ROMANS.
10.
My fellow believers, what I deeply desire and what I pray to God earnestly for is that he will save  my own people,  the Jews. 
I declare truthfully about them that although they ◄zealously seek/very much want to know► God, they do not understand  how to seek/know him correctly. 
They did not ◄submit themselves to/accept► the way that God erases the record of people’s sins. They did not  want to recognize  that way because they wanted him to do it their own way. 
They wanted God to erase the record of their sins  as a result of their obeying his laws. But because of what Christ has done, it is no longer necessary for  people to obey the laws  God gave Moses in order for the record of their sins to be erased. Now God will erase the record of sins of everyone who trusts  in what Christ has done. 
In regard to  the old way, Moses wrote  concerning people who obey God’s laws, “It is the people who have done  perfectly the things  that the laws require who will gain  eternal life by  doing them.” 
But those whose record of sins God has erased as a result of their believing  in Christ can say  to anyone PRS  as Moses said, “You should not critically think inwardly, ‘◄Someone will have to go up and enter heaven!/Who will go up and enter heaven?►’ RHQ” That is to say, someone will have to  go up and bring Christ down  to bring the message of salvation to us! 
“Or  you should not think inwardly, ‘◄Someone will have to go down and enter the place where  the spirits of dead persons are!/Who will go down and enter the place where  the spirits of dead persons are?►’ RHQ” That is to say, someone will have to  go down and bring Christ up  from there to bring the message of salvation to us. You should not say that because Christ has already come down to save us, and has already become alive after he died! 
But instead,  those who believe in Christ PRS can say what RHQ  Moses also said, “You (sg) can find out about  God’s message very easily. You can speak MTY about it; you can think MTY about it.” This is the message that we proclaim, that people must believe  in Christ. 
 This message is that if anyone of you confesses/says publicly that Jesus is Lord, and if you (sg) believe that God ◄caused him to become alive again after he died/raised him from the dead►, you will be saved { God will save you}. 
If people believe  that Christ died and that God caused him to become alive again CHI, the result is that  God will erase the record of their sins. And  for those who state/declare publicly  that Jesus is their Lord, the result is that  God will save them. 
 It is written { Isaiah wrote} in the Scriptures PRS  about the Messiah, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.” 
 God treats Jews and non-Jews similarly. Because he is the same Lord for all people  who believe in him, he abundantly  blesses all who ask him  to save them. 
This is  just like what the prophet Joel wrote: “All those who ask the Lord  God to save them will be saved {The Lord  God will save all those who ask him to save them}.” 
 In regard to the people of Israel rejecting the gospel, some people might object by saying, (OR,  This raises another problem about the Jews:) “◄They certainly cannot ask Christ to save them if they have not  first believed  in him!/How can they ask Christ to help/save them if they have not  first believed  in him?► RHQ And ◄they certainly cannot believe  in him if they have not heard about him!/how can they believe  in him if they have not heard about him?► RHQ And ◄they certainly cannot hear  about him if someone does not preach to them  about him!/how can they hear  about him if someone does not preach to them  about him?► RHQ 
And those who preach to them  about Christ, ◄certainly cannot preach if they are not sent  by God {if  God does not send them}  to preach!/how can they preach if they are not sent  by God {if  God does not send them}  to preach?► RHQ  His sending messengers to them would be just like it is written {like someone wrote}  in the Scriptures, ‘The arrival MTY of those who preach the good message is wonderful!’ ” 
 I would reply in this way to people who say such things: God has indeed sent people to preach the message about Christ. But not all  the people of Israel have paid attention to the good message!  It is like what Isaiah said  when he felt very discouraged, “Lord, it seems as if hardly anyone believed what they heard us (exc) preach! RHQ” 
So then,  I tell you that people are believing  in Christ as a result of hearing  the message about him, and people are hearing  the message as a result of  people preaching  about Christ! 
But  if someone were to ask, “Have not  the people of Israel heard  the message about God?”  I would reply that they certainly  have heard it! It is like  what is written in the Psalms,  People living all over the world PRS, MTY  have seen the stars, and what they indicate  about God’s character has reached people living in the most remote places in the world DOU! 
But  someone might ask, “ Is it true that the people of MTY Israel understood  the message about Christ?”  I would reply that certainly they understood it, but they rejected it! Remember that Moses was the first  one who warned the people of Israel about disobeying God. He told them that God said,  You consider that non-Jewish groups are not nations at all CHI. But some of them  will believe in me, and I will bless them. Then you will envy them. I will cause you to be angry with those people whom  you Jews think do not understand  my ways IRO. 
Remember also  what God said  very boldly to Isaiah: Non-Jews who did not ◄try to know/seek► me will surely find me DOU! I will surely reveal what I am like to those who did not ask for me! 
But concerning  the people of Israel,  Isaiah tells  us that God said: For a long time I have held out my arms to people who disobeyed and rebelled against me,  in order to invite them to return to me.