Tabor Baptist Church

Introduction

• Hymns - wonderful words to sing
• Romans 9:30 - 10:13
• There are many glorious truths and promises in this passage
• This morning - a hard subject
• This evening - an answer to mankind's problem of sin
• "For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved" 10:13
• "that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised from the dead, you will be saved" 10:9
• "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame" 9:33
• People fear death
• Quote from Stirling Moss
• Quote from Jon-Jacques Russo
• The Gospel holds out hope - all our sins can be forgiven
• People do not believe that Jesus is the only way
• People universally think they are better than they are
• Our passage shows Jesus Christ is the only way
• The Jews had a zeal for God but did not submit to His Righteousness (the person of Jesus Christ)
• Yet the Gospel will still be victorious
• The true 'Israel' of God are not Abraham's descendants but those who walk by faith (9:6)
• God will not be thwarted in His purposes
• God will be victorious
• A concluding statement - 9:30
• Overview:
• Beware we don't stumble / Do not stumble at Christ (9:30-33)
• Be careful we are not like the Jews / Do not trust in good works (10:1-5)
• Believe the Gospel (10:6-13)

Do not stumble at Christ (9:30-33)

• Do not stumble over Jesus
• This was the main problem of the Jews
• With all their privilege, they stumbled at the stumbling stone (9:32)
• They had rejected the very Redeemer whom God had sent
• They treated Him like they treated the prophets
• They crucified the Son of God
• Although they sort righteousness - they never attained it (9:31)
• Yet the pagan Gentiles had attained righteousness
• Modern day examples of the Jews
• Modern day examples of the Gentiles
• We must pray, Lord save
• May we never stumble at Jesus Christ

Do not trust in good works (10:1-5)

• The apostle Paul was zealous for tradition
• We have to be careful in what we are in zealous about
• After Paul's conversion he was still zealous for his countrymen [but in a different way]
• He knew that without Jesus Christ their religion was in vein
• He knew they were ignorant of God's righteousness (10:3)
• They sought to establish their own righteousness (example of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector)
• He knew they were without excuse
• Christ has come to end the law for us (10:4)
• It is all to do with faith in Jesus Christ
• Example of Naaman
• Gal 2:16 - it is not by the works of the law that we are justified, we have a Saviour
• Gal 2:19-20
• Gal 3:10-14
• Gal 3:24-25
• Gal 4:4-5
• We are saved by faith alone!

Believe the Gospel (10:6-13)

• All about the simplicity of the Gospel message
• Do not make things difficult
• Do not try to go to heaven or the abyss
• Deut 30:11-14
• We must never complicate the gospel
• Faith alone in Christ saves (10:9)
• Heart and mind (10:9-10)
• Confess Christ (10:9-10)
• Any and all can be saved (10:11,13)
• This should encourage us in evangelism
• Call on Jesus, believe upon Him and you will be saved