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The Romans Road

Long ago, when the Roman Empire was at the
height of her glory, a common saying was “All
Roads Lead to Rome.” I want to tell you about
a very special road–about a road that existed
then and still exists now. This road, now almost
2000 years old, has never led to Rome and
yet, strangely enough, it is called the

Romans Road.
The Apostle Paul described all the landmarks
along this road in an open letter to the Romans
of his day. In his letter he pointed out that it
is crucial for every man, woman, boy, or girl to
travel down this road at some point in his or
her lifetime. The eternal destiny of every soul
on earth, even today, hangs on the decisions
made while traveling down this road. For those
who make the right decisions, the road can be
very short, but for those who make wrong turns,
it can be very long and very, very dangerous.
Please allow me to point out the highlights
of Paul’s letter and then you can read it
for yourself. The Romans Road is always best
traveled with a guide who knows the way well,
for it leads to…well, let me show you.

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Believe God’s Book

As your guide, I must warn you that the
philosophies of this world lead to a dead end.
We must accept the Word of God, the Bible,
as the only immutable truth. Unless you do this
you will get lost in a maze and may never get
back to the Romans Road.
“But what saith it? The word is nigh thee,
even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is,
the word of faith, which we preach”
(Romans 10:8)

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“For when we were yet without strength,
in due time Christ died for the ungodly”
(Romans 5:6)
“Being justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus”
(Romans 3:24)
“That as sin hath reigned unto death,
even so might grace reign through righteousness
unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord”
(Romans 5:21)

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The End of the Journey
Now that we find ourselves at the foot of
the cross of Calvary, let us humbly kneel before
Almighty God and remember the things we have
learned on our journey. We first learned that we
have to believe in God’s word, the Bible, which
includes the letter to the Romans to guide us
down the right path. We learned that we are
guilty of sin before God and that we must spend
eternity in hell to pay for our sins. Then we
learned that we must repent or turn away from
a life in sin to truly follow God. In other words,
we must make a commitment of our will to
God’s will for us. Following this, we learned
that God Himself, through Jesus Christ, paid for
our sins with His own blood. This cleared the
way for us to have eternal life. All that’s left for
us to do at this point is ask for it.
Paul wrote:
“That if thou shall 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”
(Romans 10:9,10)
“For whosoever shall call upon the name
of the Lord shall be saved”
(Romans 10:13)

Your Decision
How about it? Will you receive Jesus Christ as your savior?