Romans 10:5–17 is Paul’s passionate reminder that salvation is not achieved by human effort but received through faith in Jesus Christ. The gospel is wonderfully accessible—“the word is near you”—and anyone who believes in their heart and confesses Jesus as Lord will be saved. Paul then asks a series of urgent questions: How can people call on Christ if they haven’t believed? How can they believe if they’ve never heard? And how can they hear unless someone tells them? He concludes with this powerful truth: “Faith comes from hearing the message.”
This message speaks directly into the mission of Campus Outreach South Africa, serving students at Wits and UJ. University campuses are full of young adults searching for meaning, identity, direction, and hope. Paul’s words remind us that students won’t encounter the life-changing message of Christ unless someone brings it to them. This is why Campus Outreach places staff and student leaders in the “harvest field” of the campus—building relationships, sharing their lives, and clearly proclaiming the gospel so that students can hear, believe, and be transformed.
Faith begins with hearing the gospel, and hearing requires messengers. God calls us—just like Campus Outreach—to step onto our campuses, workplaces, and communities so that others may hear the good news and find eternal life in Christ.
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