Romans 11:13-16 Part 1 of 3

I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

 

Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles

Acts 9:15  But the Lord said to Ananias, "Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel."

Romans 15:15-16  Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 1:15-16  But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.

Galatians 2:7-8  On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.

I take pride in my ministry in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy 

Romans 11:11  Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.

Romans 10:19  Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says, "I will make you envious by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding." (Deuteronomy 32:21)

1 Corinthians 10:33b  For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.

1 Thessalonians 2:16  ... in their efforts to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.

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Romans 11:11-12

Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!

 

Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!

Romans 11:1-2a  I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew.

 

Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles

Acts 13:46-48  Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: "We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.' (Isaiah 49:6) When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

Acts 22:21  "Then the Lord said to me, 'Go, I will send you far away to the Gentiles.' "

Acts 26:19-20  "So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds."

Acts 28:28  "Therefore I want you to know that God's salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!" 

to make Israel envious 

Romans 11:13-14  I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.

Romans 10:19  Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First Moses says, "I will make you envious by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding." (Deuteronomy 32:21)

But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles 

Romans 11:25  I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, ...

 

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Romans 11:7-10

What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day." And David says: "May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them. May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever."

 

What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain 

Romans 9:31  ... but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal.

 

The elect among them did, but the others were hardened 

Romans 11:25-26a  I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved.

Romans 9:18  Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.

 

God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear 

Matthew 13:13-15  "This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.' [Isaiah 6:9-10]" 

 

to this very day 

Deuteronomy 29:4  But to this day the LORD has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear. 

Isaiah 29:10  The LORD has brought over you a deep sleep: He has sealed your eyes (the prophets); he has covered your heads (the seers).

May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them 

Isaiah 8:14-15  "He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured."

 

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Romans 11:5-6

So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

 

at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace 

Romans 9:27  Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will be saved." 

2 Kings 19:4  "It may be that the LORD your God will hear all the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the LORD your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives."

Jeremiah 44:14  "None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives."

Jeremiah 50:20  "In those days, at that time," declares the LORD, "search will be made for Israel's guilt, but there will be none, and for the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will forgive the remnant I spare." 

Joel 2:32  "And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, even among the survivors whom the LORD calls." 

 

chosen by grace 

Romans 3:24  ... and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

John 1:14  The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:16-17  Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Titus 2:11  For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.

Hebrews 4:16  Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

 

And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. 

Ephesians 2:8-9  For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast.

 

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Romans 11:1-4 Part 2 of 2

I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don't you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah--how he appealed to God against Israel: "Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me"? And what was God's answer to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

 

"Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me" 

1 Kings 19:10  He replied, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too." [see also verse 14]

1 Kings 18:4  (While Jezebel was killing off the Lord's prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.)

1 Kings 18:22  Then Elijah said to them, "I am the only one of the LORD's prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets." 

"I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal." 

1 Kings 19:18  "Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him."

Hosea 13:1-3  When Ephraim spoke, people trembled; he was exalted in Israel. But he became guilty of Baal worship and died. Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of these people, "They offer human sacrifices! They kiss calf-idols!" Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears, like chaff swirling from a threshing floor, like smoke escaping though a window.

 

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Romans 11:1-4 Part 1 of 2

I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don't you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah--how he appealed to God against Israel: "Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me"? And what was God's answer to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

 

Did God reject his people? By no means! 

Leviticus 26:43-45  " 'For the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees. Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them or abhor them so as to destroy them completely, breaking my covenant with them. I am the LORD their God. But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the LORD.' " 

1 Samuel 12:22  "For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own."

Psalm 94:14  For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.

Jeremiah 31:37  This is what the LORD says: "Only if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below be searched out will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done," declares the LORD.

 

I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham 

2 Corinthians 11:22  Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham's descendants? So am I.

 

from the tribe of Benjamin 

Philippians 3:5  ... circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; ...

 

God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew 

Romans 8:29  It is just as Isaiah said previously: "Unless the Lord Almighty had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah." 

Jeremiah 23:3  "I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number." 

Joel 2:32  "And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, even among the survivors whom the LORD calls."

 

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Romans 10:19-21

Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First Moses says, "I will make you envious by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding." And Isaiah boldly says, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me." But concerning Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people."

 

I will make you envious by those who are not a nation

Romans 11:11  Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make them envious.

Romans 11:13-14  I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.

 

I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding 

Deuteronomy 32:21  "They made me jealous by what is no god and angered me with their worthless idols. I will make them envious by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding." 

 

I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me 

Isaiah 65:1  "I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, 'Here am I, here am I." 

Romans 9:30  What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; ... 

 

But concerning Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people." 

Isaiah 65:2  "All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations--..."

Isaiah 1:2  Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth! For the LORD has spoken: "I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me."

Psalm 78:7-8  Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands. They would not be like their ancestors--a stubborn and rebellious generation whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him. 

 

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Romans 10:16-18 Part 2 of 2

But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message?" Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. But I ask" Did they not hear? Of course they did: "Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."

 

"Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."

Psalm 19:1-4a  The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.

Matthew 24:14  "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." 

Romans 1:8  First I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. 

Colossians 1:6  ... In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world--just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God's grace.

Colossians 1:23b  This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. 

1 Thessalonians 1:8  The Lord's message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia--your faith in God has become known everywhere. 

 

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Romans 10:16-18 Part 1 of 2

But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message?" Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. But I ask" Did they not hear? Of course they did: "Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."

 

But not all the Israelites accepted the good news 

Hebrews 4:2  Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to be fallen short of it. For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us just as they did; (Numbers 14) but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.

 

For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message?" 

Isaiah 53:1  Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

John 12:37-38  Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: "Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

 

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message 

Galatians 3:2  I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? 

Galatians 3:5  So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?

and the message is heard through the word about Christ 

Colossians 3:16  Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

 

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Romans 10:12-15 Part 2 of 2

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." How, 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? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

 

for, "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Acts 2:21  " 'And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.' " (Joel 2:28-32)

Genesis 4:26b  At that time people began to call on the name of the LORD.

1 Corinthians 1:2-3  To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ--their Lord and ours: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Joel 2:32  "And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, even among the survivors whom the LORD calls."

As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" 

Isaiah 52:7  How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

Isaiah 40:9  You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!"

Nahum 1:15  Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and fulfill your vows. No more will the wicked invade you; they will be completely destroyed.

 

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Romans 10:12-15 Part 1 of 2

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." How, 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? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

 

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile

Romans 3:22-24  This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

Romans 3:29-30  Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 

 

the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him 

Matthew 28:18  Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." 

Daniel 7:13-14  "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed." 

Philippians 2:9-11  Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 

 

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Romans 10:9-11 Part 3 of 3

... If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, "Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame."

 

that God raised him from the dead

Acts 13:30-31  "But God raised him from the dead, and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people." 

Acts 17:30-31  In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead." 

1 Peter 1:21  Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God. 

 

you will be saved 

Matthew 1:21  "She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." 

John 3:17  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

Acts 4:12  "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved."

1 Corinthians 1:20-21  Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 

 

"Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame." 

Isaiah 28:16  So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic." 

Romans 9:33  As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame." (Isaiah 8:14; 28:16)

 

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Romans 10:9-11 Part 2 of 3

... If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, "Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame."

 

and believe in your heart

John 3:14-16  "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, (Numbers 21:8-9) so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him." For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 5:24  "Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life."

John 20:29  Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." 

Acts 16:30-31  He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved--you and your household."

1 John 1:5  Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

 

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Romans 10:9-11 Part 1 of 3

... If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, "Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame."

 

If you declare with your mouth 

Matthew 10:32  "Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven."

 

"Jesus is Lord" 

John 13:13  "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am." 

Luke 2:11  "Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord." 

Luke 6:46  "Why do you call me, "Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?" 

Luke 11:1  One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples." 

Acts 10:36  "You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all." 

Romans 10:12  For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Joel 2:32)

Philippians 2:9-11  Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 

Colossians 2:6-7  So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

 

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Romans 10:6-8

But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down) "or 'Who will descend into the deep?' " (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say?  "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: ...

 

But the righteousness that is by faith 

Romans 9:30  What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal.

Romans 1:17  For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed--a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." [Habakkuk 2:4] 

Romans 3:22a  This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. 

Romans 4:13  It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

"Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down) 

Deuteronomy 30:12  It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?"

Proverbs 30:4  Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!

"or 'Who will descend into the deep?' " 

Deuteronomy 30:13  Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?"

Job 28:14  The deep says, "It is not in me"; the sea says, "It is not with me."

(that is, to bring Christ up from the dead) 

Acts 2:24  But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

"The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," 

Deuteronomy 30:14  No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

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Romans 10:5

Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: "The person who does these things will live by them."

Leviticus 18:5  " 'Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.' " 

Deuteronomy 4:1  Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 6:24  "The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today."

Nehemiah 9:29  "You warned them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, 'The person who obeys them will live by them.' Stubbornly they turned their backs on you, became stiff-necked and refused to listen."

Proverbs 19:16  Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die. 

Isaiah 55:3  "Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David."

Ezekiel 20:11  " 'I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.' "

Ezekiel 20:13  " 'Yet the people of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws--by which the person who obeys them will live--and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths.' " 

Ezekiel 20:21  " 'But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws, of which I said, "The person who obeys them will live by them," and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.' " 

Romans 7:10  I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

Luke 10:26-28  "What is written in the Law?" he (Jesus) replied. "How do you read it?" He (an expert in the law) answered, " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind' (Deuteronomy 6:5); and 'Love  your neighbor as yourself.' (Leviticus 19:18)"  "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live." 

Galatians 3:12  The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, "The person who does these things will live by them." 

 

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Romans 10:1-4 Part 2 of 2

Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

 

Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness 

Romans 1:17  For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed--a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." (Habakkuk 2:4)

Romans 9:31  ... but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. 

Deuteronomy 6:25  "And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness."

Isaiah 51:1-2  "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was only one man, and I blessed him and made him many."

Christ is the culmination of the law 

Galatians 3:24  So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.

Romans 7:1  So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes 

Romans 3:22-24  This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

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Romans 10:1-4 Part 1 of 2

Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

 

my heart's desire 

Psalm 20:4  May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Psalm 37:4  Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 145:16  You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

Isaiah 26:8  Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.

For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God 

Acts 21:20  When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: "You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law."

Acts 22:2-3  When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet. Then Paul said: "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. (Jerusalem) I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today."

Galatians 1:14  I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Philippians 3:5-6  ... circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.

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Romans 9:30-33 Part 3 of 3

What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but the people of Israel who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone. As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."

 

Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone. 

1 Peter 2:7-8  Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone." (Psalm 118:22) and "A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." (Isaiah 8:14)

 

"See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."

Isaiah 8:14  "He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare." 

Isaiah 28:16  So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic." 

Romans 10:9-11  If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, "Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame." (Isaiah 28:16) 

1 Peter 2:6  For in Scripture it says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame." (Isaiah 28:16) 

 

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Romans 9:30-33 Part 2 of 3

What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone. As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."

 

but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness 

Deuteronomy 6:24-25  "The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness." 

Isaiah 51:1-2  "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was only one man, and I blessed him and made him many." 

Romans 10:2-3  For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 

Romans 11:7-8  What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day." (Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10) 

have not attained their goal 

Galatians 5:4  You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

 

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