“But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: ‘Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world'” (Romans 10:18). Read Romans 10. Why would anyone reject Christ’s loving invitation for eternal salvation? Romans 10 gives us four reasons. First, people reject Jesus out of misguided religious zeal (cf. 1-4). Some people’s own zeal—whether for legalism or false religion—is what blinds them to their need for Christ. Like Paul in the days when he persecuted Christians, many people have good intentions, but good intentions without Truth prove deadly. Second, people reject Jesus due to their misdirected efforts (cf. 5-13). In many ways, it is the simplicity of the Gospel that causes people to stumble. If you give them a complicated formula, they will follow it, eager to justify themselves by their great works. But the Gospel is simple: Repent, confess Christ, and believe that He rose from the dead, for […]