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Rebrand | Week 6 | Daniel Goulding · Rewind

Rock Point Church

Pastor Daniel Goulding · Feb 20, 2022

Pastor Daniel Goulding · Feb 20, 2022 · 69 min watch · 2 min read

Rebrand | Week 6 | Daniel Goulding

Devotional days

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7

Scripture in this message

Romans 10
Romans 10:8
Romans 9
Romans 10:10
Romans 10:11
Romans 10:11-13

Big Idea Key points Application

Big Idea

If you are called to know Jesus, you are also called to go and share Him — you can't have one without the other.

The good news of Jesus isn't just a gift to receive, it's a message we're now responsible to carry. Paul shows in Romans 10 that faith is believing in your heart and declaring it with your mouth, and that people cannot hear what we refuse to share — so our job is simply faithful obedience, not controlling the outcome.

Key points

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1The method of salvation is our message: believe in your heart and declare with your mouth.
Working through Romans 10:8-11, Pastor Daniel shows Paul reduces salvation to two inseparable things — believing and declaring, not one or the other. He clarifies that to the Jewish audience 'heart' meant the whole of a person's being, not just emotion, quoting A.W. Tozer that faith that doesn't change behavior probably can't save the soul.
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2Romans 9-11 answers one question: is God done with Israel?
Pastor Daniel explains that these three dense chapters are Paul's long answer to the Jewish readers' fear that God had abandoned them now that Gentiles were being included. Paul says no — Israel's mistake was believing descent from Abraham or belonging to the group made them God's children, the same mistake churches make today by building a 'holy huddle' instead of going out.
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3People cannot hear what you don't share.
From Romans 10:14, Pastor Daniel walks through Paul's chain — they can't call on Him unless they believe, can't believe unless they hear, can't hear unless someone tells them. He warns that even a Rock Point of 100,000 people fails if this chain is broken, and points to Jesus pouring into three of the twelve disciples as the model of exponential, personal impact rather than crowd size.
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4Not everyone will welcome the message, and that's expected, not a sign of failure.
Citing Isaiah through Paul's words in Romans 10:16-18, he notes even the prophet asked 'who has believed our message,' and Paul's answer is that the responsibility is only to make sure people heard, not to control belief.
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5Success in sharing our faith is measured in obedience, not outcome.
Pastor Daniel tells parents grieving prodigal kids that their job is to pray, be a safe place, and remind their kids of God's love — but saving them isn't their job, it's God's. He illustrates this with Acts 10's story of Cornelius and Peter, showing God could have used an angel to explain the gospel but chose to send a human, because humans telling humans is God's consistent pattern.
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6Jesus' final words were a command to go, not to settle in comfortably.
Pastor Daniel reads Matthew 28's Great Commission and notes Jesus' last charge to His disciples wasn't to enjoy the empty tomb but to go and make disciples of all nations, a command that transformed twelve fearful, hiding men into people willing to die for the message.

Application

Pastor Daniel frames it as the same invitation that saves you is the invitation that sends you — you can't know without going.

Ask God to name your one person
Pray and ask God to make clear who the one person is in your life — a coworker, family member, neighbor, or teammate — that you're meant to reach.
Pursue that person intentionally
Once God brings someone to mind, begin intentionally building relationship with them, praying for them, and engaging them rather than waiting for a perfect moment.
Actually use words
Don't settle for just living a good life in front of people — turn the corner and verbally share what Jesus has done in your life with your non-believing friends, family, and coworkers.
Let go of the outcome
Share faithfully and trust God with whether the person believes; your job is obedience and faithfulness, not saving them, since that belongs to God.
Respond if God is speaking to you right now
If you've never believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, pray now to surrender your life to Him rather than missing the moment.

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Scripture in this message

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“Romans chapter 10, here's how Paul starts in verse eight. He says, In fact, the message that we're supposed to carry, it's a message that's very close at hand”
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“Romans chapter 10, here's how Paul starts in verse eight. He says, In fact, the message that we're supposed to carry, it's a message that's very close at hand. It's actually the message that's already on your lips and in your heart”
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“Romans nine, ten and eleven are a really complex theologically dense section of scripture. In truth, if you look at most of the divisions that happen inside of the Protestant denomination”
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“He continues and says it again in verse 10, he says, for it is by believing in your heart that you're made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your face that you are saved”
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“He goes so far as in 11 he says, as the scriptures tell us, anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced. Friends, what is salvation? What is faith”
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“As scripture tells us, anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced. He says, Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord who gives generously to all who call on him”
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“He says, But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they've never heard about him, right? He says they have to hear about him”
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He says, But not everyone, this is the important part, not everyone will welcome the good news. But this shouldn't surprise us because even Isaiah the prophet said, Lord, who has believed our message?
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“He says, how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? He says, that is why the scriptures say, how beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news”
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“He says, faith comes from hearing, that is hearing the good news about Christ. He says, but I ask, have the people of Israel actually heard the message”
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“He says, but I ask, have the people of Israel actually heard the message? Yes, they have. The message has gone throughout the earth and the words to all the world”
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“I would love for you to go this week and read a story in Acts chapter 10 that proves this. In Acts chapter 10 is this incredible story of this guy named Cornelius”
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“right? John ten ten, that he comes so we can have a life that is abundant. I believe friends, the abundant life is one that is found when we fully leverage and realize we have a responsibility to share the gospel”
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He says, Jesus came and he told his disciples, I've been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
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“Matthew chapter 28, here's what he says. He says, Jesus came and he told his disciples, I've been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and live comfortably in your homes in”

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7-day devotional

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Day 1

Pastor Daniel pointed out something easy to miss: the method of salvation is itself the message we carry. Romans 10:8 tells us that the word of faith is near — in your mouth and in your heart. It isn't locked away in a seminary library or reserved for people with the right credentials. It lives in you, already. That's both humbling and freeing. The gospel you received is the same gospel someone else needs to hear. It isn't complicated theology dressed up for a stage. It is the straightforward, life-altering news that Jesus lived, died, and rose again — and that news is already on your lips and written on your heart. You don't have to manufacture something profound. You already carry it. What's interesting is that Paul uses the word 'near.' The gospel isn't a distant thing you have to go and retrieve before you're ready to share it. It's already close. That means the person in your life who hasn't heard it yet is also close — closer than you might think to the moment when your ordinary faithfulness could become the turning point in their story. Today is a good day to sit with the reality that you are already equipped.

For reflection

What would change about how you approach your everyday conversations if you genuinely believed you already carry everything someone else needs to hear?

Pray

Pray for a growing awareness that the gospel is already alive in you — and ask God to stir in you a fresh sense of what that means for the people around you.

Day 2

Pastor Daniel made a point worth sitting with: salvation is a whole-person event. Believing in your heart and declaring with your mouth aren't two separate transactions — they are two dimensions of one complete, life-reorienting act. The heart, in the biblical sense, isn't just your emotions. It's the center of who you are — your will, your trust, your deepest allegiances. When Paul says to believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, he means something that goes all the way down. And then it comes out. The mouth is the overflow of the heart. What you genuinely believe, you eventually say. This is not a performance requirement bolted onto salvation as an extra condition. It's a description of what real belief looks like when it's actually taking root. Romans 10:11 adds a layer of assurance that is easy to rush past: anyone who trusts in Him will never be disgraced. That promise is the ground under your feet when sharing your faith feels risky. The same Jesus you've placed your trust in promises that trust will not be wasted. That assurance isn't just for you — it's the very thing you get to offer someone else when you open your mouth and share.

For reflection

Is there a gap between what you say you believe and the way you actually live and speak this week? What might that gap be telling you?

Pray

Pray for a deeper alignment between what your heart holds and what your life and words reflect — ask for courage where the gap feels wide.

Day 3

This is where Paul's argument lands with real weight, and it's where Pastor Daniel leaned in hard. The logic is airtight: calling on Jesus requires believing in Him, believing in Him requires hearing about Him, and hearing about Him requires someone to tell them. Every link in that chain depends on the one before it. And the chain runs straight to you. The people in your circle of influence — your coworker, your neighbor, the family member you've been quietly praying for — may never hear the gospel from anyone else. That isn't meant to produce anxiety; it's meant to produce clarity. You are not one option among many for these specific people. You are, in many cases, the option. Romans 10:15 quotes Isaiah 52:7 to describe the people who carry this news: their feet are beautiful. That's an unusual image, but it makes sense in context. Beautiful because of where they went. Beautiful because they didn't stay put. The beauty isn't in the messenger's skill or polish — it's in the willingness to go. You don't need perfect words. You need willing feet.

For reflection

Think of one person in your circle of influence who may not have heard the gospel. What is one small, concrete step you could take toward them this week?

Pray

Ask God to make one specific person clear to you this week — and pray for genuine love for that person as you begin to move toward them.

Day 4

Pastor Daniel was honest about something that often goes unspoken in conversations about evangelism: not everyone will welcome the good news. That is not a modern problem. Paul quotes Isaiah, who asked the same bruising question — Lord, who has believed our message? — centuries before Christ walked the earth. Faithful messengers have always faced rejection, and that is worth naming plainly. If someone you love doesn't respond to the gospel, it doesn't mean you failed, and it doesn't mean God has abandoned them. It means you are in the company of every prophet, apostle, and ordinary believer who ever opened their mouth and watched someone walk away. Romans 10:17 offers the anchor in that reality: faith comes from hearing the good news about Christ. The word going out is never wasted, even when you can't see the fruit. You are responsible for the telling. God is responsible for what happens next in another person's heart. That is not a cop-out; it is a grace. You are not capable of saving anyone, and you were never asked to be. You are asked to speak. What happens after that belongs entirely to God.

For reflection

Have you ever held back from sharing your faith because you were afraid of how someone would respond? What would it look like to release that outcome to God?

Pray

Pray for the grace to separate your obedience from the outcome — and for genuine peace with the truth that God alone changes hearts.

Day 5

Pastor Daniel referenced Acts 10 as a real-world picture of the gospel crossing lines and reaching people who hadn't yet heard it. In Acts 10, Peter stands in the home of Cornelius — a Gentile, a Roman soldier, someone entirely outside the expected circle — and announces that God shows no favoritism. The good news is for everyone. That moment is a living illustration of everything Paul argues in Romans 10. Someone went. Someone spoke. Someone crossed a social and cultural boundary to carry the message, and a household was changed. It's worth noticing that Peter didn't feel completely ready. He had to be convinced by God three times before he walked through that door. His willingness, not his confidence, was what God used. That's a quiet encouragement for anyone who feels unready. The great commission isn't reserved for people who feel equipped and bold. It belongs to ordinary people who are willing to show up with whatever they have. God supplies what's missing. The only thing you bring that He can't supply for you is your own yes.

For reflection

Is there a person or group of people you've been unconsciously treating as outside the reach of the gospel? What might faithful obedience look like toward them?

Pray

Pray for the willingness to cross whatever relational or social distance stands between you and someone who needs to hear the good news.

Day 6

Pastor Daniel closed with this verse as a horizon line — the abundant life Jesus promises is found on the other side of obedience. It's important to understand what that means and what it doesn't. Jesus isn't promising a life free of difficulty or rejection. He's describing a quality of life that comes from being fully alive to your purpose. There is something that withers in a person who knows the good news but keeps it entirely to themselves. The faith that flows outward isn't diminished by the sharing — it deepens. You don't lose the gospel by giving it away. You find more of it. John 10:10 comes in a passage about a shepherd who knows his sheep and lays down his life for them. The abundant life isn't primarily about your comfort or prosperity; it is rooted in relationship with the One who gave everything for you. And that relationship, by its very nature, makes you want others to know Him too. The sharing isn't separate from the abundant life — it is part of it. When you step out in obedience, you aren't just doing something for someone else. You are stepping further into the life Jesus came to give you.

For reflection

In what ways have you experienced more of Jesus — more depth, more purpose, more life — as a result of stepping out in obedience, even when it was uncomfortable?

Pray

Pray for a fresh vision of what it means to live abundantly as Jesus described it — and ask for the courage to take whatever next step He's been placing on your heart.

Day 7

Pastor Daniel ended with the Great Commission, and it's exactly the right place to land after a week spent in Romans 10. Jesus doesn't whisper this as a suggestion. He says it with all authority in heaven and on earth behind it. Go. Make disciples. Baptize. Teach. And then the promise that anchors everything: I am with you always, even to the end of the age. That final promise changes everything about how you walk back into your week. You are not sent out alone to figure this out. The One who commands you to go is the same One who goes with you. Every conversation, every moment of courage, every stumbling attempt to say something true about Jesus — He is present in all of it. As you close this week of reflection, come back to what Pastor Daniel made plain: you already have the message, you already have the people, and you already have the presence of Jesus with you. The mission isn't complicated. It's faithful. One person, one honest relationship, one prayer at a time. That is how the gospel has always moved — through ordinary people who said yes and went.

For reflection

Looking back over this week, what is one specific thing God has made clearer to you about your own role in sharing the gospel with the people around you?

Pray

Pray by name for the specific person God put on your heart this week — and ask for boldness, love, and the right moment to take a step toward them.

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Romans 10 makes a striking claim: the same act that saves us — believing in our hearts and declaring with our mouths that Jesus is Lord — is also the act that sends us. Let's sit with what that means for the people already around us.

Discussion questions

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In Romans 10:9–11, Paul describes salvation as something that involves the heart and the mouth together. What do you think Paul means by pairing those two things — heart-belief and spoken declaration — rather than treating faith as something purely internal?
2
Romans 10:14–15 asks a chain of questions: How can people call on Jesus if they haven't believed? How can they believe if they haven't heard? How can they hear if no one tells them? What picture of the church's role does that chain of questions paint?
3
Romans 10:16–17 acknowledges that not everyone will welcome the good news, and points out that even Isaiah faced that reality. How might that honesty actually free us as we think about sharing our faith with people we care about?
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Pastor Daniel drew a distinction between measuring success by obedience rather than by outcome, arguing that God alone changes a person's heart. How does that shift in definition change the way we might think about what it looks like to be faithful in this?
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In Matthew 28:18–20, Jesus closes with both a commission and a promise — 'go' and 'I am with you always.' What is the relationship between those two things, and why do you think Jesus pairs them the way He does?
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Pastor Daniel challenged us to ask God to bring one specific person to mind — a neighbor, coworker, family member, or classmate — and to begin praying for them and pursuing genuine relationship. As a group, what does that kind of intentional presence in someone's life actually look like in everyday moments?

Pray together

Courage and clarity — that God would open our eyes to the people already around us and give us willing hearts to carry the good news to them

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