1. Review –Chapters 9-11 are prophetic – What about the nation of Israel? –The question comes up, Since God has given the covenants and promises to Israel, (9:1-6) what has happened to the nation as a whole? –So far in Chapters 9 & 10 how has Paul responded to this question? Not all of Israel is spiritual Israel God sovereignly chooses on whom He will have mercy, making them part of spiritual Israel, and hardens whom He wants. Israel sought righteousness through self-righteousness in the law and not through faith Christ had done it all for them but they did not believe –Don’t try to bring Christ up from the dead or down from heaven so you can crucify Him again but believe in what He has already done –Verses 9 &10 are a chiasm Whatever is in the middle of a chiasm is often there for emphasis –What is in the middle? –Believe – the emphasis is on the faith that they needed to have in what Christ had already done –Emphasis is not on confessing or calling on the Lord but on believing When one confesses the Lord or calls on the Lord it is an outward manifestation of the inner heart of belief Romans The Gospel Outreach - 10:14-21 Lesson # 80 Jim Pool, April 29, 2007 1 of 5

2. Steps in God’s offer of Righteousness – verses 13-15 –Saved by calling on the name of the Lord – one cannot be saved without calling on the Lord Future-passive-indicative –Call – one cannot call without believing To call for ones self, to appeal on ones behalf, Aorist-middle-subjunctive –Believe – one cannot believe without hearing To place trust or reliance upon, confidence in Aorist-active-subjunctive –Hear – one cannot hear without a preacher Hearing must come before belief Aorist-active-subjunctive –Preaching – one cannot preach without being sent One heralding or proclaiming Aorist-active-subjunctive –Sending To send or serve, a commission Aorist-passive-subjunctive Who is responsible for sending people out in ministry? Romans The Gospel Outreach - 10:14-21 Lesson # 80 Jim Pool, April 29, 2007 2 of 5 These are assumed facts in the form of questions Deliberate subjunctive – to state a series of facts The Holy Spirit – He will use the local church but ultimately He is responsible for sending Acts 13:1-5

3. Beautiful are the feet of those who have been sent and are preaching – from Isaiah 52:7 Did God send anyone to proclaim the gospel to the Jew? –Yes, He did - but how do we know? –Isaiah 52:7, 53:1-12 –The Jews knew of and were looking forward to a coming deliver The Jews refused to believe the gospel – verse 16 &17 –Jews refused to heed the gospel – verse 16 Heed - to hear under, to listen, to submit, to obey –Jews refused to believe the gospel – verse 17 One must hear in order to believe Because they refused to hear the gospel they were refusing to believe it They heard but did not have ears to hear – they refused to believe what they heard – John 1:11 The big picture - The issue was, don’t continue on in self- righteousness but believe in the righteousness of God - the righteousness of faith. Believe in the Gospel – what Christ has already done for you! Romans The Gospel Outreach - 10:14-21 Lesson # 80 Jim Pool, April 29, 2007 3 of 5

4. –The question comes up, Since God has given the covenants and promises to Israel, (9:1-6) what has happened to the nation as a whole? They did not hear and therefore believe Someone was sent to them and the message was preached – Isaiah 53:1 - but they did not hear and therefore believe Some would say we have not heard? We have never been told and have never had the opportunity to hear – verse 18 –They had heard the gospel, so don’t say you haven’t heard! –How do we know they heard? Psalm 19:1-6 – natural or general revelation Psalm 19-7-14 – special revelation The Jews did know in advance of their rejection of Christ and the offer to the Gentiles – verse 19-21 –They knew and Paul quotes Moses in Deut. 32:17-21 –Who is referred to “by that which is not a nation” and “nation without understanding”? The Gentiles Were the Jews angry? –Yes – the Jerusalem council and others protesting Paul going to the Gentiles Romans The Gospel Outreach - 10:14-21 Lesson # 80 Jim Pool, April 29, 2007 4 of 5

5. –They knew and Paul quotes Isaiah 65:1 Context is referring to Israel The use of the quote by Paul here is using OT texts which apply to Israel as an analogy to refer to the Gentiles In Romans 10:21 Paul says, “But as for Israel” – this would stand in contrast with the people previously mentioned, referring to the Gentiles –Verse 21 is straight from Isaiah 65:2 referring to Jews Conclusion –The Jews are in a state of continuous rejection of God’s offer of righteousness The fault is theirs – they have no excuse They have heard the gospel but rejected it –God as a result, has set the Jew aside and is calling out a people from the Gentiles –God still loves the Jew despite their disobedience which will continue until the tribulation period –At that time all Israel will call upon the Lord and they will be saved Romans The Gospel Outreach - 10:14-21 Lesson # 80 Jim Pool, April 29, 2007 5 of 5