willing to use our feet to go
that we would walk out these
doors and we'd preach the gospel to a lost
and dying world and we wouldn't get sucked in
by heretics and false
teachers and losers and people
that want to discourage soul
winning but rather we would be
emboldened and we'd see the
the reason why we go out
is that people aren't going to get saved unless we go
they're not going to hear
if we don't preach
they're not going to believe unless
we explain the gospel and they're not going to call
until they've believed
and so we have to go out there and
fulfill the great commission to preach the
gospel of peace and I pray that you would
be with us as we go and in Jesus' name we pray
amen
alright in closing let's go to song number
262
song number 262
the light of the world is Jesus
song number 262
the whole world was lost in the
darkness of sin
the light of the world
is Jesus
like sunshine and
noonday his glory's
shown in the light of
the world is Jesus
come to
the light is shining
for me
sweetly the light has
gone upon me
once I was blind
but now I can see
the light
of the world is
Jesus
no darkness of
moving Jesus
the light of the world
is Jesus
we walk in the light
with all of our kind
the light of the world
is Jesus
come to the
light is shining
for me
sweetly the light has
gone upon me
once I was blind
but now I can see
the light of the world
is Jesus
these dwellers
in darkness with
blinded eyes
the light of the world
is Jesus
you'll watch as evening
and light will arise
the light of the world
is Jesus
come to the light
is shining for me
sweetly the light
has gone upon me
once I was blind
but now I can
see
the light of the world
is Jesus
no need of the
sunlight in heaven
for the light of the world
is Jesus
the light of the world
is the light in the city
the light of the world
is Jesus
come to the
light is shining
for me
sweetly the light
has gone upon me
once I was blind
but now I can see
the light of the world
is Jesus
you