Day 16 – What is the Romans Road?
The Romans Road to salvation is a term used to reflect the Bible verses used to lead someone to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Most of the Bible verses used can be found in the Book of Romans.
I actually like the term “Romans Road” because it speaks of a path that every man and woman must walk. God wants everyone to find the path to Him. It’s also interesting that there’s an old saying that “all roads lead to Rome.” However, this Romans Road is not leading to a religion but to a relationship with Christ!
~Psalm 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
Christ taught that the road to Him is narrow and not everyone will find it. So where is this road? How does one find it?
~Matt 7:13-20 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
The road to Jesus Christ and the salvation He purchased for us can be found in the Book of Romans. If you walk this road, you will learn what it means:
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
There are no exceptions here. This verse says that all have sinned. It does not leave room for any one person. We are all born under the control of sin in our lives. You don’t have to teach a child to misbehave. It comes “naturally.” So the person who reads this verse must admit that he/she is a sinner.
~Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
There are repercussions to sin and that is death – an eternity without God. This penalty is what we deserve for sin. We choose to sin and, therefore, there must be payment for that. The latter part of the verse says that salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord gives us eternal life! It also says that it is a gift of God – you cannot earn a gift – you cannot purchase this gift otherwise it is no longer a gift.
We must acknowledge our sinfulness, repent from that sin (Acts 20:21) and accept God’s free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ.
We cannot wait until we have “cleaned up our act” before accepting Christ. For the Scriptures say:
~Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
When Jesus died on the cross He paid that penalty for sin. We no longer need to be slaves to sin. Christ paid the cost and we are, therefore, no longer under the bondage of sin.
Repentance is key (Acts 20:21) because we can say we are a sinner but unless we repent, we will all likewise perish (Luke 13:3 and Luke 13:5).
Once one has repented and accepted the Gospel of Jesus Christ, he/she is then saved! This verse does not say, “might be,” but shall be saved!
~Romans 10:13 “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Remember, the devils believe and tremble (James 2:19) but they are definitely not saved. They cannot call Jesus Christ their Lord. But we can:
~Romans 10:9,10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
All that we need is contained in the Scriptures, friend. It is the Scriptures which will lead man to repentance and salvation:
~Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
One can’t forget that salvation is not simply a repeating of words as many churches teach today. There is a cost and that cost is repentance. You can recite the words but if the heart is not changed, the words are for nothing.
2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Don’t let modern-day religions or tele-evangelists suck you in by their false doctrine of blab it and grab it. This type of profession is dangerous and leads many to hell. Re-read the scriptures listed above. Once a person is truly born again, there is a change. Their “new tree of faith” should be bearing good fruit as stated in Matthew 7:13-20. Your old lifestyle should be diminishing and your new lifestyle in Christ should be increasing. Reading your Bible every day helps to train you and cleanse your heart from the evil it once knew.
Please reach out to me if you would like some help with growing in the Lord. You can leave a comment here or you can email me at k8plord @ gmail.com
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