Roman Road to Salvation

In Romans 3:23 the bible says “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.”  This verse quite simply means that not one of us measure up to God’s standard of holiness.  We all have done things which are wrong and outside of God’s will for our lives.  The bible calls these actions “sin”.  Any sin, no matter how small in our eyes is a big sin and falls short of God’s glory.  Our sin separates us from a Holy God and prevents us from enjoying fellowship with Him.

In Romans 5:8 the bible says “But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”  Because God loves us and desires to have fellowship with us, He provided a way for us to have forgiveness of sin by allowing His Son Jesus Christ to be a sacrifice on the cross for our sins.

In Romans 6:23 the bible says “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” The penalty for the sin in our lives is death.   Our sin has already separated us from enjoying God’s fellowship.  If we die in our sin, we will face eternal separation from God the Father.  Jesus paid the penalty for sin so that we don’t have to.  If we accept Him as our Savior, we receive eternal life!  Fellowship with God the Father is available to us!

In Romans 10:9-10 the bible says “that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him 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.”  All one has to do is believe in one’s heart that Jesus died on the cross and three days later was raised from the dead and confess with their mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and they will be saved!  God no longer looks at us and sees our sin, He looks at us and sees the righteousness of His Son Jesus Christ.

The bible clarifies the simplicity of the gospel again in Romans 10:3 by saying, “For "WHOEVER WILL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD will be saved."  Salvation is easy if you follow the Roman Road because the Roman Road takes you to Jesus Christ!  

 ABC's of Salvation

Admit - Admit you are a sinner

Believe - Believe on Christ, who died for you

Confess- Call on Jesus in prayer and ask Him to forgive you and save you.