Romans Road to salvation is a
way of explaining the good news of salvation using
verses from the Book of Romans. It is a simple yet
powerful method of explaining why we need salvation,
how God provided salvation, how we can receive
salvation, and what are the results of salvation.
The first verse on the Romans Road to
salvation is
Romans 3:23,
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of
God." We have all sinned. We have all done things
that are displeasing to God. There is no one who is
innocent.
Romans 3:10-18
gives a detailed picture of what sin looks like in
our lives. The second Scripture on the Romans Road
to salvation,
Romans 6:23,
teaches us about the consequences of sin - "For the
wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." The
punishment that we have earned for our sins is
death. Not just physical death, but eternal death!
The third verse on the Romans Road to
salvation picks up where
Romans 6:23
left off, "but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Romans 5:8
declares, "But God demonstrates His own love toward
us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died
for us." Jesus Christ died for us! Jesus' death paid
for the price of our sins. Jesus' resurrection
proves that God accepted Jesus' death as the payment
for our sins.
The fourth stop on the Romans Road to
salvation is
Romans 10:9,
"that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord,
and believe in your heart that God raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved." Because of Jesus'
death on our behalf, all we have to do is believe in
Him, trusting His death as the payment for our sins
- and we will be saved!
Romans 10:13
says it again, "for everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved." Jesus died to pay the
penalty for our sins and rescue us from eternal
death. Salvation, the forgiveness of sins, is
available to anyone who will trust in Jesus Christ
as their Lord and Savior.
The final aspect of the Romans Road to
salvation is the results of salvation.
Romans 5:1
has this wonderful message, "Therefore, since we
have been justified through faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Through
Jesus Christ we can have a relationship of peace
with God.
Romans 8:1
teaches us, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus." Because of
Jesus' death on our behalf, we will never be
condemned for our sins. Finally, we have this
precious promise of God from
Romans 8:38-39,
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor
the future, nor any powers, neither height nor
depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be
able to separate us from the love of God that is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
EST. 1811
