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ROMANS 10
LESSON #13
THE JEWS AND SALVATION
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 10:9-11
READ ROMANS 10:1-13 GOD’S DEALING WITH THE JEWS IN THE PRESENT FROM MAN’S VIEWPOINT.
VS. 1 PAUL PRAYS FOR THE LOST BECAUSE SALVATION IS A COOPERATION OF MAN’S WILL AND GOD’SSOVEREIGNTY
VS. 3 **WHAT IS MEANT BY “GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS” AND “THEIR OWNRIGHTEOUSNESS” .
VS. 9-11 **WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BELIEVING AND CONFESSION? ISN’T BELIEVINGENOUGH?
NOTICE THE MIRACLE STARTS IN THE MOUTH (9) AND THEN GOES TO THE HEART
THEN NOTICE THE REVERSE IN VS. 10, THAT FAITH IN THE HEART CAUSES ONE TO PROFESS WITH THEMOUTH THAT WHICH IS IN THE HEART. LUK 6:45 PRO 4:23-24
READ ROMANS 10:14-21 GOD WOULD HAVE ALL TO BE SAVED
**HOW WILL THE JEWS GET SAVED?
WHAT IT TAKES TO BE SAVED
1. NEED SOMEONE TO PRAY FOR THEM (1)
2. SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE SENT TO THEM (15)
3. THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO PREACH THE WORD (14)
GREEK INDICATES THE SPEECH IS ABOUT JESUS
4. THE JEWS NEED TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS (14)
5. HEARING ISN’T ENOUGH, FOR THEY NEED TO HAVE FAITH (16-17)
**HOW DOES FAITH COME?
6.FAITH COMES BY HEARING THE WORD OF GOD (17)
7.FAITH IS NECESSARY TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST (14)
8.BELIEVING IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP TO GOD SO AS TO CALL UPON HIM (14)
PAUL’S RHETORICAL QUESTIONS:
1. DIDN’T THE JEWS HEAR THE WORD? (18)
YES
2. DIDN’T THEY UNDERSTAND IT? (19)
YES (IMPLIED)
3. SO WHY DIDN’T THEY HAVE FAITH TO BELIEVE? (21)
BECAUSE OF THEIR DISOBEDIENT HEART.
THEREFORE, IN THIS PRESENT DAY, GOD HAS SET THEM ASIDE IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE GENTILES(19-20)
WITNESSING TO THE JEWS:
BASICS:
1. CHRISTIANITY IS NOT JUST FOR GENTILES.
2. JEWISHNESS IS A WAY OF LIFE.
HE IS NOT ANTICIPATING GAINING ETERNAL LIFE
AND AVOIDING HELL.
SIN TO HIM IS WRONG DONE HIS FELLOWMAN THUS LETTING HIS GRANDPARENTS DOWN.
3. JEWS PRESUME A STANDING WITH GOD BY VIRTUE OF ANCESTRY.
THEREFORE, HE TAKES A STAND ON PRESERVING HIS IDENTITY.
4. JEWS PRESUME ALL GENTILES ARE CHRISTIANS.
5. NOT ALL JEWS ARE RELIGIOUS AND KNOW THE OLD TESTAMENT.
POSITIVE ACTION:
1. CONVINCE HIM THERE IS A GOD WHO REQUIRES SOMETHING OF HIM.
2. EXPRESS APPRECIATION OF HIM AS A PERSON.
3. EXPRESS APPRECIATION OF JEWS AS A PEOPLE.
4. EXPRESS YOUR BELIEF IN THE BIBLE AS GOD’S TRUTH TO ALL MEN.
5. GIVE YOUR PERSONAL TESTIMONY.
6. USE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES RATHER THAN NEW TESTAMENT ONES.
7. TALK ABOUT JESUS AS A JEW.
8. DEFINE THE WORD “CONVERT” IN TERMS OF ISA 6:10.
MEANS TO TURN BACK TO GOD.
9. DEMONSTRATE THE BIBLE IS ALIVE AND TRUE IN YOUR LIFE.
**WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE SOME OBJECTIONS THE JEWS HAVE TO JESUS?
1. BELIEF IN JESUS SETS THEM APART FROM THEIR JEWISH COMMUNITY AS A TRAITOR TO TRADITION.
ANSWER = FOLLOWING GOD WAS NEVER EASY.
ABRAHAM AND MOSES ARE EXAMPLES.
2. WARS AND ANTI-SEMITISM HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE NAME OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION
ANSWER = A REAL CHRISTIAN FOLLOWING THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CAN’T HATE ANYONE.
3. OUR MORALS ARE AS GOOD AS CHRISTIAN MORALS.
ANSWER = IT’S NOT A MATTER OF SUPERIOR MORALS OR GOOD DEEDS BUT COMING TO GOD HIS WAY.
4. HOW CAN WE BELIEVE IN A GOD WHO WOULD LET 6,000,000 JEWS DIE UNDER HITLER
ANSWER = GOD PRESERVED 12,000,000 AND HAS ALWAYS KEPT A REMNANT DOWN THROUGH HISTORY.
SUMMARY:
HOS 5:15 ISA 8:17 EZE 39:23-24
PROBLEMS OF THE GOSPEL ROM 10
ROM 10:1-21
II. GOD’S PRESENT DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL ROM 10:1-21
A. CHRIST REVEALED AS SAVIOR ROM 10:1-4
1. PAUL DECLARES THAT THE JEW IS LOST ROM 10:1
2. PAUL DESCRIBES WHY THE JEW IS LOST ROM 10:2-4
a. BY HIS MISGUIDED RELIGIOUS EXERCISE ROM 10:2
b. BY HIS MISGUIDED RELIGIOUS ENTERPRISE ROM 10:3-4
B. CHRIST RECEIVED AS SAVIOR ROM 10:5-15
1. CONSIDERING CHRIST AS SAVIOR ROM 10:5-9
a. THE PROBLEM INHERENT IN ACQUIRING
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY THE LAW ROM 10:5
b. THE PRINCIPLES INHERENT IN ACCEPTING RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH THE LORD ROM 10:6-9
2. CONFESSING CHRIST AS SAVIOR ROM 10:10-15
a. THE EVIDENTIAL VALUE OF CONFESSING CHRIST ROM 10:10-13
b. THE EVANGELISTIC VALUE OF CONFESSING CHRIST ROM 10:14
C. CHRIST REJECTED AS SAVIOR ROM 10:16-20
1. JEWISH BELIEF IS UNREASONABLE ROM 10:16-20
2. JEWISH BELIEF IS UNRELENTING ROM 10:21
HOMEWORK FOR ROMANS 11
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.
APPLICATION OF ROMANS 10
WRITE ONE EXPERIENCE YOU HAD SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH
SOMEONE, JEW OR GENTILE. WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME?
WRITE WHAT YOU WOULD CHANGE, IF ANYTHING, ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE IF YOU HAD IT TO DO OVERAGAIN.
PREPARATION FOR ROMANS 11
READ ROMANS 11:1-36
WHAT EVIDENCE DOES PAUL GIVE FOR PROVING THAT GOD HAS NOT PERMANENTLY CAST AWAY HISPEOPLE, THE JEWS?
READ MATTHEW 23:13-16, 23-39 MATTHEW 27:24-26 ACTS 2:23,36
FOR WHAT SPECIFIC REASONS DO YOU THINK GOD CAUSED BLINDNESS TO COME UPON THE JEWS?
CONSIDER THE QUESTION: DO YOU THINK IT IS FAIR OF GOD TO CALL TO ACCOUNT A PRESENTGENERATION FOR SOMETHING THEIR ANCESTORS DID?
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 11:36
