What is the Clearest Gospel of All? Romans 10

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The Jews Refuse Righteousness by Faith
1 So you see, brethren, my heartfelt desire and prayer to God is to see my own Jewish people saved. 2 I know for a fact they earnestly worship and serve God, just as I did before my conversion, but unfortunately they have failed to grasp the wonderful truth of the gospel. 3 Consequently, ignoring the free gift of righteousness God offers them in Christ, they are desperately trying to produce their own righteousness, and as a result have rejected the perfect righteousness of God made available to them through faith in His Son.4 This righteousness, produced in Christ’s doing and dying, fully met the positive demands as well as the justice of God’s holy law, so that every believer stands perfect in Christ. Thus, Christ brought to an end our futile attempts to produce our own righteousness through legalism, 5 because the righteousness man produces through his own efforts is never perfect. And Moses, through whom God gave His law, made it very clear: “Only the person who perfectly obeys God’s law in every detail has a right to live” [Leviticus 18:5; see also Galatians 3:10].

The Way of Righteousness by Faith
6 In complete contrast, the righteousness that comes through faith is not based on human effort, so that we have to hunt for Christ, 7 either by trying to reach up to heaven, or searching for Him in some hiding place on earth, as if He is extremely hard to find. 8 But how does the Bible put it? God is the one who takes the initiative and sends His Spirit right into our conscience, convicting us of the truth of the gospel as Christ is proclaimed [John 16:8-11].

9 And all that God requires from us is to submit to that conviction, confessing that Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah, the Saviour of the World, and, from the heart, believe that God did raise Him from the dead as evidence and proof of His perfect redemption, and we will be saved. 10 For righteousness by faith is a heart appreciation and response to God’s supreme gift, Jesus Christ, and such faith openly acknowledges that man’s only hope of salvation is in Christ. 11 For this is how Scripture puts it: “Whosoever believes wholeheartedly in God’s Son is guaranteed salvation and, if this faith endures unto the end, will not stand condemned on judgment day” [Isaiah 28:16; John 5:24; Matthew 10:22].

12 And incidentally, it makes no difference whether you are a Jew or a Gentile, since God’s gift of salvation in Christ is for all humanity and the only way this salvation is made effective is by faith alone. 13 For God has guaranteed that everyone who will honestly believe in His Son is assured of salvation [John 6:40].

Faith Comes by Knowing the Gospel
14 Now it is true, nobody can turn to Christ for salvation if one does not believe in Him. And naturally, you cannot believe in Him if you have never heard of Christ and His salvation history [the gospel]. And the only way you can know about the gospel is when someone witnesses to you about Him or you read about the gospel in a book or hear the good news on radio or television. 15 That is why Christ commissioned the church to preach the good news of salvation to all mankind (Markl6:159; and this is what Scripture says about those who do: “How beautiful are the feet of those who witness Christ to those who are still without hope and bring them the good news of salvation” [Isaiah 52:7].

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