The Romans Road, Pt. 5

I am going to be away from the computer this week, so I am posting a series on what is commonly called “the Romans Road” to salvation.  It is a series of verses from the book of Romans dealing with sin, guilt, and, most importantly, salvation through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.  As always, thank you for reading and feel free to comment.

Some Promises from Romans

We will end this series with some verses from the book of Romans that give some wonderful promises to Christians.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:1-2

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 8:1-2

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

What shall we then say to these things?  If God be for us, who can be against us?  He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?  Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect?  It is God that justifieth.

Romans 8:28, 31-33

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8;38-39

These verses are by no means all of the promises in the book of Romans, but they are all good ones.  What a wonderful Saviour!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Romans Road, Pt. 4

I am going to be away from the computer this week, so I am posting a series on what is commonly called “the Romans Road” to salvation.  It is a series of verses from the book of Romans dealing with sin, guilt, and, most importantly, salvation through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.  As always, thank you for reading and feel free to comment.

How Do We Get This Salvation?

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.  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Romans 10:9-13

We saw yesterday how Jesus Christ became the perfect sacrifice for our sin.  We have no righteousness and must pay for our sin.  He has perfect righteousness and has already paid for our sin.  But how do we accept what He has done for us?  These verses give us a clear answer.

“…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.”  (vs. 9)  “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (vs. 13)  It doesn’t get much clearer than those verses.

All we need to do to accept Jesus’ offer of salvation from our sin is to accept it.  We must believe in our hearts that what He has told us is true and we must “call upon the name of the Lord.”  There is no elaborate ritual that we must go through.  There is no amount of money that we must give.  There is nothing to do but believe on Him and call upon Him and He has promised to save any and all who will do so.

The book of Romans calls this wonderful offer of salvation a “free gift” three different times.  If you have never accepted this gift, won’t you do it today?

 

 

The Romans Road, Pt. 3

I am going to be away from the computer this week, so I am posting a series on what is commonly called “the Romans Road” to salvation.  It is a series of verses from the book of Romans dealing with sin, guilt, and, most importantly, salvation through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.  As always, thank you for reading and feel free to comment.

What Can Be Done About Our Sin

For when we were without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.  For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.  But God commended his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 

Romans 5:6-8

In the last two days, we have looked at verses in the book of Romans that show us that we are all sinners and that the wages of that sin is death.  If we were to stop there, mankind would truly be in a sad condition.  If we were all sinners and were all doomed to continue in and pay for that sin, we would be miserable and without hope.  Fortunately, that is not where things end.

We come to Romans 5:8, “But God commended his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”  God loves us.  But God is also holy.  Something must be done about our sin if we are to have fellowship with Him.  God gave His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross as a sacrifice for our sin.

One of the most famous verses in the Bible is John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

We are not perfect, but Jesus is.  And He became the perfect sacrifice for us and for our sin.  We can do nothing about our sin, but Jesus has done everything to take them away.  The wages of sin is death, and Jesus paid those wages on the cross.  What a wonderful Saviour!

The Romans Road, Pt. 2

I am going to be away from the computer this week, so I am posting a series on what is commonly called “the Romans Road” to salvation.  It is a series of verses from the book of Romans dealing with sin, guilt, and, most importantly, salvation through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.  As always, thank you for reading and feel free to comment.

The Consequence of Sin

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:23

We saw yesterday the fact that we are all sinners.  We saw that none of us are righteous and that we have all sinned.  Because we have all fallen “short of the glory of God,” we need salvation and we need a Saviour.  But that brings up the question: “what do we need to be saved from?” and “what is so bad about sin and/or being a sinner?”  These are the questions that are answered by this verse.

“For the wages of sin is death…”

That is a very simple and powerful statement.  Wages are things that we receive for work that we have done.  Just as we go to our jobs to collect our wages at the end of the week, so at the end of our lives will we collect our “wages” for what we have done while we lived on this earth.  Sadly, since we are all sinners, those wages are “death.”  “Death” in this case does not mean simply a physical death.  It refers to the “second death,” or spiritual death and hell itself.

That is a terrible fate for any man or woman, but that is the fate of all those who refuse the Saviour.  “For the wages of sin is death…”  We need to always be mindful of that truth.

The Romans Road, Pt. 1

I am going to be away from the computer this week, so I am posting a series on what is commonly called “the Romans Road” to salvation.  It is a series of verses from the book of Romans dealing with sin, guilt, and, most importantly, salvation through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.  As always, thank you for reading and feel free to comment.

Who Needs Salvation?

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God

Romans 3:10-12, 23

The simplest answer to the question “who needs to be saved” is this: everyone.  Every single one of us is in desperate need of a Saviour.  The great issue of life is this: sin and righteousness.  Sin is anything that goes against the laws of God.  Righteousness is the opposite of sin.  As it tells us in verse 23, “…all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”  All of us have sinned.  None of us are perfect.  God’s righteousness demands absolute perfection and we all miss that mark by a long shot.

We are all, in our natural state, separated from God.  We are all sinners by birth and sinners by choice.  We all need a Saviour.  The Bible could not be more clear on this matter.  I believe that the more important something is, the easier God makes it to understand.  Over and over again we are told that there is “none righteous.”  And, if we somehow don’t understand that, God immediately repeats Himself – “no, not one.”

We are all sinner and we all need a Saviour.  Understanding this is the first step toward accepting that Saviour!