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it is of God's mercy and sovereignty; it is by the righteousness of faith; and it is through Christ.

Of all the chapters in the book of Romans, chapter ten presents the most about Christ. In 10:4 Christ is called "the end of the law." In no other chapter in the whole New Testament is Christ designated in such a way. Hence, Ro mans 10 gives us a very crucial title of Christ: the end of the law. This Christ was incarnated by coming down from heaven and was resur rected by coming up from the abyss. Having passed through this process, Christ, who is the end of the law, has become the living Word. He is near us, even in our mouth and in our heart. The two phrases "in your mouth" and "in your heart" imply that Christ is like the air. Only air can be in our mouth and in our heart. The res urrected Christ is the living Word, which is the Spirit; He is like the air, the breath, that we take into our being. All we need to do is exercise our mouth to breathe Him in, our heart to receive Him, and our spirit to retain Him. If we do this, we shall be saved and supplied with all His riches by calling on His name. We also need to preach Him. As we preach Him and people hear Him, some will believe and others will reject.

Romans 10 presents an excellent description

and definition of Christ for our participation. We not only have to believe in Him with our heart, but also call on Him with our mouth. We have to call on Him, not only for salvation, but also for the enjoyment of His riches. We were made vessels to contain Him; we were selected and predestinated to be His containers. This re quires our cooperation in receiving Him and tak ing Him in. In order to do this we need to open ourselves from the depths of our being and call upon Him with our mouth from deep within our spirit. Thus, in chapter nine we have the vessels, and in chapter ten we are given the way to have the vessels filled with the riches of Christ. This is the economy of God's selection, the purpose of His heart's desire.

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