PARALLEL REALITIES OF SHARING SALVATION
Romans 10.14-21
Romans: Faithful To Save – Part 6 of 10
v. 13 “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (esv)
vv. 11–12 “Everyone who believes on him will not be put to shame, since … the same Lord of all richly blesses all who call on him.” (csb)
WE’RE CALLED TO SHARE SALVATION WHILE EMBRACING …
Elated Proclamation AND A Mixed Reception
v. 15 “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” (niv)
v. 17 “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”
v. 16 “But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, ‘Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?’”(esv)
God’s Supremacy AND Our Responsibility
v. 20b “… I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.” (niv)
v. 21 “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” (niv)
Ezekiel 33.11 “Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?” (esv)