Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to join the Journey podcast

with your host, Emma Daughter. Thanks for joining. Back in episode 29, I shared that we'd be

tackling some tough questions as we journey through Romans. Today, we're looking at the question,

if God reveals himself to all people, according to Romans 1,

why do we share the gospel? In today's Devo, David reminds us that believing in Jesus is not about

works, words, or will, but a heart and life transformed. And in Romans 10, we start to see just how

that heart transformation takes place. Romans 10, 9 through 10 says,

because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God

raised him from the dead, you'll be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified,

and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. So how are heart saved? Through faith. But more specifically, belief in confession.

We must realize how broken and sinful we are. We can't measure up. That's what we confess.

And we believe Christ paid the debt our brokenness earns. But not only did he die taking the punishment

we deserve, rather he rose again defeating the grave so that through faith or belief in him, we might find life.

And this life, as Paul points out, is available to everyone.

You don't have to be Jewish or Greek or have been raised a certain way.

Everyone can find life in Christ.

Romans 10, 11 through 13 in the New Living translation, says, anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced. Jew and Gentile are the same

in this respect. They have the same Lord who gives generously to all who call on him. For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be

saved. But that brings us to our question. If God reveals himself to all people according to

Romans 1, why do we need to share the gospel? And Paul, anticipating his audience, might be wondering

the same thing, answers that with actually three questions.

Verse 14. But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they

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