The Lord's Day Bible Message Outlines
March 7, 2010
Pastor Dana Johnson
"...Whoever
believes on Him will not be put to
shame."
-Romans
10:11
For the Scripture says, "Whoever
believes on Him will not be put to
shame."
1. Consider the words
"will not be put to shame":
a. Word
meaning- to be disgraced or dishonored, thoroughly or
completely.
b. Notice the
original Hebrew words in Isaiah 28:16.
Isaiah
28:16 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I lay
in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tried stone, a
precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes
will not act hastily."
2. Consider a summary
of this verse's historic context in Isaiah 28:
a. God's
people (Israel) have been rebellious and wicked.
Isaiah
28:1, 7 - Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of
Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower which
is at the head of the verdant valleys, to those who are
overcome with wine! 7But they also have erred
through wine, and through intoxicating drink are out of
the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through
intoxicating drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they
are out of the way through intoxicating drink; they err
in vision, they stumble in judgment.
b. The people have
mocked Isaiah's warnings of judgment and have convinced
themselves that all will be well.
Isaiah
28:13-15 - But the word of the LORD was to them, "Precept
upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line
upon line, here a little, there a little," that they
might go and fall backward, and be broken and snared and
caught. 14Therefore hear the word of the LORD,
you scornful men, who rule this people who are in
Jerusalem, 15because you have said, "We have
made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we are in
agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through,
It will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge,
and under falsehood we have hidden
ourselves."
c. The Lord's
judgment will bring a swift and sudden end of the wicked;
and their "covenants of death" will provide no
comfort.
Isaiah
28:17-21 - Also I will make justice the measuring line,
and righteousness the plummet; the hail will sweep away
the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the
hiding place. 18Your covenant with death will
be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not
stand; when the overflowing scourge passes through, then
you will be trampled down by it. 19As often as
it goes out it will take you; for morning by morning it
will pass over, and by day and by night; It will be a
terror just to understand the report." 20For
the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the covering
so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it.
21For the LORD will rise up as at Mount
Perazim, He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon;
that He may do His work, His awesome work, and bring to
pass His act, His unusual act.
d. Yet, there is
also a promise of salvation and for a restoration of
righteousness for those who wait on God in faith.
Isaiah
28:16 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I lay
in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tried stone, a
precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes
will not act hastily.
3. Under the guidance
of the Spirit, Isaiah zooms out of his own time and place to
focus on a future judgment that will affect the whole
earth.
Isaiah
28:22 - Now therefore, do not be mockers, lest your bonds be
made strong; for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts, a
destruction determined even upon the whole earth.
Consider the
way people will be in panic mode and put to share at that
time:
a.
Luke
21:26 - "Men's hearts failing them from fear and the
expectation of those things which are coming on the
earth, for the powers of heaven will be
shaken."
b.
Revelation
6:16 - and said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us
and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne
and from the wrath of the Lamb!"
4. In order to escape
that final judgment Paul reminds us of the old promise of
salvation along with additional revelation he had received
from the Lord.
a. Christ is
the righteousness the Lord said He would establish in
Jerusalem and in the earth.
Romans
10:4 - For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness
to everyone who believes.
b. Faith in God
must include faith in Christ.
Romans
10:9 - That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus
and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved.
c. This promise of
salvation is now for both Jew AND gentile with no
distinction.
Romans
10:12 - For there is no distinction between Jew and
Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call
upon Him.
d. The one who
believes will not be put to shame, but instead will be
saved.
Romans
10:13 - For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall
be saved."
(All
Scripture quoted is from the New King James
Version)
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