by the way, in the first part of Romans 10, Paul states that "Israel was zealous for God, but the zeal is not based on knowledge"
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Context starts back in chapter 9.
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
(Rom 9:32 KJV)
Then
in chapter 10 God tells what this faith is He is preaching about. What is in parenthesis is commentary to help keep everything in context.
So Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ (
the word,
TO 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,) down from above
Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ (
the word,
TO 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,) again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word (
Christ,
TO 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,)is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
(Rom 10:4-8 KJV)
So Yes God has placed His Law, His Word in our hearts , minds and mouth through Christ
. That is the word of Faith in which we preach. That is what He says and that is what I am going with.
Once again God is paraphrasing Deut. 30 in Romans 10:6-8. That is why parts of it is interjected into the commentary for Romans 10. God would not have paraphrased it if He did not intend for us to consider it when reading and understanding Romans 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. For this commandment which I command thee this day (
TO 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,) , it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word (
TO 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,)
is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. For God has said, the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
(Deu 30:6, 10-14 KJV)