{"id":1494,"date":"2014-06-30T19:38:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T23:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realbiblestudy.com\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2014-07-01T21:02:15","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T01:02:15","slug":"daily-bible-nugget-302-romans-1017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=1494","title":{"rendered":"Daily Bible Nugget #302, Romans 10:17"},"content":{"rendered":"<fb:like href='https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=1494' send='true' layout='button_count' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like><p><strong>The Nugget:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Romans 10:17  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>My Comment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sixth proof for the Perspicuity of Scripture is found in Romans 10:17, which states that the Bible is understandable because it is the source of faith.<\/p>\n<p>As you either hear the Word of God in Scripture, or read the Scripture for yourself, you really will discover that the Scripture produces faith in your life. For me, I was not expecting anything unusual as I first read the New Testament seriously. I was not looking for saving faith, or even salvation, for at the time I did not realize I was not saved. But God through His written Word by means of the working of His Holy Spirit brought me to saving faith and a personal knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ as I have mentioned here many times. If you will receive the truth of God&#8217;s Word as you read it, God can and will do the same for you so that you can absolutely know that you have everlasting life (John 5:24;  1 John 5:13).<\/p>\n<p>But notice what this proves. The Bible is understandable! It could not produce saving faith if it were not understandable.<\/p>\n<p>So, though this may be contrary to what you have been taught, though it be contrary to what some churches teach, the Bible itself declares it is understandable. I have now furnished you six specific proofs from the Bible that establish that the Bible claims to be understandable. The doctrine of the Perspicuity of Scripture, therefore, is firmly established.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) Consult the cross references given in <em>Nelson\u2019s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible<\/em> on page 1290 for Romans 10:17.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Consult the cross references given in <em>The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/em> on page 1311 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Romans 10:17.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:<\/p>\n<p>     Romans 10:17.  <strong>faith<\/strong>.  ver. Ro 10:8, *Ro 10:14.  **Ro 1:16.  *Lk 16:29-31.  *1 Cor 1:18-24.  Ga 3:2, 5.  Ep 2:8.  *Col 1:4-6.  **1 Th 2:13.  *2 Th 2:13, 14.  *He 4:2.  *James 1:18-21.  *1 P 1:23-25.  *1 P 2:1, 2.  <strong>by hearing<\/strong>.  T#888.  **Ro 1:16.  Jb 42:5.  Ps 18:44.  *Ps 19:7, 8, 11.  *Ps 119:105, 130.  Pr 6:23.  8:33, 34.  Is 2:3.  55:2, 3, 10-12.  *Mk 4:24, 25.  Lk 9:11.  Jn 1:37.  **Jn 5:39.  6:63.  **Jn 20:31.  Ac 4:4.  10:22, 36-43.  15:7.  +**Ac 17:11, 12.  1 Cor 1:21.  *Ga 3:2, 5.  Ep 1:13.  Col 1:6.  He 4:2.  *James 1:21.  *2 P 1:19.  *Re 1:3.  <strong>and hearing<\/strong>.  FS16, +Ge 1:27.  +*Je 23:28, 29.  *Mk 4:24.  Lk 8:11, 21.  +*Lk 11:28.  *2 Cor 2:17.  **He 4:12, 13.  Re 1:9.  <strong>by the word<\/strong>.  Gr. <em>rh\u0113ma<\/em> (S#4487g), Mk 9:32n.  T#1115.  ver. Ro 10:8.  *Pr 4:20-22.  **1 Th 2:13.  +**2 Tim 3:15-17.  *James 1:18.  *1 P 1:23.  <strong>of God<\/strong>.  Lk 3:2.  **Lk 4:4.  Jn 3:34.  **Jn 8:47.  Ep 6:17.  He 6:5.  11:3.  13:7.  **1 P 1:25.  Significant ancient authorities support the alternate reading &#8220;of Christ,&#8221; but Gifford cites Meyer, De Wette, Lange, Philippi, etc., who &#8220;agree in regarding it as a gloss intended to define more precisely the meaning of &#8220;by the word of God.&#8221;  Furthermore, if the alternate reading is accepted, it is the only occurrence of <em>r\u0113ma Christou<\/em> in the New Testament.  Jn 5:38.  8:37.  Col 3:16.  1 P 1:11.  1 J 1:10.<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=1494' send='true' layout='button_count' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like><span class=\"fb_share\"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=1494\" layout=\"box_count\"><\/fb:like><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nugget: Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 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