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The ROMANS
ROAD... is a pathway you can walk.
It is a group of Bible verses from the book of
Romans in the New Testament. If you walk down this road you will end up
understanding how to be saved.
Romans 3:23
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
We all have sin
in our hearts. We all were born with sin.
We were born
under the power of sin's control.
- Admit that
you are a sinner.
Romans 6:23a
"...The wages of sin is death..."
Sin has an
ending. It results in death. We all face physical death, which is a
result of sin. But a worse death is spiritual death that alienates us
from God, and will last for all eternity. The Bible teaches that there
is a place called the Lake of Fire where lost people will be in torment
forever. It is the place where people who are
spiritually dead
will remain.
- Understand
that you deserve death for your sin.
Romans 6:23b
"...But the gift of God is eternal
life through
Jesus Christ our Lord."
Salvation is a
free gift from God to you! You can't
earn this gift,
but you must reach out and receive it.
- Ask God to
forgive you and save you.
Romans 5:8,
"God demonstrates His own love for us, in
that while we
were yet sinners Christ died for us!"
When Jesus died
on the cross He paid sin's penalty. He paid the price for all sin, and
when He took all the sins of the world on Himself on the cross, He
bought us out of slavery to sin and death! The only condition is that we
believe in Him and what He has done for us, understanding that we are
now joined with Him, and that He is our life. He did all this because
He loved us and gave Himself for us!
- Give your
life to God... His love poured out in Jesus on the cross is your only
hope to have forgiveness and change. His love bought you out of being a
slave to sin. His love is what saves you -- not religion, or church
membership. God loves you!
Romans 10:13
"Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved!"
- Call out to
God in the name of Jesus!
Romans
10:9,10 "...If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe
in your heart that God raised Jesus 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."
- If you know
that God is knocking on your heart's door,
ask Him to come
into your heart.
Jesus said,
Revelation
3:20a "Behold I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears My voice
and opens the door, I will come
in to him..."
- Is Jesus
knocking on your heart's door?
Believe in
Him.
Ask Him to
come in to your heart by faith,
and ask Him
to reveal Himself to you.
Open the Bible
to the Gospel of John and read what God says about Jesus,
about you, and
about being born again.
God will help
you. He loves you.
You need to look
for a local church where
God's word is
preached. The Bible says that we are to desire
God's word like
a newborn baby desires mother's milk.
Aren't you
hungry to know the truth?
Water baptism is
one of the ways you first show that
you have been
joined to Jesus. This is an action, and actions will not save you.
However, it is an act of obedience and a symbol of commitment.
The symbolism is
this:
When you go down
in the water you show that
You have been
crucified and buried with Him,
And when you
come up out of the water you show that
you have been
raised to walk with Him in newness of life.
(See Romans
chapter 6)
You have been
born again.
(See John
chapter 3)
Your body has
become God's temple.
Your heart is
where He lives.
Forgiveness is
yours in Jesus.
And you belong
to Him.
You were sin's
slave.
But now...
You
are a child of GOD!
John 1:12
"As many as
received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,
even
to those who believe in His name!"
Send us an email
and let us know that you have made this decision,
so that we can pray
for you!