the message concerning faith that we proclaim:
if you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved, for it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
(Romans 10:8-10)
First thing You left out an important part of the opening clause.
"that is"
But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven?
(that is, to bring Christ down from above
Or, Who shall descend into the deep?
(that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart:
that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
(Rom 10:6-9 KJV)
In each instance that "that is" is used prior. What precedes it is connected to what is after it.
Time to get ready for work. Will post more later on this GOD willing.
"that is" the word that is near us and in our heart: that whoever believes in His resurrection in their heart and confesses it with their mouth will be saved.
That belief and confession is not Moses Law. This word of FAITH is explicitly contrasted to the Law ((see also Galatians, "the law is not of faith')) and the reason he is harkening back to Moses is because he is contrasting the gospel to the covenant made at Sinai.
Let's get through Romans first. If we can do that then we can move on to Galatians.
So again...
But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven?
(that is, to bring Christ down from above
Or, Who shall descend into the deep?
(that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart:
that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
(Rom 10:6-9 KJV)
In each instance that "that is" is used prior. What precedes it is connected to what is after it.
Please follow along in the first instance. "
that is, to bring Christ down from above"
Here is the second instance. "
that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead"
And lastly; "
that is, the word of faith, which we preach"
What is the Faith in which we Preach? Christ through which the word, the Law, God's Commandments are in the heart, mind and mouth that is the Faith in which we preach.
Faith being the subject. In this same discourse Paul stated Rom 9:33
"But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."
The Word. the Law, God's Commandments never settled in their hearts. God through Paul paraphrased Deut. 30:10-14 to show the Judean and Gentile readers that the Gift of God working in the hearts of His children through His Spirit had been available since the start of Moses' Ministry.
Deut 30:10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Deut 30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
Deut 30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it (his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul) unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deut 30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it (his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, (the word through Christ) and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul) unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deut 30:14 But the word (Christ) is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
The Gift of Christ working in the heart has been available from the creation of the world.
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: