Feb. 01, 2026

“People’s Choice”

“People’s Choice”
Romans 10:5-13
Central Idea: People are saved by believing in Jesus, not by
being good enough to earn God’s approval.
I. Law-righteousness requires ___________ (5)
• Leviticus 18:5 — have to obey the __________ law
• Salvation by works is a theoretical ____________________,
• but it’s a practical _______________________.
•We can’t possibility keep ____ the law.
II. Faith-righteousness only requires ________________ (6-8)
• Deuteronomy 30:11-14 — the law is a gracious _______ from God
• “to bring Christ down” = _______________ (God became human)
• “descent into the abyss” = __________________ of Jesus
• Both were initiated by God, not a response to human ________
• v. 8 Faith is near — Faith-righteousness is not ________________.
III. The explanation (9-10)
A. Requirements (9)
• Jesus is Lord = Jesus is ________
• Confessing to ______, not a __________ confession that you
believe Jesus is Lord before you can be _________.
• Jesus is alive = ____________ in His resurrection
• The fact that He is alive is because He is God.
B. Results (10)
• Paul is describing one action in two ways - _________________.
• heart = righteousness (justified = declared _______________)
•mouth = salvation
• Those are two terms that _________ the same thing; you are
never one and not, also at the same time, the other.
C. What is Paul talking about?
• heart believes what the mouth ___________
•mouth confesses what the heart _____________
IV. Salvation’s assurance (11-13)
A. The choice to believe is _______________ to all
• Language is ______________
•Without __________________ - no barriers
B. Everyone who believes will be __________
• _________________ promise = all who believe will be saved
Application
1. Keep the gospel __________.
•We are saved by _______________ (trusting) in Jesus.
•We’re not bringing anything, because we don’t have anything to
________ God; God is offering us everything we _______.
2. Anyone, anytime, anywhere, in literally any situation, can
___________ to believe.
• The ________________ of the gospel is there for all of us.