Sermon Tone Analysis

Romans 10:13-21

 

This passage is often used as the basis for the church’s missionary program, and rightly so, but its first application is to the nation of Israel.

*Paul asks four questions:*

 

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*Romans 10:14 *  /How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed?/

2.      *Romans 10:14 * /how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?/

·         All have heard, there is no excuse, everyone has received a general revelation of God.

*Romans 10:17-19NKJV \\ 17*So then faith /comes/ by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

\\ *18*But I say, have they not heard?

Yes indeed: /“Their sound has gone out to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world.”/

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*Psalm 19:1-4NKJV \\ 1*To the Chief Musician.

A Psalm of David.

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.

\\ *2*Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge.

\\ *3*/There is/ no speech nor language /Where/ their voice is not heard.

\\ *4*Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world.

In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun, \\ \\

*Romans 1:19-20NKJV \\ 19*because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown /it/ to them.

\\ *20*For since the creation of the world His invisible /attributes/ are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, /even/ His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,

3.   *Romans 10:14 * /how shall they hear without a preacher?/

4.   *Romans 10:15 * /how shall they preach unless they are sent?/

·         Preacher = one who announces or proclaims.

·         This can be any Christian.

·         Phillip and the Ethiopian (Acts 8:26-39)

·         When one accepts the general revelation, and desire a personal knowledge, we must be ready.

·         We must be ready and willing to participate in and~/or support missions

*The Great Commission:*

*Matthew 28:19-20NKJV \\ 19*Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, \\ *20*teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, /even/ to the end of the age.”

Amen.

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*v.15:*    *The feet are beautiful: (Isaiah 52:7; Nahum 1:15)*

·         The feet carry us into the world.

·         They transport us from place to place, so that we can proclaim the Gospel.

*v.16:*

Despite our best efforts, not all will believe.

*Vs.19-21:*

·         *Verse 19* was a prophecy by Moses in *Deuteronomy 32:21*.

·         Moses told them that they would be jealous of the gentiles, and that’s exactly what happened.

·         *Verse 20* was a prophecy from *Isaiah 65:1*.

·         Isaiah prophesied the God would save the gentiles, and that’s exactly what happened.

·         *God’s word has proven true, time and again!*

·         *v.21*:

God blesses and waits for us, even when we don’t deserve it.

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