All right. Would you all please stand, and I'm going to read God's word to us this morning.

Let's start in Romans chapter 10, verse 5.

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law that the person who does the commands

shall live by them but the righteousness based on faith says do not say in your heart who will ascend

into heaven that is to bring christ down or who will descend into the abyss that is to bring

Christ up from the dead.

But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. That is the

word of faith that we proclaim. Because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord

and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved

for with the heart one believes and is justified and with the mouth one confesses and is saved

for the scripture says everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame for there is no

distinction between Jew and Greek for the same Lord as Lord of

all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him and whom they have

never heard and how are they to hear without someone preaching and how are they to preach unless they are

sent as it is written how beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news but they have not all

obeyed the gospel.

For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?

So faith comes from hearing and hearing through the Word of Christ.

Let's pray together.

Heavenly Father, thank you for your word.

Unfailing.

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