In Romans 10 Paul establishes the central importance of preaching in God’s plan of salvation for the world. The preached message, as a word that is proclaimed and heard, corresponds in a fundamental way to the gospel itself – a message of salvation that is freely given and intended simply to be received by faith. Gospel preaching stands in a line of continuity with Moses’ and Isaiah’s ministry, and fulfils the latter’s prophetic expectation of the proclamation of good news in the messianic age. Jesus himself stands behind the authoritative preaching of his word, and he commissions preachers to
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