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Romans 10:5 through Romans 10:15 (NIV)
5Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: “The man
who does these things will live by them.” 6But the righteousness that is by
faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that
is, to bring Christ down) 7“or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’” (that is, to
bring Christ up from the dead). 8But what does it say? “The word is near you; it
is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are
proclaiming: 9That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe
in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is
with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth
that you confess and are saved. 11As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in
him will never be put to shame.” 12For there is no difference between Jew and
Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,
13for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
14How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can
they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear
without someone preaching to them? 15And how can they preach unless they are
sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good
news!”
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
The self-condemned sinner need not perplex himself how this righteousness
may be found. When we speak of looking upon Christ, and receiving, and feeding
upon him, it is not Christ in heaven, nor Christ in the deep, that we mean; but
Christ in the promise, Christ offered in the word. Justification by faith in
Christ is a plain doctrine. It is brought before the mind and heart of every
one, thus leaving him without excuse for unbelief. If a man confessed faith in
Jesus, as the Lord and Saviour of lost sinners, and really believed in his heart
that God had raised him from the dead, thus showing that he had accepted the
atonement, he should be saved by the righteousness of Christ, imputed to him
through faith. But no faith is justifying which is not powerful in sanctifying
the heart, and regulating all its affections by the love of Christ. We must
devote and give up to God our souls and our bodies: our souls in believing with
the heart, and our bodies in confessing with the mouth. The believer shall never
have cause to repent his confident trust in the Lord Jesus. Of such faith no
sinner shall be ashamed before God; and he ought to glory in it before men.
There is not one God to the Jews, more kind, and another to the Gentiles, who is
less kind; the Lord is a Father to all men. The promise is the same to all, who
call on the name of the Lord Jesus as the Son of God, as God manifest in the
flesh. All believers thus call upon the Lord Jesus, and none else will do so
humbly or sincerely. But how should any call on the Lord Jesus, the Divine
Saviour, who had not heard of him? And what is the life of a Christian but a
life of prayer? It shows that we feel our dependence on him, and are ready to
give up ourselves to him, and have a believing expectation of our all from him.
It was necessary that the gospel should be preached to the Gentiles. Somebody
must show them what they are to believe. How welcome the gospel ought to be to
those to whom it was preached! The gospel is given, not only to be known and
believed, but to be obeyed. It is not a system of notions, but a rule of
practice. The beginning, progress, and strength of faith is by hearing. But it
is only hearing the word, as the word of God that will strengthen faith.