Romans 10:1-6

Rachel Workman: I have no reading today.

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John Burnett:  10 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. ² For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.³ Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. ⁴ Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

⁵ Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”^[a] 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”^[b] (that is, to bring Christ down)

Christ’s righteousness is imputed to us when we put our faith in Him.  When we do this, God only sees Christ perfect record when He looks at our record.  He no longer sees our sin because we have been washed whiter than snow.  Verse 3 is where the world is today.  People consider themselves to be good and righteous based on their standards but our standards are nowhere close to God’s standard of perfection.  This why we need Christ righteousness instead of our own.  Our own will only condemn us and that was what was condemning the Israelites so Paul was praying that they would be saved.

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Tomorrow’s reading for Romans 10:7-13.

⁷ “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’”^[c] (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). ⁸ But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”^[d] that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: ⁹ 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. ¹⁰ 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. ¹¹ As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”^{[e] 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, ¹³ for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”^[f]