Post by clarkthompson on Nov 29, 2013 15:35:04 GMT
Romans 10:16-18
King James Version (KJV)
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Romans 10:16-18
Living Bible (TLB)
16 But not everyone who hears the Good News has welcomed it, for Isaiah the prophet said, “Lord, who has believed me when I told them?” 17 Yet faith comes from listening to this Good News—the Good News about Christ.
18 But what about the Jews? Have they heard God’s Word? Yes, for it has gone wherever they are; the Good News has been told to the ends of the earth.
Living Bible (TLB)
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These are my thoughts, please share yours.
16 There are many who will hear the gospel and reject it and others who hear the gospel and accept the parts they like but do not live by the scriptures as a whole. And they will be those who do not have the strength to overcome their struggles and they need others to come along side them to help them thru their struggles. The gospel continues with the believers but is about Christ thru and thru. More will reject the gospel than those that will accept it. There will be those who do not see the need for Jesus or view being a Christian as a religious experience instead of a divine relationship.
17 Faith comes thru hearing the word and then by receiving the Word. Faith is by God’s grace given to those who will receive the truth. A person can hear the truth but without faith it will just be words to them instead of being the word and truth. Not all truth is contained in the bible but the divine truths are contained in the bible.
18 Those do not hear the word, may have a greater excuse but those who have heard the truth and rejected the truth have no excuse when then stand at the judgment. The word is to be carried out even though many will reject the truth. Some people view sharing the gospel as something that will be done because those the Lord chooses, He will bring into His fold but, this teaching is faulty because while that may be true the Lord has called the believers to serve Him and one things He seeks is the believers fulfilling the Great Commission by the Spirit leading.
