Tuesday, May 20, 2008

The Roman Road

The Roman Road to Salvation....
It is a group of Bible verses from the book of Romans in the New Testament. If you walk down this road you will end up understanding how to be saved.

Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
We all have sin in our hearts. We all were born with sin. We were born under the power of sin's control.
- Admit that you are a sinner.

Romans 6:23a "...The wages of sin is death..."
Sin has an ending. It results in death. We all face physical death, which is a result of sin. But a worse death is spiritual death that alienates us from God, and will last for all eternity. The Bible teaches that there is a place called the Lake of Fire where lost people will be in torment forever. It is the place where people who are spiritually dead will remain.
- Understand that you deserve death for your sin.

Romans 6:23b "...But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Salvation is a free gift from God to you! You can't earn this gift, but you must reach out and receive it.
- Ask God to forgive you and save you.

Romans 5:8, "God demonstrates His own love for us, in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us!"
When Jesus died on the cross He paid sin's penalty. He paid the price for all sin, and when He took all the sins of the world on Himself on the cross, He bought us out of slavery to sin and death! The only condition is that we believe in Him and what He has done for us, understanding that we are now joined with Him, and that He is our life. He did all this because He loved us and gave Himself for us!
- Give your life to God... His love poured out in Jesus on the cross is your only hope to have forgiveness and change. His love bought you out of being a slave to sin. His love is what saves you -- not religion, or church membership. God loves you!

Romans 10:13 "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved!"
- Call out to God in the name of Jesus!

Romans 10:9,10 "...If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation."
- If you know that God is knocking on your heart's door, ask Him to come into your heart.



Jesus said,
Revelation 3:20a "Behold I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him..."
- Is Jesus knocking on your heart's door?

wow.. good stuff! No church can save you, no ceremony or ritual, no human.. This is the way to Heaven! It seems so simple but so hard to grasp. God loves you and died for YOU!

I pray that everyone reading this will find a local bible preaching church and hear God's word being preached for themselves. Church is a place that believers can go and be encouraged, be held accountable and be unified for God and His purposes.

Lord, I am a sinner and thank you for dying on that cross for me.
Jesus is knocking.. let Him in!!!!

Peace
Tony

2 comments:

Bill Reichart said...

Tony,

Thanks for your comment on my post over at blog.worship.com

I appreciate your contribution.

I am a visiting blogger over there, so please check out my other blogs at:
www.provocativechurch.com
and
www.ministrybestpractices.com

be blessed,

Bill

Anonymous said...

Tony, thanks for the visit. Yes, I'm hoping I can stretch out a conversation on the Fruit of the Spirit with a week for each fruit...can it be done? LOL.

You have a great site, I will be visiting often.

God Bless