The Romans Road is a way of presenting the Salvation Gospel of Jesus Christ to an individual. It’s not the only way to do it, but it presents the essence of the Gospel message using the New Testament book of Romans to do so. I like it because it is concise and is easy for me to remember. I also found the verses, with a little work, easy to memorize. Let’s go ahead and take a walk down the Romans Road together. I’ll be quoting from the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible, as we go.
The first stop on the Romans Road is that everyone has sinned and doesn’t measure up to God’s standard. God is Holy and pure, and we have all missed the mark in our thinking, and behavior toward Him and each other. That’s what it means to sin: to miss the mark. In Romans 3:23, the Apostle Paul tells us, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
At our second stop, we discover what is the penalty of our sin. In Romans 6:23, we learn from Paul, “for the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” This is both, bad news and good news. The bad news is that our sinning results in our death. The good news is that God provides us with a plan of salvation by way of Jesus.
The third stop on the Romans Road is to learn how God makes the provision of eternal life available to us. We find that explained in Romans 5:8. Paul writes, “but God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” I find Paul’s statement interesting because he says, “God shows His love for us,” (present tense) while, “Christ died for us,” (past tense). In other words, God is showing His love for us because Jesus died for us.
The fourth stop for us on our walk down this road explains how we come to participate in God’s gift of eternal life. Paul writes, in Romans 10:9-10, “because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart, one believes and is justified, and with the mouth, one confesses and is saved.”
The fifth and final stop is a reassurance from Paul that God will positively respond to us. In Romans 10:13 Paul assures us, “for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Everyone. No exceptions. No qualifications. Simply, everyone.
Would you like to do that now? Here’s a prayer you can pray:
Dear Jesus, I admit that I’m not perfect; I don’t measure up to God’s standards. Thank you for your free gift of salvation, of eternal life. I would like to claim that gift for myself, here and now. I believe, Jesus, that you died for my sins, I believe that you overcame death, and I want to follow you. Please send your Spirit to live in my heart. Thank you for what you have done for me. Amen.
If you’ve decided to follow Christ today, please let me know by leaving me a comment below, or by emailing me at posowski81@gmail.com. I would like to encourage you and, also, to pray for you.
On the Road to Emmaus 