What is the Word of God in Romans 10:17?
In Romans 10:17, the Word of God is not a vague, ethereal mishmash but that which Almighty God has actually spoken. It is the revealed message from God, as the Old Testament prophets declared when they said, "The Word of the Lord came to me," and then believed and wrote it.
Les teaches from Romans 10:17 that faith comes by hearing, and hearing comes by the Word of God. He explains that the Word of God is not some mishmash floating around in the ethereal; it is something Almighty God has spoken. The Old Testament prophets were constantly saying this, as Ezekiel repeatedly said, "The Word of the Lord came to me," and then he believed it and wrote it. Les also ties in Deuteronomy 29:29: the secret things belong to the Lord, but the revealed things are for us. So believers cannot assume what God will say; they must wait until He has spoken it and then believe it. This is why Peter and the Eleven were not expected to believe what had not yet been revealed in Acts 3.
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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According to Romans 10:17, how does faith come?
Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing cometh by the Word of God, according to Romans 10:17.