Romans 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias said, Lord, who has believed our report? Is earnest faith declining? The tendency seems to be decidedly in this direction. Even in secular affairs, The Times tells us, "Nothing is more remarkable than the complete extinction of that keen interest, that intense faith, and that eager hope, which manifestly inspired the politicians of half a century ago, and made their influence felt among all classes of the community." In religious circles it is common to hear comments on the indifference of a large number of persons who go to church, the absence from their minds of anything like powerful convictions, and the easy nonchalance with which they pass by great and solemn inquiries, the importance of which used to be felt by nearly all. Ministers of the gospel, therefore, who have the responsibility of guiding the Church, have need to remember that if they would see an earnest faith on the part of their people, nothing is more necessary than that their own hearts be pervaded by it, and if they would see that faith controlling other men's lives it must very really control their own. (A. M. Fairbairn, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?WEB: But they didn't all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?" |
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