The Greatest Choice
Romans 10:13 ESV
For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Romans 10:11 MSG
Scripture reassures us, “No one who trusts God like this—heart and soul—will ever regret it.”
1st They chose not to obey the Gospel
Romans 10:13 ESV
For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Romans 10:14a ESV
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed?
Romans 10:14b ESV
And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?
Romans 10:14c ESV
And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
Romans 10:15a ESV
And how are they to preach unless they are sent?
John 20:21 NIV
Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
Matthew 28:19-20 NIV
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Romans 10:15b ESV
As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!"
Romans 10:17 ESV
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Romans 10:16 ESV
But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?"
Romans 10:18 ESV
But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for "Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world."
Romans 10:19 ESV
But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry."
Romans 10:20 ESV
Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, "I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me."
2nd They chose not to open their hearts to a gracious God
Romans 10:21 ESV
But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."
