 Good morning everyone and thank you Kung, Asha, Christopher and Abinahs for joining class. We'll begin, the others will join in the meantime. Can I ask Abinahs, can you please lead us in prayer please? Yes, yes. Let's pray. Our Grace is Heavenly Father, we thank you for this beautiful day and beautiful time, Father God. This time we come to Throne, Father God, with the one accord and one mind, Father God. And as we are going through this Book of Romans, Father God, we ask you, Lord Jesus, to reveal your heavenly things, Father God, so that we will learn and equip ourselves, Father God, and we will know the hidden truths that you have, Father God. We commit man to your mighty hand and all the students to your mighty hand, Jesus. And we have to pray in Jesus' mighty name. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Abinahs. Okay, we'll continue with our study in Romans. I hope you all are learning from the Book of Romans, encouraged, uplifted, spiritually growing in your understanding about God's ways and the doctrines that we are learning also through these chapters. We've come to chapter 10. Anyone has any questions about chapter 9? Any questions in chapter 9, anyone? Basically, in chapter 9, we saw that Paul is basically trying to answer the question, what is God doing with the Jewish people, because he's chosen them, he had given them the covenants, the sign of the covenant which is circumcision, giving them the laws, the prophets, there's the forefathers there, through them came the priests, and they were the chosen generation, the chosen people group through whom God is going to fulfill his plans and purposes. And here we see that God has chosen the church, which is comprising of Jews and Gentiles. So what is God doing with the Jewish people? Those who have not accepted him as Lord and Saviour have not accepted Jesus as the Messiah. And so what are the promises? Where are the promises gone that God made to the Jewish race? So we see that the promises of God haven't yet failed and will not fail. God is a promise-keeping God. He will keep his promises. And so Paul first states in Romans chapter 9, who are the children of promise? The children of promise are not the children who are born to the Jewish race or to Jewish parents, but the children of promise are those who believe God. They're made righteous by faith. They receive righteousness by faith when they believe in God. They are called the children of promise. Second, he says, the purposes of God will be fulfilled because God is sovereign. He will go about doing what he has planned. He has purposed even before the foundations of the world in spite of man's choices. And so he gives an example of Abraham, Jacob, Esau, Moses, and Pharaoh. In spite of their own decisions that they made, the choices that they made, God fulfills his plan and his purposes because he's sovereign. He does what he wills. But even though they don't choose according to his plan and purpose, yet we see that God will bring about his plan and purpose, will see his plan and purpose, that he has envisioned, that he desires to be fulfilled through what he is unveiling in history. So that is God's sovereign will or his plan and purposes that stands, that he brings about irrespective of man's choices. And we also see that towards the end of Romans 9 that the Jews want to establish their own righteousness. They want to be made right in God's sight. They want to have a right standing. And they do it in their own understanding, in their own ways based on the law. Instead of receiving the righteousness by faith, they want to pursue it by the works of the law. And God is going to overwrite that God is going to give them up to their own choices. You can choose keeping the law. You think you're going to be made righteous by keeping the law. He just gives them up to their own plans and purposes. He's not going to overwrite their choices. But those who choose to be made righteous by faith, they become the children of promise. They inherit the promises. They become part of the blessings that was given to Abraham. And God will bring about the blessings, the plans, the purposes he has for their lives. It's because of the choice that they have made. But those who still want to, you know, the Jews who still want to do, make themselves righteous or think righteousness is by keeping the law, God is not going to overwrite them. He's going to give them up to their own choices. Now, that is briefly what we saw in chapter 9. In chapter 10, you know, we see that Paul is again talking about how we can be made righteous and he, you know, he talks about the Jews and the Gentiles, what is God's plan for them, what is God's will, what he has foreordained, and how he is going about bringing about his plan and his will into fruition. So we look at Romans chapter 10. Can somebody please read verses 1 to 5, please? Romans chapter 10 verses 1 to 5. Shall I read it, ma'am? Yes, thank you, Rupa. Romans chapter 10, 1 to 5. Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved, but I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. But being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. But Christ is the end of the law, the righteousness to everyone who believes. For Moses who writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandment shall live by them. Thank you. Thank you, Rupa. Is my voice audible? Is it clear or is it echoing? It's clear questions. Sorry, dear? It's clear questions. It's clear? Okay. Thank you, Asha. Okay. So we see in chapter 10 verse 1, Paul is basically repeating what he said in the beginning of chapter 9, what he's revealing that is in his heart or what is the desire of his heart. His desire in his heart is that for his own people to be saved, the Jewish people to be saved, to come to the saving knowledge of Christ Jesus to receive salvation. So he's beginning chapter 10 as he began chapter 9 where he's saying what is his desire, his burden, his overriding desire, his deep desire, his will, his burden in his heart that is for his own people, the Jewish people to be saved. We know that Paul was a staunch Jew but through this powerful encounter that he had in the road to Damascus with Jesus, he comes to faith in Christ and he knows that this encounter has brought significant transformation in his life. And he's desiring the same thing for the rest of his Jewish people. Verse 2 he says, for I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God but not according to knowledge. Okay. So the Jewish people are very zealous for God but they do not have the right knowledge. They are so blinded to the truth and their eyes have not been opened to the truth. So even though they are zealous for God, just like Paul was so zealous for God and that's why he was going around persecuting the Christians because he was so zealous for the Jewish faith. So he's saying yes, these Jewish people just like me are very zealous for God but sadly they don't have the right knowledge. They're so blinded to the truth. Their eyes have not been opened to the truth. Verse 3, for they being ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness have not submitted to the righteousness of God. Okay. So he's saying here that they are ignorant about how to receive God's righteousness. So the Jewish people are saying, are so ignorant about how to receive God's righteousness. They're going about trying to establish their own righteousness by keeping the law and they haven't received a revelation of how they can receive righteousness through Jesus Christ. Even if they receive some of them have received their revelation, they don't want to believe it. And that later on in this chapter, he goes on to say how because they rejected the gospel, how the gospel was God and the sovereign will chose the gospel to be shared with the Gentiles and hence they also become, when they receive by their own choices, when they receive and they made righteous by faith, they become children of a promise. So he says that they have received maybe the revelation, but they're seeking to do establishing, they're seeking to establish their own righteousness in their own strength in their own wisdom by keeping their law and they have not submitted to the righteousness of God. So even though they've received the revelation, so to say some of them, they have chose not to submit to the righteousness of God. They have not believed that they can receive righteousness through Jesus Christ. In verse 4, he says, Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. So Paul is very beautifully stating here that yes, God gave the law, but we could not keep the law. The law just kind of showed us what is, you know, when we were sinning, it made us aware of sin, it highlighted sin. It showed us when we were missing them, but the law could not enable us to keep the law. It could not make us righteous. And so he says Christ is the end of the law. So all of the law was given for one reason. What was the law given for? The law was given for a reason that is to bring us to Christ. The law was given to point to Christ. The law was given so that we can come to a place where we can understand that righteousness is through faith in Jesus Christ. So all of the law is just speaking of one person that is... So all of the law is speaking of one person and that is Christ. So all of the law was given for one reason, which is to bring us to Christ. The law pointed us to Christ. How does the law point us to Christ? The law showed us when we sinned, when we missed the market, highlighted sin in our life, but it could not empower us to keep the law. So it showed us that there is somebody else, God himself, who can enable us to keep the law. It showed us Christ and Christ was the one who came. And through his righteousness, his righteousness was imputed upon us, was put into our account. And when we believe by faith, we are made into a right standing with God. So all of the law speaks of one person Christ. All of the law points to one person that is Christ. And all of the law was given for one reason, that is to bring us to Christ. Verse 5, he says, For Moses writes about the righteousness, which is of the law, as the man who does those things shall live by them. So basically, Paul is pointing out to Moses when Moses said, if you want righteousness by the law, you have to live by the law. And this is very difficult because eventually you know that you will end up not keeping the law, but living by the law, but breaking the law. Because if you break one law, you've broken all of the laws. So you just can't keep any of the laws. So it's very difficult because you will end up breaking it, at least one of the many laws you will end up breaking. So if you break one of the law, it's as though you've broken the whole law. You've broken all of the law. So the option of getting righteousness by the law is not available. There is no possibility of being made righteous by keeping the law. So the only way of receiving righteousness is through Christ. But the Jews, Paul says, are not willing to see that. They're not only willing to see that, they're not only willing to receive that, and hence they're trying to work out their own righteousness by keeping the law. And it's not working for them. So in verse six onwards, Paul is talking about righteousness by faith. And he says, he talks about people who receive righteousness by faith. How do they live? So he's going to talk about this in verses six onwards, where he's talking about righteousness by faith. And he's going to tell us that people who receive righteousness by faith, how do they live? So can one of you please read Romans chapter 10 verses six to 13, please. The righteous faith in faith says, do not say in your heart, who will ascend into heaven. This is to bring Christ on, or who will descend into heaven. This is to bring Christ up from heaven. But what does it say? The word is near you. The mountain in the heart. That is the word of faith that we look for. Because if you confess with your mother, Jesus is Lord, and buried in your heart, and God lays nothing to death, that is what we say. But with the heart, one believes in his justice. One of them got one few persons and he was saved. Oh, did you read verse 10 and 11 as well, please? Or 10 to 13 as well. Yes, Master. But with the heart, one believes in his justice, one looks him out, one confesses and is saved. But the scripture says, everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame. For there is no distinction between you and me. For the same Lord is Lord of all. He is telling his riches on all who have called him. Verse 13. For everyone who called him, the Lord will be saved. Thank you, Asha. So here in verse 6, Paul is saying, but the righteousness of faith speaks in this way. Do not say in your heart who will ascend into heaven, or who will descend into the abyss. So here Paul is saying, those who receive righteousness by faith, they speak in this way. How do they speak? And he's quoting from Deuteronomy chapter 30 verses 12 to 14. So we read Deuteronomy chapter 30 verses 12 to 14, or we can read even verse 11. Deuteronomy chapter 30 verse 11 to 14. One of you please read that. Deuteronomy chapter 30 verses 11 to 14. Somebody else read it please. Deuteronomy chapter 30 verses 11 to 14. Yes. Okay. This command I'm giving you today is not too difficult for you, and it's not beyond your reach. But it's not kept in heaven so distant that you must ask who will go up to heaven and bring it down so that we can hear it and obey. It is not kept beyond the sea so far away that you must ask who will cross the sea to bring it to us so we can hear it and obey. No, the message is very close at hand. It is on your lips and in your heart so that you can obey it. Thank you, Kong. Amen. So here Paul is quoting from the Old Testament scripture and Deuteronomy chapter 30 verse 11 to 14. He said in the introduction that, you know, we see in the episode of Romans, Paul quotes a lot of Old Testament scripture. So here is one of the scriptures that he's quoted. And here this scripture here in Deuteronomy chapter 30 is what Moses is speaking to the people of Israel. He's talking to them. He's telling them, telling the people about the commandment, the law, that, you know, the commandment and the law is not mysterious. Okay. It's not mysterious that is, you know, that you have to go and look for it in heaven or you should go down at the bottom of the sea, that you have to look for it, that you have to understand it, that you have to discern it. No, it's quite simple. It's easy. It says it's close to you. It's in your heart. It's in your mouth for you to do it. So what he's saying is, you know, the law and commandments of God is not mysterious that you cannot understand. It's something that you can understand. It's very near you. It's already in your heart. It's in your mouth. That means it's so much part of you. It's so much part of you that, you know, you can just live by it. It's not something that you have to adhere to in a way of keeping rules, it's something that is a way of life. It's something that's a lifestyle that you just live by. It's just something that's so automatic that is, it's innate in you. It's part of inbuilt in you. It's part of you because it is very near you. It's in your heart and it's in your mouth for you to do it. It's not something that you can't understand. So what he's basically encouraging the people is, you know, don't make excuses that you can't keep the law. You don't know the law. You can't understand the law. You don't know, but the law is, you know, close to you. It's in your heart and it's in your mouth. And, you know, Paul is quoting that scripture here in verse six. And he says, do not say in your heart, you know, who will, you know, ascend into heaven or who will descend into the axis. And he says in verse eight, he says, but what does it say? The word is near you. It's in your mouth and in your heart. And this is a word of faith which we preach. Now, in Paul is quoting from the Old Testament in Deuteronomy chapter 30 verse 11 14. But in Deuteronomy, Moses is talking about the commandments and the law or the commandments and or the law. And here Paul, instead of saying the commandments, he's saying the word. Okay, that is a difference here. Okay, Paul is saying using the word word. But when Moses speaks, he talks about the commandment or the law. And so Paul is instead of saying commandment, he's saying the word. He's saying the word of faith, which is preached to you, which we preach to people. So he says the word is near you. So we see that Paul is replacing commandment with the word. He's replacing commandment with Christ because he's just stated that the end of the law is Christ. So he's replacing the commandment or the law with Christ. We read that in verse four for Christ is the end of the law for righteousness for everyone who believes. So in verse four, he's replacing the commandment with Christ. And here he's replacing the commandment or the law with the word word. So what is Paul trying to basically say here? He says the way God wants us to live actually hasn't changed. It's the same in the Old Testament. It's the same even now. You know, the Old Testament, the law, the commandments is near them. It's in their heart and in their mouth in order for them to know what the law is. It's not mysterious for them. They can understand it and know what they need to do. But you know, much hasn't changed. What has only changed is in the Old Testament, it is the law. But in the New Testament, it is the message of Christ. It's the word of faith that we preach. It's the word of Christ. It's the word of faith. It's the teaching of Jesus. It is who Jesus is, what he has done and what he has made available to us. And Paul is saying this is the word that we preach. And this is the word that is, you know, is in your heart. It's in your mouth in order for you to understand it, for you to know it, for you to do what is required of you. So Christ is not far away. You know, it's not like somewhere in heaven that we have to search for him or it's not, he's not deep down, you know, that we have to go looking for him. Just like, you know, the law is not so mysterious that we have to go to heaven and try to understand the meaning or we need to go down the depths of the sea to find the meaning. No, the law is near you. It's in your heart and in your mouth. The same way Christ is not far away or he's not deep down that we can't understand him. But he's right near you. Okay. He's, he's just, just there next to you. He's right there with within you. And it's within your reach. It's the word of faith and the message of Christ, who Christ is and what he has done. So, you know, that message, that word, you know, Paul is saying, keep it in your heart and keep it in your mouth. And then in verses nine and 10, he explains to us something which is not mentioned, which Moses has not mentioned in Utronomy. In verses nine and 10, Paul is basically explaining to us the dynamics of how it works. Yes, the word, in the New Testament, it's the word Paul says is near you, it's in your heart and your mouth. Of course, in the Old Testament, Moses says it's the law, the commandments is near you, it's in the heart and your mouth. But you know, Paul is going on to explain the dynamics of how this works. He's going to talk about the inner details of keeping the word in our heart and in our mouth. Yes, the word, you know, all that Christ has done, the message of Christ, what he's accomplished, you know, what, what he has said, what he has done for us. It's not mysterious. We, we all know about it because that is what is preached. That is what has been told to us. We are aware of it. So the revelation has been revealed to us. We know we have seen the truth. But, you know, he's talking about the dynamics of how it works in our lives. He's talking about the inner details of keeping the word in our heart and mouth. So how does it really work, even though the word is near us, it's near our heart and our mouth. How does it work? In verse nine, you know, Paul says in, in verse nine, he says, if you confess with your mouth to Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Okay. So here in verse nine, he says, if we confess with our mouth, what do we confess? We don't confess with our mouth, the commandments or the law, but we confess with our mouth, the Lord Jesus. And when we believe in our heart that God has raised him from the dead, then we will be saved. Which means we will experience salvation. We will experience so so. So so we know is a comprehensive word, which, you know, it's not just saving us from our sins. It's not just talking about forgiveness of sins, but it's talking about healing. It's talking about deliverance. It's talking about divine protection. It's talking about redemption. It's talking about, you know, wholeness and the fullness of the life, the zoe life that God has come to give us. So he says, how does this whole thing work? The word is near our heart and it's in our mouth, but how does it work? It only works when we confess it with our mouth and we believe it in our heart. So we believe in our heart that Jesus Christ is God. We believe in our heart what he has said, what he has done for us on the cross, what he's accomplished for us on the cross. We believe it in our heart and then we confess it with our mouth. And what happens when we confess with them in our mouth, what Jesus has done for us on the cross, you know, we will be saved. Which means we will experience salvation. So when we believe who this Christ is and what he has done for us, we will experience salvation. So he's just basically talking deeper about the dynamics of how this whole thing works. But Moses does not talk about this in Deuteronomy. In Romans chapter 10 verse 10 he says, For with the heart one believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. So in verse 10 he says, For with the heart one believes unto righteousness. So in our heart we believe with righteousness. So why does God want to keep his word in our heart? Because it's in our heart that we believe. Because this word says here, For with the heart one believes unto righteousness. So why is God saying, you know, the word is near you. You know, keep it in your heart and in your mouth. Why should we keep his word in our heart? It's because in our heart is where we believe, you know, God is in a heart where we believe and we are made righteous. We come into a right standing with God. It's in your heart that you believe that word. It's in your heart that you believe who Christ is. It's in your heart that you believe what he has done for you. It's in your heart you believe this message and you believe in your heart. And when you believe in your heart, you know, you're put into a right standing with God. You're in a position where you are rightly positioned in Christ and you have a right standing with Christ. So with the heart, man believes which results in righteousness, which results in a right standing with God, which results in us being rightly positioned in Christ. And it's in our mouth that confession is made. And so when we believe in our heart, you know, we made righteous, but when we confess with our mouth, you know, Jesus is Lord and what he has done on the cross for us, you know, the whole process is complete. And what does it result in? It results in salvation. So Paul is basically saying that those who receive righteousness by faith, they are to speak like this. How are they to speak? They have to believe in their hearts and they have to confess with their mouth. So they believe in their hearts and they confess with their mouth who Jesus is, what he has done. You know, what is the message of Christ? The word of faith, which Paul says, you know, which we have been speaking and preaching. So he says, we do not speak as though Christ is far away in heaven. They say, okay, where is Christ? You know, or as it to say, he's dead and deep down in the earth, they were looking for him. But he says the message is right here. It's in our heart and in our mouth. Now this confession is, you know, that we make is not a one time confession. Yes, we make the confession once and, you know, we make that choice. We choose righteousness by faith and we come into a right standing with God and we confess with our mouths and we receive salvation. But this confession that even Moses is talking about in Deuteronomy and what Paul is saying here in Romans chapter 10 is not a one time thing. We continuously keep on reminding ourselves who God is, what he has done for us. Like every time we partake in a communion, we're reminding ourselves what he has done on the cross. You know, every time we are sick, we are, you know, we are pressing in for healing or we're pressing in for deliverance or we're pressing in for a breakthrough. We're actually going back to what Christ has done on the cross, what he has spoken, what he has done for us. The promises that he has spoken over our lives, the blessings are spiritual blessings. We're declaring, we're decreeing, we're speaking it over our life. So it's not something that we, you know, believe in our heart one time and confess them out one time and it's done. But, you know, what Paul is saying here is, and also what, you know, Moses says in Deuteronomy, it's not a one time confession. But it's a way of life. Okay. The law, Moses says it's in your heart and in your mouth. That means every time we're speaking, we're speaking the law. Every time we're, you know, we're living, we're living by the law book. It's in our heart. What our heart rules our lives, right, our desires and our passions. And so also when Paul is saying the word, what Christ has done, what he's accomplished on the cross, what he is and what he has done. It's in our heart and it's in our mouth. We're constantly speaking, confessing that it becomes a way of life. It's a lifestyle and we, because we're continually believing that truth in our heart. We're continually confessing it in our mouth, what Jesus has accomplished for us in our lives through his death, his body and his resurrection and his ascension. So it's something that we continually confess, make known and constantly keep speaking about it and decree. So what does this mean for us? It means that those who have received righteousness by faith, you know, they're always speaking the word of faith and always speaking the message of who Jesus is and what he has done. And doing this, you know, believing in our heart and confessing with our mouth puts the person who's made a choice to confess and believe in his heart and confess his mouth, you know, puts them in the place of right standing with God and experiencing who Christ is. Now, the Greek word for this word confession means to say the same thing. So the Greek word for the word confession means to say the same things, which means, you know, we are speaking in agreement with who Christ is. That means we're saying the same thing just as Christ is saying or we are speaking in agreement with who Christ is. So, you know, when we're saying things, we're confessing things, which means we're speaking in agreement with who Christ is. We're saying this is who Jesus is. This is what he has done for me. This is what he's accomplished for me. This is what he has done for me or purchased for me on the cross to his death, to his burial, his resurrection. So when I'm saying the same thing, I'm not saying something that is contrary to who God is or to who Jesus is and what he has done. You know, when we do that, you know, we receive the blessings just like in Matthew chapter 10 verse 32. Jesus said, if you confess me before men, I will confess you before my father in heaven. So what does it mean? It means that if we say who Christ is, if we constantly declaring who Christ is, what he has done, declaring him over our situations, over our life, over our challenges, over our salvation. We are constantly speaking, declaring and believing it and also speaking it to people, declaring it before people. You know, you're basically declaring who Christ is and what he's done. Then in the same way Jesus is saying here that, you know, then I will also declare to you that I am their healer. I am their deliverer because we're speaking in agreement because when they're saying, you know, Jesus, I believe that you have taken all of my sicknesses on the cross. I believe that you are my healer. We are actually believing in our heart. We're confessing with our mouth and then what happens when we confess? You know, when we confess, you know, Jesus says, I will confess you before my father in heaven. So Jesus is standing there interceding on behalf of us and he's saying, yes, I am your healer. So here, receive your healing because we're confessing. We're saying things in agreement with who Christ is. So, you know, the power of our confession is so powerful. What we believe in our heart, what we're confessing. So if we say who Christ is to us, then Jesus will declare, you know, this to us that, yes, I am your healer. I am your deliverer. I am your provider. I am your waymaker. I am your miracle worker. You know, I am the one who will give you the favor. I am the one whose grace is sufficient for you. Why? Because we are confessing. And when we are confessing, we're saying that in agreement with what Christ would also say along with us. Isn't that powerful? So it's important that, you know, we constantly are confessing from our mouths and constantly believing in our heart who Jesus is, what he has done and, you know, what he's accomplished for us on the cross. So Paul is saying that this word of faith or the message of Christ, what he did through his death, burial and resurrection, you know, he's saying in verses 11 to 13, he's saying has to reach all people. Okay, has to reach all people. It's not that, you know, only we know about it and we enjoy this blessing of receiving salvation. So, so of saying things in agreement where Jesus is also in agreement with us at testing with what we are saying and seeing that become a reality of fulfillment in the natural. But here Paul is saying that this word of faith, this message of Christ that is near us is not heart, not mouth, you know, what Christ has done on the cross and also what he has accomplished for us to his burial, his resurrection, his ascension, it has to reach all people. Okay, because everyone has access to this truth. Everyone needs to know this truth. And he's saying that, you know, just like I have a burden for my own people that they know this truth, they believe this truth even as they have access to this truth. He says, you know, the same way I want people in all races throughout the world to have access to this. And anyone can have access to this and anyone who believes in this, who makes a choice to believe in Jesus, who calls on the name of the Lord Jesus will be saved because all who call upon him, God will respond to all of them. And that is what we see in verses 11 to 13, where, you know, basically Paul is quoting from the Old Testament scripture and he says, whoever believes, you know, there's no distinction between Jew or Greek. And verse 13 he says, whoever calls. So, you know, everyone who believes that there is Jews, Gentiles, Greeks, whoever calls of the name of the Lord shall be saved. So he says, you know, once you've received the truth, you know, don't just keep making confessions for yourself and believe in your heart, but also, you know, make known your confession to others, speak it out to others so that everyone can have access and all who call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved. And verses 14 to 21 is a motivation that Paul is basically motivating us that the message of Christ has to go out to everyone. Okay, so we look at 14 to 21. Before we look at verses 14 to 21, any of you have any questions? Any questions? Okay, if there are no questions, then there's perfect silence. We'll read verses 14 to 21. So can somebody please read clearly and slowly verses 14 to 21, please. The feet of those who preach the good news. But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has obeyed what he has heard from us, the faith comes from hearing and hearing through the word of Christ. But I have asked, have they not heard, indeed they have, for their voice has gone out to all the earth, and the words through the hands of the Lord. But I have asked, if there's no more understanding, first Moses says, I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation. With a foolish nation, I will make you angry. Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, I have been found by those who do not see me. I have shown myself to those who have, who do not ask for me. By a place where he says, I have held out my hands to disobedience and contrary people. Thank you, Asha. Thank you very much. So in verse 14, Paul is basically motivating us to take out the gospel, to declare, to confess who Jesus Christ is before men. So he says, how would people call? Because if you look at verse 13, all those who call or whoever calls in the name of the Lord shall be saved. And then he goes on to say, how will they call in the name of the Lord if they have not believed? And how can they believe if they have not heard? And how can they hear if there is no one going and preaching? And how can somebody go and preach unless they are sent? So he says that no one can believe unless they hear. And how can they hear if there's no preachers or someone has to go and preach? And how can someone preach unless he sent, someone has to send them out? So here's the importance of missions. The mandate for missions is very given, very clearly given here. So verses 14 and 15 are classic texts to encourage people for missions. And in verse 15, Paul is quoting Isaiah chapter 52 verse 7 where he says, how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things. And in verse 16, he's quoting from Isaiah chapter 53 verse 1 where he's saying that, where Isaiah says, Lord who has believed. So yes, Paul is saying people cannot believe if they have not heard and they cannot hear if there's no preacher who goes and this preacher cannot go if nobody sends them. But even if a preacher goes and people hear the gospel, they hear the truth, but yet there are people who have not obeyed the gospel. So he's basically even, indirectly just basically talking about there are few remnant Jews who have accepted Christ, but there are many Jews who have still not believed even though they have heard the truth. And he's quoting from Isaiah, he says, Isaiah chapter 53 verse 1, he says, Lord who has believed are people. So not everyone who believe will believe when we go and preach or when the preacher said not everyone would hear and not everyone would believe, but that does not stop us from going and sharing the gospel or the truth of the gospel. We need to go and preach the gospel. So even though people don't believe, it's our responsibility to preach the gospel because we know that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Okay, so how does faith come? Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God, verse 17. That's so beautifully Paul has just put it here. He says, just go and preach. Yeah, there are many people who God for all four knows already who are not going to accept him or going to reject him, but that should not stop us from going and preaching the gospel because he says faith comes from by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Okay, and then he goes back to his original style of how he's been writing Romans. Again, he goes back to his rhetorical questions in verses 18 and 19 where he basically asked questions which would pop up in the mind of his leaders or in the mind of his Jewish audience or in the church and he basically asked the questions and he answers it himself. So in verses 18 and 19, he asked these questions, but I say, have they not heard? In verse 19, but I say, did Israel not know? So he's saying, did Israel not hear the gospel? Did they not hear the truth? Did they not hear the revelations? They're not aware of it? He's saying, no, they have heard it. They have known it. Yes, they have known it. They have heard it, but they have still chosen to reject it, but there are some who have made a choice to receive the righteousness by faith and they are part of God's children, part of God's family. They are the promised seed and theirs is the blessing. And then in verse 18, Paul, he asks the first rhetorical questions and says, yes, they have heard. And then he quotes from Psalms chapter 19 verse 4 where he says the sound has gone out to all the earth and the words to the ends of the world. And in verse 19, he again asks the second rhetorical question. He says, did Israel not know? But he says, no, they have known. And then he quotes what Moses said in Neutronomy chapter 32 verse 21 where he says, I was found by those who do not seek me. I was made manifest to those who do not ask me. So he's basically talking here about the Jews. And I will provoke you to jealousy here. Again, he's talking about the Jews by those who are not a nation. He's talking about the Gentiles. And he says, I will move you to anger by a foolish nation. I will move you to anger. He's talking about the Jews. And because the Jews refuse to receive the gospel, God in his sovereign plan made known the gospel to the Gentiles. And he says, why did God do that? So that the eyes of these Jewish people could be opened. Provoke means to awaken them from their sleep, from their slumber. So God is basically saying, through Paul, where he's quoting from Neutronomy chapter 32 verse 21 where Moses said, I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation. I will move you through anger by a foolish nation. And this is already foreordained by God. God already knew that the Jews are going to reject him. They're not going to choose him. So the gospel is going to go to the Gentiles. And so he's saying that, you know, God is saying, I will use the Gentiles to stir you up towards God. I will use the Gentiles to awaken you from your slumber. To awaken you of your jealousy because they were, you know, they always thought they were the chosen people, the chosen race, the chosen generation, the people who had the promises, the covenants, it was them and no one else. But now, you know, when the Gentiles have been incorporated into the church, they are part of the promise seed. They are receiving the Abraham's promise. So God is saying, I'm doing all this so that it can provoke you to awaken you to some kind of jealousy so that, you know, you would, you would be able to see the truth and know the truth. So what Paul is basically doing here in verses 19 and 20 is setting up the stage of what is coming up in chapter 11, that God has, you know, taken the message out to the Gentiles to awaken the Jews to the truth. The truth was given to the Jews, but, you know, they refused. They rejected it. And now it's gone to the Gentiles. And now God is using the Gentiles to awaken the Jews to the truth. Okay. So, and we see that this is something that God is always spoken ahead of time. Part of what he's doing is through the Gentiles, he's awakened the King, the Jews to know who Christ is. I'll just finish this last bit. I know I'm two minutes away beyond time. Just finished this last bit verse 21, you know, it says, but Israel, he says, all day long, I have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people. So here he's quoting from Isaiah chapter 65 verses one to two, where, you know, Jews God knows that there has come in disobedient, hard to listen people. They would not listen to the message of Christ. So, you know, what is Paul, why is Paul mentioning all this? He's actually setting us up for chapter 11, where he's going to show how God is reaching out to the Gentiles with the gospel to awaken the Jews. And he's eventually bringing both the Jews and the Gentiles as one nation or as one people in Christ. So the gospel is reaching everywhere. Israel is aware of the gospel. It went out from them to the Gentiles. The Gentiles is receiving the gospel and God is manifesting himself to them. But Israel is hard towards the message of Christ. So irrespective of whether people are receiving the gospel or not, whether hearts are hardened toward the gospel or not, Paul is saying, you know, let's take the message, let's take the word that is near our heart and in our mouth, let's confess it so that, you know, everyone can hear it and all those who choose and all those who confess to them out of Jesus' Lord will receive salvation. Okay. So that is Romans chapter 10. Anyone has any questions? Sorry, I just went way beyond time. Four minutes. Anyone has any questions? No questions. Okay. Okay. Thank you, Harrison. Anyone else? Okay. If you have no questions, then please read through Romans chapter 10. If you have any doubts, you can ask on Friday and we'll continue with Romans chapter 11 on Friday. Okay. See you on Friday. Have a good day.