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Good Morning everyone!
Before we begin if you would turn in your Bibles to where we will be camping out today.
All of you are probably wondering who I am and why I am in front of you and not someone better looking like Jeremy.
Before we start anything however I am going to pray for us and then I will do a brief introduction.
[prayer]
[introduction]
Today we are going to be in taking on a rather large passage with a lot of content in it
Our focus of this passage is going to be the last three verses
I also want you to see our “big point” before we begin.
This is what I am going to be arguing and pleading for us to understand and act on today:
If faith comes from hearing the Gospel, then the proclamation of the Gospel is the number one priority of both individual believers and the body of Christ (the Church)
The first thing we see in this text is:
1) Paul’s Concern - 10:1-3
So I want to give a bit of context here as to what Paul is saying
Paul is writing to believers in Rome
And here in this letter Paul has spent a fair deal of it talking about the difference between a true faith and one based in good works
Paul levels the claim that salvation is by grace through faith alone and is not by works, upon all people
But one group that gets a bit of Paul’s attention in this claim is his own people, the People of Israel
Paul has spent a good deal of time in this letter speaking about his people and how despite what they believed, that on the basis of the Old Testament, salvation has not been a product of good works
Meaning you cannot work hard enough or BE good enough to earn your place in heaven
And when this is constantly talked about, Paul recognizes how this can come across:
That he is against the people of Israel
So Paul begins this section by saying:
Paul’s concern was communicating the message that the people needed to hear but did not particularly want to hear
He even says that his concern clearly is not for their lack of zeal
Their lack of salvation is not based upon a lack of zeal or certain “rigor” for God but Paul launches the accusation that it is they have zeal but:
“…not according to Knowledge”
The knowledge Paul speaks of is what?
Why is that so bad?
I mean honestly, we don’t usually ask that question simply because you’re here right?
Is it true simply because I said it?
No, but look at this like an debate or an argument and see Paul’s line of reasoning
Here he says he is concerned because they have established their own righteousness but here in our next point we will see exactly why that’s wrong and why Paul is concerned
2) Paul’s Foundation - 10:4-13
Look again at these verses as we walk through them
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Notice the first word there, “For”
That is implying a transition from the previous sentence
And that previous sentence is our last question:
Why is it so bad that the people of Israel “established their own righteousness?”
“For” or Because “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness”
What does this mean?
That word there, the “end” of the law means that Christ is the finality, the outcome; the thing to which the law finds its completion
That’s why its a bad thing, because they have established a form of righteousness contrary to where they law is to end
This is like driving to a new location and following your GPS; that is until you think you know where you’re going so you decide that you will not listen and go a different way
All while the GPS is yelling at you to take a u-turn
And you may say, I’m a pretty good navigator Cody
Yeah?
Like you can navigate the Law of God which demands perfection on a heart and mind level not just in actions?
And you can navigate your way through that PERFECTLY and make it to heaven?
Of course not, we are broken from the start!
We are starting out in a place where we are, we don’t know where we are going nor how to get there
Paul is saying his people have established a form of righteousness which is contrary to Christ and therefore is not leading them where they think it is
You may be wondering “What the heck is Paul talking about in 10:6-7?
Christ’s righteousness is by works, for he is the only representative of humanity to have perfectly kept the law.
Indeed, he is the law personified, for the aim of the law is perfect fellowship and sociality.
The sinner by contrast (the “but” of v. 6 is significant) obtains the righteousness of the law only “by faith” in Christ who is the law, not by boasting (do not say in your heart), or storming heaven (to bring Christ down), or descending into Sheol (to bring Christ up from the dead; vv.
6–7); Paul quotes a string of Old Testament texts (Deut.
8:17; 9:4; 30:12–13) to which he gives proper christological reference.
For him Christ is the living law; all human attempts at self-righteousness are arrogant invasions of the domains only Christ can enter because of his righteous works
What Paul is doing here as an author is what makes him even amongst secular scholars to be arguably one of the all around smartest men in his day, was his ability to argue to a particular audience
Paul is chaining together and using the scriptures that Jews rely on, and showing them how the have misread and misinterpreted the scriptures and showing them that the scriptures have always pointed to show:
Righteousness by grace through faith alone
The fulfillment of the law found in the Messiah - Jesus Christ
Paul chains these scriptures together up to
Paul then lays out exactly what salvation IS and WHERE it is found
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3) Paul’s Plea - 10:14-17
Paul begins his final plea here showing why he was never AGAINST the people of Israel but FOR them
Paul lays out a beautifully simple argument as to why he must tell them they are wrong concerning their belief about salvation
And as I said at the beginning, our main point I wanted us to see here in this text was this:
If faith comes from hearing the Gospel, then the proclamation of the Gospel is the number one priority of both individual believers and the body of Christ (the Church)
Paul has just laid out before us the importance of the Gospel, and the importance of people hearing the Gospel
That while WE as humans could never be righteous (that is be in right standing according to the law) because we sin; that Christ has accomplished what we have not and is offering His righteousness to us!
But not only is Paul here emphasizing the Gospel but also the message of the Gospel being taken out!
If the Gospel really is good news, why aren’t we sharing it?
Because people cannot call on one they do not believe in, and they cannot believe in one they have not heard of, and they cannot hear unless someone preaches (or speaks) it to them!
You may be thinking, “AHA see right there Cody it says preacher, and that’s not me so I’m off the hook”
NOT so fast
The word there is simply to preach or to proclaim and is the same word used throughout the gospels when Jesus sends out the disciples to proclaim the kingdom of God
SO, that means, if you’re a Christian, you’re a disciple and therefore you are called to proclaim the good news
Now I want to take time to give a practical application to this text and really answer the one lingering question, which is: Why in the world am I talking to you?
In July of 2016, the LORD called myself and my wife to step out in faith and take the Gospel to those who do not have it.
Little did we know the LORD was moving in the hearts of others, who would also join in on this mission
The calling the LORD has placed on our lives was this, that we would plant Missio Dei Community Church in Pittsburgh, PA.
Now when many people hear Pittsburgh, they think smoky industrial city that is really stubborn and crazy about its sports.
While Pittsburgh is still crazy about its sports, it is no longer a smoky industrial city but rather one that has set itself apart as a leader in medicine and technology.
Let's talk the name and its purpose:
Missio Dei is a Latin phrase coined in the 1900's meaning "Mission of God."
The purpose behind the selection of its name is simple.
We believe as a church, that the Church exists not for its own mission but rather the Mission of the One who established it and commissioned it - Christ our Lord.
That the Church exists for the proclamation of the Gospel, the creation of disciples and sending of disciples who will proclaim the Gospel and make disciples and so on.
- This is the mission of God, therefore, it is the mission of our church.
We believe the Gospel has the power to take the people of Pittsburgh, a people rooted in proud tradition and community solidarity and establish a local body of believers which can be a be a beacon of hope in a hurting, broken world and which will multiple into other local bodies of believers around our community, state, nation, and world
We also want to recognize "community" being a 2-fold importance to us.
That in the making and sending of disciples, naturally churches will be planted.
We want to emphasis community to recognize the churches planted from us do not exist in and of themselves, but rather we are a community of churches called to pray for one another and bear one another's burdens.
That our church exists to reach out and proclaim the Gospel to the community the LORD has placed us in.
We want to be passionate about how the LORD is working in the very place we were called to sow.
Speaking of which, let's talk about that community more specifically and why we are going
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