The Romans Road {leading to the salvation of the soul}

[JAG 5000]

The Romans Road is an oldie-goldie gospel tract that has been around for decades.

I mail 'em out to people at random {amazon has them}

This tract is called The Romans Road because all the Bible verses are taken from the New Testament book of Romans and there are 6 of them and they say this:

{1} Everyone Needs Salvation --Romans 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

{2} Jesus Died For Our Salvation -- Romans 5:8 "God demonstrates His love towards us, in that, while we were sinners, Christ died for us."

{3} Salvation Is A Gift -- Romans 6:23 "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

{4} We Are Saved By Grace -- Romans 11:6 "and if by grace, then it is no longer of works: otherwise grace is no longer grace.

{5} Salvation Comes Through Faith -- Romans 4:5 "To him who ... believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness."

{6} God Saves All Who Call Upon Him. -- Romans 10:13 "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

So?

So pray this simple prayer from the heart:

"Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins

and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust

and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In Your Name. Amen." __from the Billy Graham Crusades

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"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." ___The Apostle Paul Romans 10:9-10

JAG

[Mr Rogers]

“I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” - Mark 1

[Responsibility2nd]

John’s baptism was a sign of repentance. It had nothing to do with being saved.

See Acts 19 for more info on John’s baptism.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

What if you’re 98 years old and minutes away from death, having been baptized decades ago into a legalistic “WORKS” church(that you have been taught was the “ONLY TRUE” church) and are afraid to die because... “I’M AFRAID I HAVEN’T DONE ENOUGH!”

When my mom was in that situation I wanted to scream...”IT IS NOT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR CHRIST! IT IS WHAT CHRIST HAS DONE FOR YOU THAT SAVES YOU!”

Her preachers assured her she had done enough. Now how did they know what ENOUGH is?

[Responsibility2nd]

Spirit Baptism or Water Baptism?

https://executableoutlines.com/ba/ba_09.htm

[Responsibility2nd]

Her preachers assured her she had done enough. Now how did they know what ENOUGH is?

As I said earlier...." That, of course, is up to God to decide."

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***What about the other people being baptized by John?***

John’s baptism was perfectly OK.

6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit [a]and fire.

4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

But then three is this.
Acts 19
19 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.

4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

It makes it sound as if those baptized by John were rebaptized.

I and others believe this.
4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5 When they(those that heard John) heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

[Mr Rogers]

Paul points out there is One Spirit and One Baptism in Ephesians. And Jesus baptizes in the Spirit. Water baptism with the Spirit is worthless, and water baptism after the Spirit is a public sign of what happened, not a cause of it.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***As I said earlier....” That, of course, is up to God to decide.” ***

So a person can live in terror of missing salvation by “that much”?

Even Martin Luther knew the fallacy of that argument in his BONDAGE OF THE WILL. How much is enough?

https://rpmministries.org/2017/08/20-martin-luther-quotes-salvation-faith-alone/

The False Hope of Works

Before Luther came to understand salvation as coming through Christ alone, by faith alone, through grace alone, he attempted to earn his salvation by works. The following Luther quotes show the futility of works—for Luther and for us.

80. “Though I lived as a monk without reproach, I felt that I was a sinner before God with an extremely disturbed conscience. I could not believe that anything that I thought or did or prayed satisfied God.”[v]

81. “I had hoped I might find peace of conscience with fasts, prayer, and the vigils with which I miserably afflicted my body, but the more I sweated it out like this, the less peace and tranquility I knew.”[vi]

82. “The greatest holiness one could imagine drew us into the cloister…. We fasted and prayed repeatedly, wore hair shirts under woolen cowls, led a strict and austere life. In short, we took on a monkish holiness. We were so deeply involved in that pretentious business that we considered ourselves holy from head to toe.”[vii]

83. “I was a good monk, and I kept the rules of my order so strictly that I may say that if ever a monk got to heaven by his monkery it was I. All my brothers in the monastery who knew me will bear me out. If I had kept on any longer, I should have killed myself with vigils, prayers, reading, and other work.”[viii]

84. “I almost fasted myself to death, for again and again I went for three days without taking a drop of water or a morsel of food. I was very serious about it.”[ix]

85. “While I was a monk, I no sooner felt assailed by any temptation than I cried out—‘I am lost!’ Immediately I had recourse to a thousand methods to stifle the cries of my conscience. I went everyday to confession, but that was of no use to me.”[x]

[Responsibility2nd]

So a person can live in terror of missing salvation by “that much”?

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You really do bring up silliest “what ifs”.

[MHGinTN]

So you want some of the glory due ONLY to Jesus. See how far that goat can run.

[MHGinTN]

And in your deceived state you are unable to see how your assertion is an adding to rather than a state of being. Are you familiar with the concept of justification by faith alone in Christ alone, THEN sanctification by His renewing your mind of your soul to a behavior comporting with His family character?

[Responsibility2nd]

Your arguments that we don’t have to even accept God’s gift are unbiblical.

“Justification by faith alone?” Sounds like a work to me. Even if it’s a decision you or I make, it still must be done.

God cannot force us to make it. He cannot force us to confess, believe, repent, etc.

Faith without works is dead.

Stop with the nonsense that we don’t have to do anything to be saved.

[MHGinTN]

You posted, "Your arguments that we don't have to even accept God's gift are unbiblical." And you can't even discern how false your assertion is! I have not written such a foolish assertion. You have conjured that deceit up to form a strawman you can attack. And again, even in forming that false assertion you fail to see how your mind is lost in the conflation you suffer under!

One more time:
Salvation is by faith alone in Christ alone. The act of faith in Jesus is an act of the will not the mind. Your deceived mind would read that as 'faith in Christ plus the physical act of adding baptism to the cross'.The Ultimate physical act was accomplished by Jesus on the cross.

In your pride of self you have been deceived into believing God requires you to add an additional physical act. THAT is not the Gospel of Grace!

Are you aware that Justification is not the same as snctification? Did you not know that one comes befotre the otyher and that Justifiction is something ONLY God can do for you and that He has told us tht He does this Justification for us based on faith alone in Christ alone, that not of any works lest you would boast of your assistance, thereby seeking favor based upon works? You have substituted the additional physical act of baptism for the physical actions of keeping the laws, a tactic used by the Judaisers, speciously.

Your 'just this one little extra act you must physically do' is the same lie at the heart of the Catholic oRG, where they command that their adherents follow a sacramental trail to OBTAIN salvation. Are you going to add purgatory to the 'one little deed you must do to obtain eternal life'?

What else are you hiding as required for the salvation you're selling?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Faith without works is dead.***

So, one verse in James nullifies all that Paul said? You obviously do not understand whom James was writing to.

7But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; 8(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

3For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

[MHGinTN]

THERE IS NOT ONE PHYSICAL ACT YOU COULD DO TO INCREASE THE rIGHTEOUSNESS god IMPUTES TO THE One Who has Faith Alone in Christ Alone. In your arrogance and pride you want to argue with GOD, not me. And a little advice: don’t purposely twist the Word of God the way you purposely mischaracterized what I wrote. He won’t forgive you such a blatant heresy the way I have forgiven you for your foolishness of purposed deception.

[Iscool]

Your arguments that we don’t have to even accept God’s gift are unbiblical.
“Justification by faith alone?” Sounds like a work to me. Even if it’s a decision you or I make, it still must be done.
God cannot force us to make it. He cannot force us to confess, believe, repent, etc.
Faith without works is dead.
Stop with the nonsense that we don’t have to do anything to be saved.

I don't believe any one said we don't have to do anything to get saved...I think the consensus is that we don't have to do anything to earn salvation...Believing is not works... Believing is not earning salvation...

I believe your (and your religion's) wisdom and God's wisdom on the matter are in two different solar systems...

Eph 2:8  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 
Eph 2:9  Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Grace is free...Faith is free...Salvation is free...

  Rom 3:24  Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 

Justified means saved...We have been deemed 'just'...FREELY...

Joh 5:24  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 

Believing is not works...

Joh 10:27  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 
Joh 10:28  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 

And following Jesus is not works...
Believing and receiving something is not works...It's a free gift...If it was works we'd be able to brag about our achievement...

[MHGinTN]

Romans 9 and 10 are for Isrel, what Israel must do for their national rescue. The ONLY thing necessary for a church age person to receive salvation us BELIEVE, trust in Jesus as The Messiah, their individual Messiah.

[Philsworld]

And following Jesus is not works...

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Is keeping God’s commandments out of love for him works?

[caww]

Not necessarily.....but they are certainly a guide for those not yet in step with His Spirits guidance of faith...for we do walk by faith. Corry Tin Boon ‘lied’ to the Gestapo to save the life of Jews.....that would be a sin in the mind of a legalist. It would be walking by faith for those who walk with the Lord.

[Philsworld]

I should have clarified: Is keeping God’s commandments out of love for him works to earn salvation...