基督的话
即基督所说的话。在神新约的经纶里，神在子里面说话，而子不仅在福音书里亲自说话，也在行传、书信和启示录里，借着祂的肢体─使徒和先知─说话。这些都可视为基督的话。
被传讲并听见的基督
在罗马十章十四至十五节保罗说，“然而人所未曾信入的，怎能呼求？所未曾听见的，怎能信入？没有传道的，怎能听见？若非奉差遣，怎能传道？如经上所记：‘传福音报喜信的人，他们的脚踪何等佳美！’”呼求主需要信入祂，信入祂需要听见祂，听见祂需要有人传福音。福音若要被传扬，就必须有人奉神差遣。那些奉神差遣的人传福音，使人听见、信入、呼求主的名而得救。我们信入主并呼求祂以后，也必须传扬祂。基督已在全地被传讲并听见。祂已被奉差遣的人传扬，被犹太人和外邦人听见。他们许多人已经信而得着义，并且呼求而得救。
被接受或弃绝的基督
在罗马十章十六至二十一节，我们看见被接受或弃绝的基督。一面基督被外邦人接受了，但另一面祂被以色列人弃绝了。在罗马书的各章里，陈明基督最多的是十章。这位基督藉着从天降下而成为肉体，并藉着从无底坑上来而复活。基督经过了这过程，成了活的话。祂与我们相近，甚至就在我们口里，也在我们心里。复活的基督是活的话，就是那灵；祂就像我们所接受到里面的空气，气息。我们所需要作的，就是运用我们的口吸入祂，运用我们的心接受祂，并运用我们的灵保有祂。我们若这样作，就必藉着呼求祂的名得救，并得着祂一切丰富的供应。
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Saved by Believing in the Word of Christ – Rom. 10:16-17
The Word of Christ
In His New Testament economy God speaks in the Son, and the Son speaks not only directly in the Gospels, but also through His members, the apostles and prophets, in Acts, in the Epistles, and in Revelation. All these may be considered as His word.
Christ, Preached and Heard
In Romans 10:14-15 Paul says, “How then shall they call upon Him in Whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of Whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without one who preaches? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who announce glad tidings of good things!’” Calling upon the Lord requires believing in Him, believing in Him requires the hearing of Him, and the hearing of Him requires the preaching of the glad tidings. If the gospel is to be preached, someone must be sent by God. Those who are sent by God preach the glad tidings that people may hear, believe, call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. After we have believed in the Lord and called upon Him we must also preach Him. Christ has been preached and heard throughout the whole earth. He has been preached by the sent ones and heard by both the Jews and the nations. Many of them have believed unto righteousness and have called unto salvation.
Christ, Received and Rejected
In Rom. 10:16-21 we see Christ received and rejected. On the one hand Christ has been received by the nations, but on the other hand He has been rejected by Israel. Of all the chapters in the book of Romans, chapter ten presents the most about Christ. This Christ was incarnated by coming down from heaven and was resurrected by coming up from the abyss. Having passed through this process, Christ 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 resurrected 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.