Roman Road to Salvation
Romans 3:23
"For all have sinned
and fall short
of the glory of God,"
Romans 3:23 NIV
All of us are sinners. God intended for each of us to live in perfect relationship with him, but every person who has ever lived has broken God’s commands.
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“Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned.” (Rom 5:23)
Romans (5:12–21) teaches that sin entered the world through the first man, Adam. Because of Adam’s sin, we’re all incapable of meeting God’s standards.
Sin isn’t just something we do. It’s our nature.
Romans 6:23
"For the wages of sin is
death
(separation from God),
but the gift of God
is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 6:23 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/rom.6.23.NIV
This defines the consequences of our sin, which are twofold:
Because of our sin, our earthly lives are destined to end. But more importantly, our sin leads to eternal death, which is eternal separation from God.
This verse ends with good news, however.
We’ve earned death. It’s what we deserve.
But we’re offered a free gift that we don’t deserve—
“eternal life with Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 5:8
"God demonstrates his
own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us."
Romans 5:8 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/rom.5.8.NIV
After we’ve accepted our sinfulness, the consequences of our sin, and the hope of eternal life, Romans 5:8 paints a vivid picture of God’s love for us even when we’re at our worst.
God’s love for us isn’t an abstraction.
He loves us so much that even when we were sinners (or enemies of God), he gave his Son to die for us.
This arguably is the clearest, most powerful, most explicit description of God’s love.
Romans 10:9-10
"If you declare with your mouth,
“Jesus is Lord,”
and believe in your heart
that God raised him
from the dead,
you will be saved.
For it is with your heart
that you believe and
are justified,
and it is with your mouth
that you profess your faith
and are saved."
Romans 10:9-10 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/rom.10.9-10.NIV
With Romans 10:9–10, Paul tells us how we can respond to the gospel affirmatively and accept God’s free offer of salvation.
Paul has already told us that we cannot do anything to earn God’s gift.
So we shouldn’t think of confessing and believing as a “works” but as a faithful response to the offer of salvation.
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Acts 3:19 NIV
“Repent (stop sinning) then, and turn to God,
so that your sins may be wiped out,”
https://bible.com/bible/111/act.3.19.NIV
”I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
Luke 13:3 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/luk.13.3.NIV
Romans 10:13
"Everyone who calls on
the name of the Lord
will be saved."
Romans 10:13 NIV
Paul reminds us that the offer of salvation is for everyone.
No matter where we’re from, what we’ve done, how intelligent we are, or what socioeconomic class we’re in, God’s offer of salvation is for everyone.
”Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”“
Acts 4:12 NIV
Romans 10:14
Believers must tell others
"How can they believe in Him if they have never heard about Him?
And how can they hear about Him unless someone tells them?"
Romans 10:14 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/rom.10.14.NLT