Section 15
Whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without one who preaches? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who announce glad tidings of good things!" Calling upon the Lord requires believing in Him, believing in Him requires the hearing of Him, and the hearing of Him requires the preaching of the glad tidings. If the gospel is to be preached, someone must be sent by God. Those who are sent by God preach the glad tidings that people may hear, believe, call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. After we have believed in the Lord and called upon Him we must also preach Him. Christ has been preached by the sent ones and heard by both the Jews and the nations. Many of them have believed unto righteousness and have called unto salvation.
RECEIVED AND REJECTED
In verses 16 through 21 we see Christ received and rejected. On the one hand Christ has been received by the nations, but on the other hand He has been rejected by Israel.
Both chapters nine and ten of Romans cover one point—the selection of God. God's selection is our destiny. This selection is of God who calls;