ROMANS 10:11-15 WHOSOEVER The idea some promote is that there is no way I have any responsibility when it comes to being justified by faith. They would teach some are elected to be saved and some are going to be lost because God did not choose them. Therefore, God has to take all the blessing or blame as to whether one is saved or lost. There is a quotation from the Old Testament the Spirit of God puts in place here as He applies the truth of the Gospel message - "Whosoever believeth on Him..." To the Jews, they would have known that meant the
Messiah was coming. Now it is used referring to Jesus as Lord. These simple powerful verses remove all excuse from any Jew as to who Jesus is and as to what God expected from them.
God's salvation is put right out in the open as being available to "whosoever" without exception. The person who listens to the word of the Gospel, no matter who they are, will find that He is "Lord of all," and He is "rich unto all" who call upon Him in faith. That person is promised salvation by the Lord Himself who saves them now. There is authority in His name and the offer of salvation goes out to "whosoever" - to anyone who calls on Him. This saving message is to those who hear of salvation provided by the death of Christ on the cross and who will believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and the finished work of salvation. Nothing is added. It is to "whosoever" hears and believes. The Jews had to learn this the same as the Gentiles.
Those who declare the Gospel are to bring good news and have a message that both Jews and Gentiles have to hear. Preachers are not free-lancing people, who can say whatever they want. They are sent by God, with God's message, to people God is going to save - and they can plainly say to the listeners, "Whosoever will may come and take the water of life freely." The "good tidings" they preach is the "Gospel of peace." The law brought fear; the Gospel brings peace. The law brought the wrath of holy justice; the Gospel brings the good things of God and the joy that accompanies them.
The Gospel may not seem at first to people to be very good news, For without question it will condemn those who their own way will choose. However, when some stop to face their sin it will make them to consider, There are consequences when refusing the Gospel that will fall on "whosoever."
On the other hand, when people take time to listen, they will learn a wonderful truth. Salvation is freely offered to "whosoever" when they grasp the worth Of a soul and the length of eternity and what Christ has done for them, That they can be justified freely by God's grace when faith is placed in Him.
"Whosoever believeth on Him," is when we learn the value of the message. Those who preach the Gospel of peace need to have burned on their soul this passage Of scripture that tells us "Whosoever believeth on Him hath everlasting life." And that sheds on the dark soul of the repentant person, believing God leads to light.
"Whosoever" is a wonderful word that includes every man, woman and child. It also means God is not respecter of persons, though all by sin have been defiled. His grace is greater than all our sin, Christ's blood for all has been shed. Those who put their faith in Him, are trusting in One who God has raised from among the dead.
"Whosoever" is also a fearful word for those who choose to despise God's grace. "Whosoever was not found written in the book," will not be hidden from God's holy face. There is a sense in which a person now will wish they had never been born, If they deliberately reject the Savior of sinners, and His grace they refuse with scorn.
The blessing of the Gospel is that "Whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord;" And God in mercy gives to "whosoever," the written assurance of His Word. To be saved is an offer to "whosoever;" the blessing from Him that is forever. God's grace is abundantly supplied to save without any human endeavor.
"Father in heaven, I thank Thee for the simplicity of Thy salvation. May our time in this place give these isolated believers a sense of the value of what they have done and in whom they have believed - as well as who they are. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen."