Romans 9:30 - 10:21
God’s Covenant Faithfulness Revealed in the Messiah
1) How does the point of 10:3-4 connect with Paul's argument in 9:1-13 about Gentiles and Jews being God's children?
2) Read Isaiah 28:16 and Isaiah 8:14, which Paul combines in Romans 9:33. What is Paul trying to communicate by saying that Christ, the Messiah, is both a stumbling block and a reliable rock?
3) In 10:4, Paul says that the Messiah, Christ, 'is the goal of the law". How does Christ accomplish the purpose of the law?
4) Read Deuteronomy 30:11-14, which Paul mentions in Romans 10:6-8. How is Paul suggesting that what Moses said about Israel's disobedience and exile, as well as the promise of a new word, have been fulfilled in Jesus?
5) In Paul's word, "Lord" was a title for Cesar. Saying Jesus was our "Lord" meant, ultimately, that Cesar was not. Today, when we say Jesus is Lord, who or what are we saying is not Lord?
6) In what ways were Paul (quoting Isaiah 52:7) and the apostles who went to the Gentiles with the gospel fulfilling the traditions of Israel rather than being disloyal to them (10:13-15)
7) In 10:16 Paul goes back to the question that has caused him such anguish about why are so many Jews refusing to believe in the Messiah. In a series of Old Testament quotations, who does Paul call as witnesses against the Jews and what is significant about each piece of testimony (10:16-21)
8) How does Paul also make the case that even Scripture itself foresaw that those who weren't even looking for salvattion from Israel's God would stumble into it?
9) What would make the Jews jealous and angry toward the Gentiles (10:16-21)?
2) Read Isaiah 28:16 and Isaiah 8:14, which Paul combines in Romans 9:33. What is Paul trying to communicate by saying that Christ, the Messiah, is both a stumbling block and a reliable rock?
3) In 10:4, Paul says that the Messiah, Christ, 'is the goal of the law". How does Christ accomplish the purpose of the law?
4) Read Deuteronomy 30:11-14, which Paul mentions in Romans 10:6-8. How is Paul suggesting that what Moses said about Israel's disobedience and exile, as well as the promise of a new word, have been fulfilled in Jesus?
5) In Paul's word, "Lord" was a title for Cesar. Saying Jesus was our "Lord" meant, ultimately, that Cesar was not. Today, when we say Jesus is Lord, who or what are we saying is not Lord?
6) In what ways were Paul (quoting Isaiah 52:7) and the apostles who went to the Gentiles with the gospel fulfilling the traditions of Israel rather than being disloyal to them (10:13-15)
7) In 10:16 Paul goes back to the question that has caused him such anguish about why are so many Jews refusing to believe in the Messiah. In a series of Old Testament quotations, who does Paul call as witnesses against the Jews and what is significant about each piece of testimony (10:16-21)
8) How does Paul also make the case that even Scripture itself foresaw that those who weren't even looking for salvattion from Israel's God would stumble into it?
9) What would make the Jews jealous and angry toward the Gentiles (10:16-21)?