Jew and Gentile, No Difference

Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Romans 10:11-13 — People love to make distinctions between themselves and others, between their tribe and other tribes. Fallen hearts tend to make these distinctions so as to elevate themselves above others, especially in religious matters. The apostle Paul has tirelessly labored in Romans to emphasize that there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile –– all sin falls short of the glory of God. If one does not follow the apostle here, they will construct different ways of salvation that appeal to the flesh. One may think being moral, good or kind is the way of salvation. But God’s way of salvation has always been the same — those who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. There is no distinction between Jew or Gentile in any sense, whether in sin or salvation. In this sermon on Romans 10:11–13 titled “Jew or Gentle, No Difference,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones expounds Paul’s teaching and brings contemporary application. Specifically, he applies Paul’s teaching here to dispensationalism and its teaching that makes a distinction between salvation for Jews and salvation for the church. In an amicable spirit, Dr. Lloyd-Jones challenges the popular movement by rightly connecting the Old Testament teaching on salvation with the New Testament. He emphasizes that there is only one way with one gospel and no distinctions.

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0:00.0	We are dealing at the present time, as most of you will remember, with the words found in Paul's
0:05.1	Epistle to the Romans in chapter 10, verses 11, 12, and 13, verses 11, 12, and 13 in the 10th chapter
0:15.1	of Paul's Epistle to the Romans. For the scripture says, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed,
0:22.6	For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek,
0:26.6	For the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
0:32.6	For, whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be safe.
0:39.3	Now, here in these words, as we are seeing,
0:42.0	the great apostle is proving and substantiating
0:44.7	what he'd already laid down in verses 9 and 10.
0:49.6	His point is that this is the way of salvation,
0:52.9	this is the word of faith, which he and the other
0:56.2	apostles and others were preaching, that salvation is by faith and not by works. If thou
1:03.1	shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine heart that God
1:08.5	hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. And he's
1:13.2	proving that. And he does so by first of all giving us a quotation from Isaiah 2816. The scripture
1:19.5	says, whosoever believeth in him on him shall not be ashamed. This is the way to this salvation that will never fail us. It is whosoever
1:31.9	believe in. Then, having quoted that scripture, the apostle in the 12th verse makes his comment
1:39.4	upon it. He draws it out, and as we've seen, adds a great element to it. There is no difference between the Jew and the Greek.
1:48.5	The same Lord overall is rich unto all that call upon him. In other words, he says, there is only one law for the whole world.
2:05.3	All of humanity is under God, not only the Jews.
2:09.9	He is not the God of the Jews only, but he is also the God of the Gentiles,
2:12.4	as he's already shown us in the third chapter.
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