chapter number 10 if you're there say amen amen all right the Bible said brethren my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel's this they might be saved for I bear them record that they have a zeal of God but not according to knowledge 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. For Christ is the end of the law, for righteousness to everyone that believeth. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, that the man which doeth these things shall live by them. 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 ascend into the deep, that is to bring Christ again, from the dead but what sayeth that 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 our mouth the Lord Jesus shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved for the man or the heart man believeth unto righteousness with the mouth confession is made unto salvation For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek. For the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in who they've not believed? How shall they believe in him who they've not heard? How shall they hear without a preacher? How shall they teach except they be sent? As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things. But they have not all obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah saith, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. But I say, have they not heard? Yes, verily their sound went into all the earth, and their words into the ends of the world. But I say, did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation will I anger you. But Isaiah is very bold and saith, I have found of them that sought me not. I have made manifest unto them that ask not after me. But to Israel he saith, all day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gain saying, people, let's pray. Heavenly Father, we do thank you again for tonight. Thank you for the opportunity, Lord, to meet together, to fellowship together, Lord, to worship and praise together. Thank you for the song service, Lord, thank you. Lord, for your willingness, Lord, to come to where we are, Lord, to die on the cross for our sin, Lord, to take our place, Lord, to rise again, Lord, that we might have eternal life tonight, Lord, what a privilege it is to be saved, what a blessing it is to be saved, Lord, and we know, Lord, that it's nothing that we've done, it's nothing that we've worked for, nothing that we've earned, Lord, it is the free, eternal gift of God, Lord, we're thankful for that tonight. I do pray, Lord, you hide behind the cross of Calvary, Lord, in and out of myself, Lord, help me to preach and teach, Lord, as you desire it to be done tonight. Lord, help us understand some more wonderful truths out of your word tonight. Lord, I'm thankful every page we turn to, Lord, there's a wonderful truth that applies to our life. Lord, we ask you tonight that you just simply help us one more time, Lord, we'll be careful to give you the glory and the praise. Be with my family, Lord, watch over them, keep them safe, help them to feel better as well. Lord, we love you, in Jesus' name we pray, amen. Tonight, we've come to Romans chapter 10. We talked about, we started in Romans 9, last week 9, 10, and 11 is really Paul sharing his heart and his burden for the people of Israel, his brethren, right? We know Paul was a Jew. Paul was not just a nominal one either. He was deeply invested, had a good heritage, had a good position, had power, influence within that system. And then God saved him, and really God takes him and pushes him, and not just pushes him, but leads him. to preach the gospel unto the Gentiles and unto those who are outside of the commonwealth of Israel and he God uses a mighty way multiple missions journeys and multiple churches being planted and started multitudes of believers through Paul's ministry that God uses but with all that being said Paul still had a heart of Right and a desire to see those whom he was related to by blood to be saved by the grace of God I think every Christian has that similar desire in our heart. Yes. We know where to reach the world Yes, we are going to the highways and hedges and compel them to come. Yes, we're to go to the uttermost parts of the world and thankfully we are in a church that desires to do that whether it's to us personally going or being invested in those who God has called to go and so we see that no doubt we have that desire to reach the world but we also can identify with one of our family to be saved. As a pastor, I desire to see folks in our community saved. I desire to see people in our town saved by the grace of God. I desire to see people come into this church, hear the gospel, get saved by the grace of God. But I also desire to hear folks from our church go out into the community and lead folks to Christ. But ultimately as well, I desire to see my family saved. But I have purpose in my heart that I don't want to just reach the world and let my family go to hell. I want to reach the world and my family. And I firmly believe tonight you don't have to sacrifice one for the other. I believe there is balance, there's a right way to do things, and God is willing, not willing that any should perish. And so there's opportunity for both of those to be saved tonight. But once again, Paul is bringing up his desire for God's people, the Israelites tonight, to be saved by the grace of God. And really Paul's burden isn't just for Israel, it's for men. Right? It's for mankind, you could say it that way. Not just he wanted to see men saved. In essence, really that's God's burden as well because God's not willing that any should perish. And so as we look at Romans 9, 10, 11, we have to remind ourselves that Paul is not concerned so much for the political freedom of Israel. Right? He is not concerned so much about the economic freedom of Israel. This time They're under bondage of the Romans being controlled and governed by the Roman Empire. Paul is not even concerned about the territorial freedom of Israel, right? His burden is for the souls of those who are Israeli, those who are Jewish, their souls to be saved by the grace of God. We see right here in verse number one, it was his heart's desire, right? It was his heart's desire. It's what he longed for. It's what he wanted to be done. Psalms 37 forces delight in the Lord or delight thyself also in the Lord and he shall give you what the desires of thine heart. Let me ask you now, where do the souls of men line up in the desires of your heart? What place do they find themselves? Ultimately, our first desire is to glorify God, right, is to worship him, right, because he is worthy of all of that. But oftentimes, and you've heard me say this before, this verse, I believe, is taken out of context, and we apply it to the desires or things of this world. Right, I serve God, and boy, if I serve him long enough, well, he's gonna give me the house that I always wanted. If I serve God long enough, he's going to give me the car that I always wanted. He's going to give me the position that I always wanted. In reality, yes, I don't think that's so much what this verse is teaching, but rather as we begin to desire the things that God desires, you'll be surprised at the desires that God gives you if you got a sincere burden for souls and it was more than just a burden it turns into an action and you're actively sharing the gospel actively passing out tracts actively telling folks about actively showing up to a hospital and getting on one knee in front of a lady that may be the way that God does it you don't have to do it that way and that's okay but if you had that sincere desire I don't think God's gonna sit back and say yeah I'm not gonna give him no fruit for his labor Right, because that's his desire too. And so he's gonna use a willing vessel. And so that was Paul's desire, almost more than anything else. Paul didn't have a family to look after. He didn't have a wife and children. Paul's desire was to see men and women transformed and changed and born again by the gospel of Jesus Christ. That was his desire. And it was his heart's desire. Where do the souls of people fall on your desire? or your heart's desires tonight. But not only was his heart's desire, it was his prayer request. Right, Paul didn't just say, well, I wanna see people saved. We know Paul preached. We know Paul was a tremendous preacher. Matter of fact, Paul took opportunity to preach when most of us probably wouldn't. Would you turn around as they're marching you into your prison cell, ready to stone you to death and turn around and start preaching? Paul did. Paul preached from the steps leading up to his prison cell. Paul preached in a shipwreck. Paul preached wherever God placed him, Paul preached. But we also know that Paul prayed. And notice this, it was Paul's prayer request, right? He said, it's my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved. I think it was one of those, well, here goes Brother Paul again praying for Israel. But it was his sincere desire to see them saved and it turned into a prayer request. And here's the thing tonight, if God was not willing to save the Israelites, then he would have told Paul no. And here's what we know about Paul. Paul was able to understand and even deal with when God told him no. Right, he prayed for that thorn in his flesh thrice for it to be removed, and finally God graciously said no, and said, my grace is sufficient for thee. And Paul said, okay. So the answer was no, God would have told Paul no, and I think Paul would have been all right with it. Maybe he would have said, you know what, I don't understand everything God's about, but if this is God's plan, then okay. I'll continue doing what he wants me to do. But God never told Paul no. I do not want to save Israel. I do not want to save Jews. And just like he does in the previous chapter that we looked at last week, he does, Paul is investigated and troubleshot why, what was the issues that were hindering Israel, or not just the nation as a whole, but the people of Israel from trusting Christ as their Savior. and we learned last week the problem is not on God's end the problem was on their end there was issues within their heart that they were not willing to deal with or or to get right in order to believe upon the Lord and it carries over into 10 and we'll see it again next week in chapter number 11 as he brings up these issues, not just to point out the issues with Israel, but also to help these Roman believers to realize that their mission field, the field is really and truly white unto harvest, that it wasn't just to reach the Romans with the gospel, but it was to reach all men with the gospel. And so, and just like he did in the previous chapter, he instigates and troubleshot why, and what a wonderful blessing about Paul. Paul doesn't just point out the problem, He gives a solution, right? Some people are really good at pointing out problems without any kind of solution, and the reality is not just, I understand there are issues that need to be pointed out and dealt with, but if it's just, well, there's this problem after problem with no solution, well, that doesn't really help anybody, right? Paul's saying, you know, here's what's wrong with Israel. Here's why they won't believe, pointing it out without giving them a solution, well that doesn't change the fact or change the reality of their issue tonight. So I want to give you three things this evening and then we'll go about our way about what concerning Israel and Paul's desire for them to see. Notice one, the problem that was identified. the problem that was identified. Verse number two, for I bear record that they, Israel, have a zeal for God. Let me ask you tonight, is having a zeal for God a bad thing? Of course not. Having a zeal for God is a good thing. Matter of fact, every believer, every Christian ought to be zealous for God. What does that word mean? What does the word zeal mean? It means to have a burning desire to almost become jealous for. Jealous for, not like what you see on Facebook, people just being jealous with each other. But in essence tonight, if there's anything I'm gonna do with my life today, nothing else matters until I've pleased the Lord. That's the zeal that Paul is talking about here, and having zeal is wonderful. Excitement is a blessing. Boy, how many enjoy being around an excited Christian? How many enjoy being around someone who's excited about reading their Bible, excited about going to church, excited about singing for the Lord? They're so excited they can't hide it. I'm glad when we come in here and we worship together, it's not like, well, bless me if you can. Now, we're within the confines of the scripture. We try to worship biblically, but we also, I love it when people get excited for what God has done for them. When you get excited about what God has done for you, it gets me excited about what God has done for you. And we see that here tonight, and excitement is a good thing, but excitement without knowledge is a dangerous thing. Because look at verse number two, for I bear record that they have a zeal of God but not according to knowledge. So they were zealous, they were just zealous in the wrong way. Right, they were too excited in the wrong avenue, in the wrong way this evening. So why were they so zealous? Why were they had a burning desire and excited for God in that sense without knowledge? Well, verse number three tells us they were trying to establish their own righteousness. Look at verse number three. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness. Preacher, could you give me that in Hespa language? They were trying to get God's attention in the sense that they were trying to get God to look down at them and say, wow, look what you have done. Look how more serious you are. Look how more smart you are. Look at all these rules and all these regulations you've brought up and you're fulfilling them. You are righteous in and of yourself. However, Paul has already stated that there is none righteous, no, not one, except the Lord tonight. And yet they are trying to establish their rights. Look how serious we are, God. Look how good we are. Look how right we are. Right, there's some that, and this doesn't just apply in Judaism, right, you see this in churches now, every now and again, and where someone starts to pray and, well, someone says, well, I gotta pray louder than them. And the person there, I gotta pray louder than them, then everybody's yelling. And nobody, maybe the Lord knows what they're saying. Right, but it becomes a competition, but the reality is that praying louder than the person next to you isn't a sign of spirituality, it's a sign of good vocal cords. Right? Without what? Faith, it is impossible to please God. That means you can whisper a prayer, if it's got faith attached to it, God is pleased with that. Well, I'll tell you what, the most spiritual preachers preach for an hour and a half. I heard one preacher say one time, it'd be amazing what you could preach in 15 minutes if you studied. I was like, ooh, shots fired. And it goes back and forth. Well, preacher, which one's right? Whichever one's done by faith. There are some men who will preach for an hour and a half because that's how God made them. And then there's some of us who will go to a preacher's fellowship in front of a whole bunch of other preachers and only preach for five minutes everything that I have. I mean, they have. And then be kind to me afterwards. You were such a blessing, brother. You don't even remember what I said. As long as you're trying to establish your own righteousness, you will not submit to God's righteousness. As long as you're trying to impress God, you will never be pleased by God or be impressed by God. And so what has happened here, Israel has taken that hard left turn. Yes, they are zealous for God, but without knowledge and that lack of knowledge has caused them to try to live really what is a discouraging life, a life of rules and regulations and laws and forbearances and things you have to remember and things you can't do and things that go down to the minute detail. It affected their wardrobe, it affected their lifestyle, it affected their days, it affected their work. it affected everything but availed nothing so the problem is identified Paul said they have a zeal but it's not under knowledge As long as you are trying to establish your own righteousness, you will not submit to God's righteousness. And so verses really, verses four through, or five through seven to nine, well, how in the world do we get God's righteousness? Well, through Christ. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believe it. We don't get God's righteousness because he owes it to us or because we impress him. We get it when we accept Christ. we get God's righteousness. We are made righteous, we are justified before God. In verses five through seven, I was studying this and most commentators believe that these few verses here are really a hypothetical conversation. Y'all ever had hypothetical conversations? You ever had a whole conversation with yourself about a conversation you're gonna have with somebody else? They say this, I'm gonna say this. Or if they say that, I'm gonna say this. That's me in a nutshell. A lot of times when you just see me staring off somewhere or thinking, I'm thinking about, well, if I say this, they'll probably say, I'm playing chess with a conversation. And then I go to have the conversation, everything I prepared for, ain't there. Letting the school teacher, it'll be on the test. You look at the test, what is this? Where did this come from? but they believe there's a hypothetical conversation that would take place between a believer and a Jew. How could you get Christ, and how could you have God's righteousness through Christ? And here's a question they would pose in verse number six tonight, saying, not in our heart, who shall ascend into heaven? The Jew asking, who could go to heaven and bring Jesus down to us? And the answer is, nobody could do that tonight, and since nobody Christ came to where we are that we might have his righteousness. Well, question number two, if he rose again from the dead, look at verse number seven, who shall descend into the deep, that is to bring up Christ again from the dead? Well, same answer. Me and you could not go down to death and pull Christ up and bring him back to us. And since we could not, Christ himself rose again that we might have his righteousness. And so there's this conversation going on. The problem hasn't been identified is that they are trying, right? They are trying to do it themselves. Well, then they pull out verse number eight tonight. Excuse me, verse number, I skipped it somewhere in here tonight. Verse something in here. It says Moses, verse number five, sorry. For Moses described as the righteousness which is of the law, that the man which doeth these things shall live by them. Well, preacher, what about Moses? Didn't he say that if we do these things, we shall live by them in the Bible? Leviticus does say, Leviticus 8.5, ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them. I am the Lord. Well, it's in there, but then when you look that verse up and you begin to study that verse, what is being taught there is that when you practice and you follow those laws that we're giving, it did not give you eternal life, it did not give you righteousness, but however, it did provide a way to live a safe life. life that was was saved in essence tonight if you don't break the law you don't have to worry about being in trouble with the law matter of fact Wednesday night we talked about that dangerous ox a couple Wednesdays ago It's in the Bible, Exodus, Leviticus, somewhere in there, that if you knew your ox was dangerous and you didn't do anything to him, and he gored somebody, well that's on you. So if you lived that verse, you would say, you know what, I've got a dangerous ox, I need to do something with him before he hurts somebody. And in doing something with your ox, now you are living a safe life. But it does not and did not produce righteousness. Obedience would bring safety. Then you get down to verse number six, who could go up to heaven and bring Christ up? No one, so he came to us. And who could go down in the grave and bring Christ right up? No one, so he did that for us. In verse number eight, what do you have to say about that? The very words they knew pointed to this, and what they lacked was faith. What they lacked was faith. And so Paul points out the problem. There was a lack of faith. And when there's a lack of faith, there's an excess of works. and they were trying to please and impress God with their own righteousness. Then we get to point number two tonight, and Paul gives them a proper explanation. How and what does this look like? Boy, how many of you love Romans chapter, really, 10 verses 9 down through 13 tonight? Boy, it's some wonderful verses, isn't it? You ever led somebody to Christ and skipped over this part of the Bible? Typically, this is where we run to. This is the end of the Romans road, but really it's the beginning of eternal life. We come here tonight, and Paul gives an illustration. Imagine tonight, or gives an explanation tonight, if we had turned here tonight, verse number nine, and it said this, well, if you're a Jew, this is what you must do. And if you're a Gentile, well, this is what you must do. But look at verse number nine, there is if in there, but that's not what it's saying. Notice there's a four-letter word there, that if thou. Now I understand, I can't tell you how many times someone tells me, well, I'll just tell you what, I don't like that King James, all those these and thous. I can't understand all those these and thous. Can I say tonight, whatever version of the Bible you have, Nebuchadnezzar's still spelled the same. That's still hard, that's still hard to say whether it's in the King James or the NIV. But the reality is tonight, And you say, well preacher, these and thous aren't a big difference. They are. When you look at them grammatically. And you look at them in the language sense of it. Thou is actually a very powerful word. When David sinned, and Nathan the preacher comes to him, or the prophet comes to him, he doesn't say, there is a man here. What's he do? He says, thou art the man. when he calls them out. See, tonight the word thou, we should appreciate that's the word you, well it is, but it's not. Because if it was the word you, it'd say you. The word thou carries a very personal attachment to it. In essence, if I were to say this, do you have a problem with me? You're saying, well he can't be talking to me, because I don't have a problem with him. But if I say, Billy, do you have a problem with me? That got a whole lot more personal, doesn't it? Billy, do you have a problem with me? Good, okay. Right, the word thou, think about it this way, the word thou is taking your finger and pointing it in someone's face. Clearly identifying who you are talking to. Right, if thou, not just in the general sense, but in essence Paul's saying if you're standing right before them and you are dealing with them with the gospel, you could say if you, right, it makes it real personable. 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. And so we gotta realize the gospel doesn't operate on a racial issue. The gospel doesn't operate on racial standards tonight. It operates on a personable standard. It operates on you. I can't get saved for you. If I could, I would. Because boy, it was a wonderful experience. But you can be saved. You have to make the choice. You have to respond to the invitation. You have to believe in thine heart. You have to confess with your mouth. And so Paul would say, when you deal with them, in essence, throw out their heritage. Throw out their genealogy, it really doesn't matter. What do they say? What do you say? So proper explanation is given. If thou shalt believe, thou is thou. Confess with thy mouth, Lord Jesus. That is Jesus being and is God. Believe in thine heart, a personal belief, not just being part of a system or a group. We say it all the time. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian. Going to church doesn't get you into heaven. Going to church doesn't make you saved. Right, there's only one way to be saved. And that's what we're taught here in Romans. And so it's just in the same way we apply it nowadays, you can look at them and say, well, just because you keep the Sabbath doesn't mean you're going to heaven. Just because you don't mix your fabrics together doesn't mean you're going to heaven. Just because you've never tasted the wonderful goodness of bacon doesn't mean you're going to heaven. If thou shalt believe in thine heart, that God hath raised him from the dead, and shalt confess with thy mouth, thou shalt be saved. And here's why, look at verse number 10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. All the mouth is doing is saying what the heart already believes, calling out unto the Lord. when I'm dealing with somebody or sharing the gospel with them or they've asked questions about salvation, they are ready to receive Christ. I stress this point for them to talk out loud. Not because I need to hear it. Not because I'm sitting back there with my clipboard and say, oh yep, you said that right, you said that right, ooh. You ended that down wrong. I don't think you're saved. But rather, it's really for them. because then they can look back and say, yes, not only did I believe in my heart, but I heard myself say what I believed. And according to the word of God, if I believe in my heart and I call upon the Lord, what does verse 13 say? For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, what, shall be saved. I love, I love the simplicity of the gospel, because I don't have to sit down there and ask you, well, tell me how you feel. Did you have goosebumps? How many tears did you cry? Did you say everything exactly right? Did you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, that he rose again for you? Did you call upon him with your own mouth and believe with your own heart? Then what does the word of God say? Thou shalt be saved. And so we see tonight, and it's a wonderful truth tonight, that we don't have to try to talk people into being saved. We don't have to try to force people into being saved. We simply can take the word of God, let the Holy Spirit do what the Holy Spirit does, and watch what happens when you keep it real, real simple. And so Paul gives a proper explanation, a simple explanation to not. Belief is an act of faith. Believing that I can't, but Jesus can. Confession is a conscience, a personal choice to call out, which results in verse number 11, there's nothing to be ashamed of. When God saved you, when Jesus saved you, he didn't mess up. He didn't halfway save you. You may live like he did, but he didn't. When he saved you, he completely and totally saved you in a perfect way, and there's nothing to be ashamed about of what God did for you. And then we go down to verse number 13 tonight, and who does this apply to? Whosoever. Whoever is a who? You know, you've seen the shirt on our tracks say it, whosoever. That's anybody. That's everybody. That's whosoever. That's a wonderful Bible word tonight. Whosoever. You say that, that catches people's attention because that's not an everyday word. What are you talking about? I'm talking about who can be saved. Who can be saved? Whosoever will. Call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. So Paul points out the problem, he gives the proper explanation tonight, and then he gives a problematic reality. Look at verse number 14 tonight. How shall they call on him in whom they've not believed? And how shall they believe in him who they've not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? In essence, there's a rebuttal here that, well, that's great, Paul, but who's gonna tell us that? Who's going to share that with us? And oftentimes, Romans 10-14 is often used for missions conferences. There's nothing wrong with that tonight. It's an appeal to the ministry. It's an appeal to preach the gospel, and there's nothing wrong with that tonight. But really, the question that's being answered is almost like, well, what about this, Paul? And Paul said, oh, you've already had one of those. You are without excuse. Because notice what he says right there in verse 15. How shall they preach except they be sent as it is written? How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things. Now you cannot take that verse and say, well, I'm gonna preach the gospel so I can have some pretty feet. It don't work that way. I preach the gospel week in and week out. And my feet ain't winning no awards. But what it's saying here is as they come in, as they walked into that area, into that region preaching the gospel, the most beautiful thing that could have happened to those people was when that preacher walked in and shared the beauty of the gospel to them, the simplicity of the gospel to them. A preacher that was sent from God to preach to them, the only problem was Israel had those people come to them. They had men like Moses. They had men like Isaiah that's mentioned here in Romans chapter number 10. They had those preachers, they had those prophets that came and foretold of Christ's coming. Even Christ himself came. And they would not listen. The issue tonight isn't so much that God's not sending enough preachers. The issue tonight, they're falling on deaf ears. They're not listening. Here's the thing. Paul points out what they're doing is not working. Then he gives them what works. He said, but if you're not gonna listen to it, what else can I do for you? How else can I help you? How else can I break this down for you? Because look at verse 121. But to Israel he saith, all day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. That's Isaiah's talk right there. I've given my best, I told them. that he was coming, for he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities, that's Isaiah. The chastisement of our people is upon his shoulders. All those, that's Isaiah preaching to them and telling them about Christ, just for Christ to come and for them not to hear him. And it continues on in the days of Paul, and the reality is it continues on today. Preacher, what do you think Israel's greatest need is? The gospel. the gospel. Why? That's every man's greatest need is to hear and not just to hear the gospel but to believe the gospel. Well preacher, God sent me to preach. He may not have sent you to a foreign field, he might have sent you to a job site. He might have sent you to a family reunion. He might have sent you wherever he sends you to and you go in there with your beautiful feet bringing in the gospel and you present it to them, there's no malice in your heart, you're not trying to correct them, you're not trying to change them, you're not trying to fix them, you just want them to know what you know and so you present it to them and they do not hear you. One of the things that David Brainerd struggled with the most is that when he was preaching to those Native Americans in the early 1700s was that he could not get them saved. He could not make them pray and ask God to save them until one day he realized that wasn't his responsibility. He was just to share the gospel with them and tell them the word of God and then let them make that choice. And so we see here tonight, there's a problematic reality, is that not everybody we share with is gonna believe. but some will. And boy, what a difference that makes in their life. What a change that'll make in their life. What about Israel? Well, there's another wonderful picture here that, yes, and not just Israel's trying to build their own righteousness, man by themselves are trying to do that. And it's okay for you to say, listen, it don't work that way. That's not how this thing works. You'll never reach high enough, be good enough. Let me explain something. Can I take you to Romans chapter number 10 real quick? Can I tell you the simplicity of the gospel? And if you want to believe that, you can, and I'll help you through that. And they say no, what did Jesus say? Dust off your shoes and go find someone else. Pray for them. I'm not saying wipe them off the face of the earth, forget about them. But somebody else needs to hear. Move on and continue on for the glory of God.