Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 10:1-3

"Brethren, my heart`s desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For being ignorant of God`s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God." — Romans 10:1-3 (ASV)

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

A fault—a pitiable and grievous fault—that people should be in earnest and very zealous, and yet nothing should come of it, because they spend that zeal in a wrong direction.

People seek to make themselves righteous. They seek to come before God in the apparel of their own works, whereas God has already made a righteousness, which he freely gives, and for us to try and produce another is to enter into rivalry with God—to insult his Son, and do dishonour to his name.

May God grant that anyone here who is very zealous in a wrong direction may receive light and knowledge, and henceforth turn their thoughts in the right way.