The Gospel of Grace and National Israel
Book of Romans Chapter 10 verse 1 through 13
Who are the Israelites?
Rom 9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Rom 9:5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Israel was the nation chosen and adopted as God's people and those to whom Jehovah God first revealed Himself.
Their job was to tell the world about Jehovah God, but they chose to try to keep Him to themselves.
Gen 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Exo 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
Exo 4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
They were privileged with the great patriarchal covenants and were given laws that were to teach them the truth and this truth was that no one could keep all those laws. (613 laws not just 10)
We know those Laws were given to teach them about the Messiah.
Gal_3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Gal_3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
The Israelites never came to know true "faith" and so never attained to God's "Grace".
When we mention the Jewish Law, most people think of the Ten Commandments but in reality, there were 613 commandments given to the Jewish people and God knew that no one could keep all those commandments all their lives and it only took one failure to be condemned.
They rejoiced in their Levitical Service and had great expectation of the Messiah which they are still looking for now because they rejected the Lord Jesus Christ.
The worship services in the Tabernacle and the Temple were to remind them what was due unto God on one hand and how much was graciously provided by Him on the other hand.
All the Old Testament promises will be filled with promises of the Messiah and the Millennial Kingdom (the one-thousand-year rule of Christ).
The Atonement, the kingdom of Heaven, the reign of Israel upon this earth, but they thought all these things were just for Israel and did not include the Gentiles and they rejected "faith" and decided that righteousness could only come by the keeping of the Law.
Rom 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Rom 4:14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
Rom 4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Their entire system of worship was calculated to reveal the Divine greatness and holiness of Jehovah God and human insignificance and sinfulness.
Instead of becoming a humble nation of servants, they became a nation full of pride and self-righteousness!
When God wanted holiness Israel showed rebellion!
They were looking forward to the important things that are still in their future, because when the time came to move forward, they became legalist and rejected God's Messiah.
All the promises God has made to Israel are to be fulfilled in the Lord Jesus Christ who was rejected!
The Lord Jesus Christ who is God in the flesh!
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Joh 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Israel made some tragic mistakes!
The Apostle Paul understanding all the Old Testament scriptures having been trained under Gamaliel the great Jewish teacher of that day and now a "Born Again" child of God, full of the Holy Spirit clearly saw the failures of Israel and the truth of Jesus Christ.
What was the main problem for the Israelites? They had a zeal for God, but not according to the Scriptures given to them by those Prophets they murdered because they rejected their message.
*****Rom 10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
Rom 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Paul had a burning desire for the salvation of the Israelites. Paul absolutely loved this people!
We have no reason to hate the Jews, the Israelites!
We read earlier of those that God had turned over to reprobate minds, who God knew would never accept the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Apostle Paul knew that the Israelites would never be placed in this group of reprobates.
In fact, we know that God has blinded the eyes of this people and will one day remove those blinders and they will clearly see their mistakes they made concerning the Word of God.
Rom_11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
This blindness in fact will be removed when the fulness of the heathen (Gentiles) come in.
This will happen at the "Rapture" of the Church. God does not consider those who have this zeal to be reprobates.
We know that the first Christians were in fact Jews and many Jews are still saved today.
Keep in mind that not all Israel are Israelites. Many are called Israelis today.
God is speaking to those actual descendants of Abraham through his wife Sarah!
What is the truth of these Israelites? They have a zeal but not according to the knowledge of Jesus Christ!
What is the truth of the Gentile (Heathen) the Church of the last days? We have the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, but we do not have the zeal to serve Him as we should!
Over and over we see the evidence of the Laodicean Church Age, yet the Church denies it.
What did the Lord Jesus say?
Rev 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Rev 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
We see the modern Church has pushed God away with the modern pastor believing that He knows better than the Word of God that we have been given.
There is no such thing as a new understanding of the Scriptures! God does not change His Word nor His ways!
Mal_3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not;
The modern Church is now trying to establish its own righteousness which has been the same problem for the Israelites all along!
*****Rom 10:3 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.
These Jews knew many things about the Messiah, but it was not based on a complete knowledge!
The Church has the complete knowledge, but many today think they know better than God who gave us His complete Word.
There will never be some new "Gospel"!
Israel was ignorant of God's righteousness!
Israel was ignorant of God's method of "Justification"!
Israel was ignorant as to how to be acceptable to God!
This acceptance can only come by the acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ and what He has done for our salvation!
Everyone is born with a sin nature and this sin nature can only be done away with by the Work of Christ that allows us to be "Born Again" a Spiritual Rebirth!
You cannot reject Jesus Christ and then receive this new life!
Jesus Christ is the source of all "Spiritual" gifts, the Holy Spirit is the Administrator of those gifts!
Eph 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and "gave gifts unto men".
Eph 4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
Eph 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, "that he might fill all things".)
Eph 4:11 And "he gave" some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph 4:12 "For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ":
Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
You see the true Church is made up of those who have come in the unity of the "Faith"!
Not the many denominations, and certainly not of those who take the authority of Jesus Christ out of the Church!
If you believe, then you had better believe that when God removes the blindness and restores sight to these Jews, they will all be in unity of "faith".
For Jesus Christ is the end of those old Laws and the key to "Righteousness" to everyone who believes in Him and the work He has done for our salvation!
*****Rom 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law of righteousness to every one that believeth.
We had better understand that once false teaching has taken place it is hard to get people straightened back out!
The Church has been struggling with this for years and the Jews have never overcome this at this time.
Without the Lord Jesus Christ you cannot receive the Holy Spirit!
Without the Holy Spirit you can never have the mind of Christ!
Without the mind of Christ you will still depend on your own self-righteousness which is worth exactly nothing in the eyes of God the Father!
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Joh 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Joh 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
What does the Holy Spirit teach us?
Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, "whatsoever I have said unto you".
It is the Lord Jesus Christ who is the end of the Law.
Mat_5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
These are most important things, yet these things are left out of the teaching of many denominations causing disharmony in the Church.
We had better cling to the basic truths of the Lord Jesus Christ and remember the Holy Trinity of God!
Not three Gods but One God in three persons, all bound up in the truth of Jehovah God, our Maker!
Moses tried to explain these things to the Jews, but they rejected them.
As much as they claimed Moses, they still rejected the things He taught them of the Messiah!
*****Rom 10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
Most everyone who claim the Lord Jesus Christ think that the "Gospel" is some cafeteria plan given to us from God, where we can pick and choose the things to place our faith.
God has no cafeteria plan!
God has one plan, and it is all bound up in the Lord Jesus Christ!
The Law is simply our teacher to get us "justified" by "faith"!
Gal 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Gal 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Gal 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
As humans, we have no righteousness of our selves. You can like this or dislike this, but it is still the truth because God said it!
Just as you cannot pick and choose the parts of the Bible you accept and the parts you reject, those Jews could not pick and choose which of those old Laws they would keep, or they would reject.
The difference being there is no "Grace" built into those old Laws.
When we try to reach God by law and works, simply by doing the absolute best we can, we should be able to see there is a terrible flaw in this way of thinking.
No one, but Jesus Christ has ever been able to keep those laws perfectly!
Lev 18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
It is a losing effort every time!
Gal 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Gal 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
There are only two ways to become righteous before God:
1) Keeping the Law and being perfect in the keeping of the Law, which no one but Christ was able to do.
2) Trusting in the righteousness in that person, Jesus Christ, who was able to keep all those 613 laws!
We can see that there is only one choice!
Rom 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Rom 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
When this makes sense to you, you will begin to understand the truth of Jesus Christ!
You see everyone is seeking the forgiveness of sin, but this forgiveness comes only by the "Grace" of God, because there is no law that can bring "Grace" except for the law of Christ Jesus the true and only Messiah!
Php_3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Though Paul has been criticized, we must understand that "ALL" Scripture comes to us by the Holy Spirit if that Scripture comes to us from the "Received Text"!
2Ti_3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
The name of the writer is unimportant for all those writers were guided by the Holy Spirit of God!
When we doubt the Word of God, we are not doubting the writers, we are doubting a Holy and Righteous God who cannot deceive and who cannot lie!
We must know that there is nothing unholy in the glory of Heaven!
That being true and it is, then it must take a perfect righteousness to be accepted into God's home in Heaven!
Joh 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Joh 14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
This righteousness can come only by faith in the work the Lord Jesus Christ has done for us to receive this acceptable righteousness!
*****Rom 10:6 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:)
Rom 10:7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
"Saving faith" is that "faith" that concerns itself only about the Lord Jesus Christ!
Unbelief says, "Who shall ascend into Heaven"? Unbelief says, "Who shall descend into the deep"?
Unbelief always has questions!
Faith takes her stand wherever Jesus Christ is located!
Salvation can come only by the Lord Jesus Christ!
It takes a real imagination to believe the lies of this world!
It takes a truly lively imagination to believe in evolution!
Faith is done with imaginations and faith is done with dreamers!
Faith deals in reality!
The Lord Jesus came to this world to pay the sin debt of all peoples and He died to do so!
Faith is the truth!
The Lord Jesus Christ arose from that death proving He is God!
1Co 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
1Co 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
1Co 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1Co 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
The Gospel is the truth, so for these reasons, all questions are answered about salvation!
If we look within ourselves, we can know these things are the real truth.
If we look at the world all we see is lies, deception, and wickedness!
The truth of God will satisfy the soul and the Word was indeed made flesh and dwelt among us!
Joh 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Joh 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Joh 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Joh 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Joh 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
In our search for a place called Heaven, we soon realize that we do not have it in our own power to get there, so we need a Deliverer, in fact a Messiah!
Psa_102:19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
In order for this to be true, then this Deliverer must be able to conquer sin, death, and Hell to remove these things from us.
Psa 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Psa 139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Psa 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
It is only our Heavenly Father who has this knowledge so only He could be this Deliverer, this Messiah!
As long as we depend on our own righteousness we will be lost forever!
Joh 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
Jesus Christ is that Deliverer who brought the wonderful things of Heaven within reach of those who trust Him!
God has made these promises available to us if we just believe Him!
*****Rom 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
What is true faith?
Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Heb 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
God has placed His Word within our reach!
It is easy to understand.
It is to be remembered.
It is to be practiced.
It is the Word of Faith!
Eph 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
Eph 4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
Eph 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
We are not required to find some way to Heaven!
We do not have to find a way to avoid Hell!
The Lord Jesus Christ has solved this problem that we have all had since our birth!
The Gospel of Jesus Christ only requires "faith" in this reality!
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is applied to us, when we confess with our mouths that we believe this truth!
Why? Because of the great love that God loves us!
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
We may never understand this, but it does not make it any less true!
The means to get to God's New Heaven is located on the tip of our tongue if in our heart we will believe Him!
We must confess the truth of the Gospel with our mouth, believing He is that Great Deliverer sent down from Heaven to make a way for us to join Him in His home!
Joh 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Joh 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Joh 14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Jesus says, do not worry about this I got it all under control. (My words)
God's "justice" was perfectly satisfied with death of His Son!
God was perfectly satisfied with His Son dying for us!
So God raise His Son up from the dead to live forever and those who confess this to live with Him!
Rom 4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
How could such a plan be conceived and then followed exactly as it was written not be true?
Act 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Act 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
God has done these things so we will repent and return to Him, our Creator!
This cannot be done on a whim; it must come from the heart!
*****Rom 10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Salvation is available and that shame comes when we do not give consideration of what a loving God has done for us.
God did not give these precious gifts to just one nation. God's offer is to all the world!
God's message is to all peoples!
There is only one Gospel and there can be only one Gospel!
Whoever believes in the truth of Jesus Christ will be saved!
God has made it just that simple!
The Gospel has made its way around this world, and this could only have happened by the power of God!
There may still be a very few places where Jehovah God is not known, but it can only be a very few and even those places will soon hear the "Gospel" of our Savior and our Deliverer.
The "Gospel of Jesus Christ" is universal!
Isa 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
We do not have to be ashamed of our Savior!
When we are covered in the righteousness of Jesus Christ, we should have no fear of this world!
We must never be ashamed to confess the Lord Jesus Christ before any man, any woman, or any child!
God's love is never limited to any people!
*****Rom 10:12 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.
The Lord our God treats all humanity the same!
There is no distinction between humans in the eyes of God!
There is only one race, and it is the human race!
Every human being is related to God in the same way because He is our Creator!
God does not show partiality!
We are all His creations.
We all have the sin nature of Adam.
We are all loved by Him.
None of us can be saved, but through the Lord Jesus Christ by the righteousness that is in Him.
God does not save one person one way and another person a separate way.
We must all come to Christ!
No person is favored over another person in being saved or being condemned!
Act 10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Act 10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
God will respond to all that call upon His name!
Every good thing that comes to this world comes by the hands of our Loving God!
Jas 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
This means that terrible things do not come by the hands of God!
The truth being that we must call upon God to receive the riches of His "mercy" and His "grace"!
*****Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
This statement is not in the Bible to be a deception, it is in the Bible because it is the truth!
This same promise goes out to every man, woman, and child upon this earth!
This is a prophecy that is fulfilled from the Old Testament!
Joe 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
It means when we call upon the name of the Lord, then we believe in the righteousness of His Son Jesus!
It means every person with such a belief.
Joh 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
You cannot get around Jesus Christ to make your own way to Heaven!
Jesus Christ is the answer to spending eternity with God our Father!
We must follow in the ways of the Lord Jesus Christ!
Luk 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Luk 9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Amen
