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Saul of Tarsus-- once the great Jewish persecutor of the early Christians, 
and later the foremost writer of the Scriptures of the Christian New Testament:

(1) voiced his great desire for the Salvation of his fellow Jews, i.e., <span style="color:darkred">"that they might be Saved"</span style="color:darkred"> (Romans 10:1),

(2) noted the confusion of his Jewish brethren concerning the lack of efficacy of the Mosaic Law to have ever made them Righteous-- God's Righteous Law demands Righteousness, but does not produce Righteousness-- i.e., <span style="color:darkred"> "they being ignorant of God's Righteousness"</span style="color:darkred"> (Romans 10:3),

(3) described the simplicity of the <span style="color:darkred">"Righteousness which is of Faith" </span style="color:darkred"> (Romans 10:6)-- we are accounted Righteous, only when we trust God-- i.e., <span style="color:darkred">"the Word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth"</span style="color:darkred"> (Romans 10:8), and

(4) ended his plea with their necessity to believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead-- in other words, Jesus is the Messiah-- "[If thou] <span style="color:darkred">shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be Saved"</span style="color:darkred"> (Romans 10:9).

"1 <span style="color:darkred">Brethren, my heart's desire and prayed to God for Israel is, that they might be Saved. </span style="color:darkred"> 

2 <span style="color:darkred">For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to Knowledge. </span style="color:darkred"> 

3 <span style="color:darkred">For they being ignorant of God's Righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the Righteousness of God. </span style="color:darkred"> 

4 <span style="color:darkred">For Christ is the End of the Law for Righteousness to every one that believeth. </span style="color:darkred"> 

5 <span style="color:darkred">For Moses describeth the Righteousness which is of the Law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. </span style="color:darkred"> 

6 <span style="color:darkred">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:) </span style="color:darkred">

7 <span style="color:darkred">Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) </span style="color:darkred">

8 <span style="color:darkred">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; </span style="color:darkred"> 

9 <span style="color:darkred">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"</span style="color:darkred"> (Romans 10:1-9).

Even the disciples of Jesus were initially unclear about the significance of this idea that Jesus would Rise from the dead. "9 <span style="color:darkred">And as they came down from the mountain, He charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of Man were Risen from the dead. </span style="color:darkred"> 

10 <span style="color:darkred">And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the Rising from the dead should mean"</span style="color:darkred"> 

(Mark 9:9-10). But, for the Jew who would subsequently believe in the Resurrection of Jesus, it would not only mean believing that Jesus is the Messiah, but living a life, which would be consistent with the Revelation of Jesus Christ in the Christian Gospels. <span style="color:darkred">"He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked"</span style="color:darkred"> 

(1John 2:6). To reject the massive amount of evidence that is easily available to "whosoever will" 

(Revelation 22:17), leaves one successfully discarding the evidence of history, the Scriptures, and the Spirit of the Living God; but, why? <span style="color:darkred">"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst Come. And whosoever will, let him take the Water of Life freely"</span style="color:darkred"> (Revelation 22:17).

'''May the Almighty richly bless the reading of His Word!
And, may Jesus be exalted as the Messiah, the Risen Saviour!

Amen, and Amen.'''


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