Wuest Expanded So then, faith is out of the source of that which is heard, and that which is heard [the message] is through the agency of the Word concerning Christ. "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." Does that mean then that God is through with the Jew forever? 17.] That is quite true, because Isaiah says: "Lord, who has believed what they heard from us?" The faith of Christ has brought divine joy into his soul; but, in point of fact, he is traversing a world of infirmity, suffering, and grief. Romans 16 Greek interlinear, parsed and per word translation, free online Conscious deliverance, to be solid according to God, must be in the line of His truth. Through His Word. But if, in addition to all this, he allows you his case-book, and bids you read case after case similar to your own in which he has affected perfect cure, and if some of these are your own acquaintances, if they are persons whom you know and esteem, why, sir, you will not insult him by saying, "I wish I could believe you;" but you will be unable to help trusting him, unless you are unwilling to be cured. Romans 10:9-10 are of prime importance. It is God Himself who, infinitely glorified in the Lord that expiated our sins by His one sacrifice, remits them now, not looking for our victory, nor as yet even in leading us on to victory, but by faith in Jesus and His blood. Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. It was all a matter of law and achievement. And as we know, shama means both "to hear" Paul's Shema (2) By Skip Moen, Ph.D. August 18, 2011 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. The context of v. 17 is the oral preaching about Christ (see RSV), Obedience comes from believing. What a title, then, God gives me now in beholding Christ, no longer dead but risen, to have it settled before my soul that I am in Him as He now is, where all questions are closed in peace and joy! He was debtor both to the Greeks and the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise; he was ready, as far as he was concerned, to preach the gospel to those that were at Rome also (ver. It is as equally simple to the Jew as it is to the Greek. Even by this passage, therefore, it seems that a message was necessary, that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the divine message. Faith comes by hearing Gods word (compare Acts 4:4; Acts 8:12; Acts 8:35-37). You are quite willing to believe in him, but you cannot blindly follow any man, for there are thousands of quacks and impostors. The words of inspired man, Prophets, or even apostles, are not equal to the actual Words of Christ or God. John calls Jesus by the Greek word logos. One possible rendering is the total concept of God, or the total message of God., So (the reality of things hoped for) comes (out of ) (a message that is heard), and (a message that is heard) (through) the (spoken word) out of the (total message of God). 17.Faith then is by hearing, etc. Isaiah was very bold, and he said, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that ask not after me. If a fire has to be poked a Gentile is employed to do it. (c) It is the normal title of the Greek gods, prefaced before the god's name. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets" (verses 20, 21). In the fourth verse this could not be absent; in the first verse it ought not to be present. "Their voice is gone out to all the earth, and their words to the boundaries of the inhabited world." Man complicates the issues. In many, I do not doubt, faith has come through hearing of the condescending pity and the melting love of Jesus. . Assuredly; yet, nevertheless, it was not necessary for the apostle to mention those facts here. This was no question of legal obedience, although the law came from Jehovah. Granted that it is so, at once and fully. Did the drapes in old theatres actually say "ASBESTOS" on them? I believe that whoever you are, chosen or not, predestined or not, if you will call upon the name of the Lord you will be saved. The law cannot make a person righteous before God, nor can it give a person a righteous standing before God. God Logos in John 1:1 is diffrent than Christ Christos in Romans 10:17. And that word is the message of faith which we proclaim. To find the answer we'll take a deeper look at the words. The very quotation from Isaiah, therefore, goes to confirm the objection in Romans 10:14;Romans 15:0. "And it is given by the Spirit to God's own chosen?" A person cannot believe unless they hear. But this great work of Christ was not and could not be a mere vindication of God; and we may find it otherwise developed in various parts of Scripture, which I here mention by the way to show the point at which we are arrived. Let us not stumble at the starting-point, but leave room for the due extent and depth of "salvation" in the gospel. He observes Sabbath; he loves God. His pathway follows; and he shows that the very troubles of the road become a distinct matter of boast. We have had justification, both by blood and also in virtue of Christ's resurrection. First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by [them that are] no people, [and] by a foolish nation I will anger you. It quite suffices for practical purposes for you to tell me to go to the tap or the fountain. He was "declared," says the apostle, "to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead" ( , ver. Now God must have reality in the man himself. (1.) It would sometimes puzzle rather than instruct an enquirer if we were to go into the full details of a matter. And he says to Israel: "All the day I have stretched out my hands to a people who are disobedient and contrary.". I am crazy about this little doll, but it is necessary for me to get her close to me to provoke her to jealousy.Now that is exactly what God is seeking to do to the Jews. Finally he brings in Isaiah, showing that, far from retaining their blessing as an unbroken people, a remnant alone would be saved. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? There is no simple mind that can evade the plain force of this last expression. In the rest of chapter 15 the apostle dwells on the extent of his apostleship, renews his expression of the thought and hope of visiting Rome, and at the same time shows how well he remembered the need of the poor at Jerusalem. To make his point Paul uses two Old Testament quotations. There is more to be said faith and obedience go together.They are not separate.You see when you obey you believe what He said and take action .That is the living faith that can move mountains.The reverse of this is not obeying and taking action so ,faith without works is dead. Having received, having heard, having known the grace of God through Jesus Christ, we are now obligated to let the world know of that same grace.I have a very good friend, Keith Erickson, whom I love in the Lord. There can be no one to proclaim the good news unless God commissions someone to do so." This phrase - v - appears more than 30x throughout the NT Rom. We have nothing to do but to draw out by prayer, as there is occasion. Now, if it was righteous in God (and who will gainsay it?) Chapter 10Now Paul again reaffirms his love and desire for his brethren after the flesh. But hearing only is mentioned, as the more ordinary and natural way of receiving information. It is the paradox of the human situation that God is in control and yet the human will is free. All of the following also offer "word of Christ": Nestle Greek New Testament (1904): " , . Nevertheless, what is in nowise the same as what was or what will be. The woman said to him, "Sir ( kurios ), you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Yea, verily, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world. Now there is no way in which God could lay a basis for peace with Himself more blessed than as He has done it. ", Nestle's latest version 28: " , Did the Jews take the ground of exclusively having that word of God the law? Because if you know God well you will have no problem trusting in Him at all.How can you know God? But I say, did not Israel know? I.e., one of the necessary prerequisites for faith must be missing. and how shall they preach unless they be sent? The answer is found in this portion of our epistle (that is, from the middle of chapter 5). Thus he manifested himself to the Gentiles, by sending the light of the gospel among them, when they were so far from seeking him and asking after him that they were following after lying vanities, and serving dumb idols. Indeed they have. It seems to us that what we have here is not so much a finished passage as summary notes. the Jew was none the better for this, unless there were the submission of his conscience to God. It is so divinely grand, so harmonious, so good, so gracious, so unexpected nobody could have thought of it but God himself it must be the truth." There is no limitation there; the promise is to everyone; therefore, there is no difference between Jew and Greek. Next, he enters upon another branch of the truth the Spirit not as a condition contrasted with flesh (these two, as we know, being always contrasted in Scripture), but as a power, a divine person that dwells in and bears His witness to the believer. The Jews have indeed heard this message, so they have no excuse (18). English Standard Version. But when men are brought under the teaching of the word, to see that the pardon of their sins, and the acceptance of their souls does not lie with any merit of their own, or any doings of their own, another difficulty generally presents itself: they say, "What is this faith of which you speak?" Israel is indeed the only people of whom there is always a portion that believe. Is there a weapon that has the heavy property and the finesse property (or could this be obtained)? Does Paul allude to the context of Psalm 19:4 in Romans 10:18? Which was the first Sci-Fi story to predict obnoxious "robo calls"? Has He mercy only for guilty Israel? Youngs Literal so then the faith [is] by a report, and the report through a saying of God. The Law cannot give faith. God was rather provoking Israel to jealousy by the call of the Gentiles. I ought, perhaps, to add that the expression "by hearing," though of course literally it must be confined to the hearing of words vocally uttered, is meant to include in its spirit the reading of the word; for reading is a sort of hearing with the eyes, and faith has often come and will often come to men while they are reading the word of God for themselves. ; Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2001), 61. May you experience the joys of His power, of His presence, of His glory, as God day by day showers you with His goodness and with His love. Salvation supposes not this only, but a great deal more. There are minds which God has so prepared that the moment they hear the gospel they respond to it. Here, then, it is not a question at all of pardon or remission. Hence also the Papal conceit respecting implicit faith falls to the ground, because it tears away faith from the word; and more detestable still is that blasphemy, that the truth of the word remains suspended until the authority of the Church establishes it. And trust meI have been searching for a simple explanation for awhile. And indeed the voice of man can by no means penetrate into the soul; and mortal man would be too much exalted, were he said to have the power to regenerate us; the light also of faith is something sublimer than what can be conveyed by man: but all these things are no hindrances, that God should not work effectually through the voice of man, so as to create faith in us through his ministry. The time of God's patience is here called a day, lightsome as a day and fit for work and business, but limited as a day, and a night at the end of it. Hereupon he enters upon the direct proofs, and first cites Hosea as a witness. 1. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? Well, I can't either, but God didn't call me to reconcile it, He just called me to believe it.I tried to reconcile it for years until I was in such mental gymnastics I was worn out. If a person has heard and understood the message of Gods word and is not saved, it can be only because he has not believed what he has heardat least, he has not believed it enough to obey it. instructive and interesting manner the links that grace practically forms and maintains between the saints of God. Not thus does God deal with souls. From the very first we have these characteristics of the epistle disclosing themselves. The man who, being baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, or Christian baptism, would assert any license to sin because it is in his nature, as if it were therefore an inevitable necessity, denies the real and evident meaning of his baptism. You are right when you say this particular verse (Rom 10:17) refers to faith's origin, but the words that Paul is using come from the Septuagint version of Isa. Witness the common joy that grace gives an apostle with saints be had never seen, so that even he should be comforted as well as they by their mutual faith. So faith comes by hearing, hearing by the Word of God. Thither He shall come, and thence, go forth. What glory so rich as that of the Christ Himself duly appreciated? God sought by His work among the Gentiles the pouring out of His grace and love and blessings, to provoke the jealousy of the Jew, so that the Jew will seek after God through Jesus Christ. Faith then (conclusion from Romans 10:16, . "I am not ashamed," etc. As I was walking out of the room God said, "I didn't ask you to reconcile it; I only asked you to believe it." He fell and a soldier kicked him. For they're ignorant of God's righteousness and they are going about to establish their own righteousness.I had a Jewish fellow one night as we were talking say to me, "Well, Chuck, my father is a very religious man. But there was far more in Jesus. I confine myself to its doctrinal import, and the full Christian sense of the word; and I maintain that salvation signifies that deliverance for the believer which is the full consequence of the mighty work of Christ, apprehended not, of course, necessarily according to all its depth in God's eyes, but at any rate applied to the soul in the power of the Holy Ghost. Eleazar the priest was brought before Antiochus Epiphanes whose aim was to stamp out Jewish religion. It is his word, sent by his direction, and therefore if withheld by him, those who did not believe could not be blamed. I know in my own case I would have given all I had, if I might but have been informed what I must do to be saved. "But if [for so it should be read] thou art named a Jew," etc. As far as persons are concerned, there is no hindrance; Jew or Gentile makes no difference, as is expressly said, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the [passing over or praeter-mission, not] remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus" (verses 23-26). The expression means that righteousness which God can afford to display because of Christ's atonement. Thus the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against (not only the open ungodliness of men, but) the orthodox unrighteousness of those that hold the truth in unrighteousness. But I say, [Paul said,] Have they not heard? But how, argues he, could this stand, seeing that Abraham had another son, just as much his child as Isaac? If a man hears with a prejudiced heart, making up his mind before hand what he will believe, he is not likely to be convinced, he puts himself as far as he can out of the reach of benefit. Nothing less, I am persuaded, than this full blessing is the line that God has given to those who have followed Christ without the camp, and who, having been set free from the contracted ways of men, desire to enter into the largeness and at the same time the profound wisdom of every word of God. Now, what Paul declared of the Jew then is still true today. Then, in Romans 9:1-33; Romans 10:1-21; Romans 11:1-36, the apostle handles a difficulty serious to any mind, especially to the Jew, who might readily feel that all this display of grace in Christ to the Gentile as much as to the Jew by the gospel seems to make very cheap the distinctive place of Israel as given of God. God is gracious, but holy; He is faithful, but righteous. It is not the awakening of conscience, however real; neither is it the attraction of heart by the grace of Christ, however blessed this may be. The resurrection was an essential of Christian belief. The wrath of God could not possibly be glad tidings. For what remains unsolved by and in Christ? To some others, the convincing point has been the suitability of the gospel to their case, for while they have heard it preached as a gospel for sinners, they have felt that they were certainly among that class. He says his prayers every day. O soul! The mere statement of this has brought, by the operation of the Spirit of God, faith into the soul. Jesus Is Addressed As Both Human And Divine We find Jesus being addressed by the human and divine usages of kurios. It has four stages of meaning. Your name is not on the list." Faith is not a mystery juggled into us by the postures, genuflexions, and mumblings of priests. Such moral judgments will, no doubt, be used to leave man without excuse; they can never suit or satisfy God. Your father is not offering sacrifices. Of whom does it declare all this? Is public confession necessary for salvation (Romans 10:9-10)? Faith Hebrews 11:1 states that faith is the substance of things hoped for One possible alternate for the word substance is the word reality, so it could be restated as the reality of things hoped for. TheHolman Christian Standard Bible actually translates it this way. At this point we enter upon a most important part of the epistle, on which we must dwell for a little. "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." This point touches the heart of Israels problem. But for the time it is held fast, though in unrighteousness. Those that are resolved to please God must not be afraid to displease any man. How can I control PNP and NPN transistors together from one pin? Somebody must tell them what they are to believe. You must carefully guard against the notion of its being a question of Paul's own experience, because he says, "I had not known," "I was alive," etc. And he is father of circumcision in the best sense, not to Jews, but to believing Gentiles. But, suppose I still say: "Can it be that they have not heard?" The Spirit enters our hearts "after we have believed" (Ephesians 1:13) and after we have become sons of God (Galatians 4:6) and in consequence thereof. ROMANS 10:17 KING JAMES VERSION (KJV) TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT To get what Romans 10:17 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity. (3.) The bearing of this on the contents and main doctrine of the epistle will appear abundantly by-and-by. It is in Zion that He lays it. 3). Preachers and hearers are correlates; it is a blessed thing when they mutually rejoice in each other--the hearers in the skill and faithfulness of the preacher, and the preacher in the willingness and obedience of the hearers. They cannot call on him in whom they have not believed. It was not merely "to those at Rome," but "to you that be at Rome." What He does is to pierce and penetrate the man's conscience. Green Then faith is of hearing, and hearing through the Word of God. Here it indicates the gospel message was like that of the starry sky proclaiming Gods glory to all the earth (Vincent, 3:117). He is not coming according to the covenant that God established by Moses for sins to be forgiven. "By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith." You may get feeling from faith, and the best of it, but you will be long before you will find any faith that is worth the having, if you try to evoke it from frames and feelings. What has God said about my salvation? But the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against them pre-eminently. They had the refusal: To you first,Acts 3:26. Whosoever believed should not be ashamed; whosoever called should be saved. and how can they hear without a preacher?