Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 10:15

"and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!" — Romans 10:15 (ASV)

As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

And they are so beautiful because, you see, God has put them at the root of everything. God makes the preacher whom he sends to be the source of so much good, or the channel of so much good, for by his preaching comes the hearing, and by the hearing comes the believing, and out of the believing come the calling upon the name and the salvation.

And how shall they preach, except they be sent?

Here is the great engine at the back of all the machinery—God sending the preacher—God blessing the Word—God working faith in the heart of those who hear it.

And how shall they preach, except they be sent? (Romans 10:15)

Poor preaching. It will not be the kind of preaching that produces believing hearing, except they be sent. If God does not send the man, he had better have stayed at home. It is only as God sends him that God will bless him. He is bound to support His own messenger when he delivers God's own message. How shall they preach, except they be sent? (Romans 10:15)