ROMANS 10:11-21; 11:1-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nBrethren, the scripture says, “No one who believes in God will be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him. For, “every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.” But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how can men 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?” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ. But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have; for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Again I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.” Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, “I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.” But of Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.” I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Hearing not Reading<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
There’s a saying that the faith is caught, not taught. There’s some degree of truth there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who Rejected Whom?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
“All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cyril of Alexandria AD 444<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\nIsrael ought not to suppose that salvation by faith is a blessing peculiar to it. For Scripture says that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, whether Jew or Gentile, whether slave or free. The universal God saves everyone without distinction, because all things belong to him. Thus we say that all things are recapitulated in Christ.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Ambrosiaster AD 400<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\nPaul says that in general everyone is lumped together because of unbelief or else exalted together because of their belief, because apart from Christ there is no salvation in God\u2019s presence, only punishment or death. For neither the privileges of their ancestors nor the law can do the Jews any good if they do not accept the merit and promise made to them. Neither do the Gentiles have anything to boast about in the flesh, if they do not believe in Christ\u2026. Paul says that God bestows his riches not on those who believe but on those who call upon him, so that after believing the mind will not cease to ask God for what it has been taught to ask the Lord for. Commentary on Paul\u2019s Epistles.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Augustine of Hippo AD 430<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\nGod sends his angels and gathers together his elect from the four winds, that is, from the whole world. Therefore, the church must necessarily be found among the nations where it does not yet exist, but it does not necessarily follow that all who live there will believe. The promise was to all nations but not to all men of all nations, for not all have faith.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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