JGIG, we are not talking about BEFORE He forgives us, but what comes AFTER! Continue in sin to abound grace? Yah forbid!
Let's look a little deeper:
Rom 10:4For Messiah is the goal1 of the ‘Torah unto righteousness’to everyone who believes.
Footnote: 1Or end purpose; not termination.
Rom 10:5 For
Mosheh writes about the righteousness which is of the Torah, "The man who does these shall live by them."
Rom 10:6 But the
righteousness of belief speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, ‘Who shall ascend into the heavens?’ " – that is, to bring Messiah down; or,
Rom 10:7 " ‘Who shall descend into the abyss?’ " – that is, to bring Messiah up from the dead.
Rom 10:8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" – that is, the word of belief which we are proclaiming:
Where was he drawing this from, one might ask:
Deu 30:10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law,
and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Deu 30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day,
it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
Deu 30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deu 30:13 Neither
is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deu 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Isn't that awesome to know what exactly he was talking about?
To further supplement the Gospel message he was talking about
:
Heb 4:2 For indeed the Good News was brought to us as well as to them, but the word which they heard did not profit them, not having been mixed with belief in those who heard it.