Romans: Don't Trip Over the Prize (Romans 9:30-10:4)

Main Idea: Don't Trip Over the Prize

Text: Romans 9:30-10:4

Outline:

A. Wayward Pursuit (vv. 30-33)

B. Discerning Zeal (vv. 1-4)

Romans 9:30-10:4

[30] What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;

[31] but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.

[32] Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

[33] as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

[1] Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

[2] For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

[3] For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

[4] For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. (ESV)