THE ROMANS ROAD
TO SALVATION
"The Bridge Illustration"
 

Read My Testimony = My Personal "Walk"
Down the Romans Road

Then he (Abram) believed in the LORD and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. (Genesis 15:6, cp Gal 3:8, 16, Acts 16:31)

HERE IS THE GOSPEL (GOOD NEWS) GOD GIVES SINFUL MEN TO BELIEVE IN THAT THEY MIGHT LIVE FOREVER WITH HIM...

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins (2Co 5:21-note) according to the Scriptures (even in the OT, cp Gal 3:8), and that He was buried and that He was raised on the third day (Ro 6:4-note) according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas (Peter), then to the twelve (Acts 1:3). (1Cor 15:3-5-note)

Jesus declared...
 "I said therefore to you,
that you shall die in your sins;
for unless you believe that I am He,
you shall die in your sins."
(John 8:24)

Jesus declared...
"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand;
repent and believe in the Gospel."
(Mark 1:15)

Jesus declared...
"I tell you, no, but unless you repent,
you will all likewise perish."
(Luke 13:3)

Jesus warned...
"And why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,'
and do not do what I say?
(Luke 6:46)

Jesus declared...
"For whoever wishes to save his life
shall lose it;
but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's
shall save it.
(Mark 8:35)

Jesus declared...
"Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many,
I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able."
(Luke 13:24-note)

Jesus declared...
"Enter by the narrow gate;
for the gate is wide, and the way is broad
that leads to destruction (apoleia),
and many are those who enter by it.
For the gate is small, and the way is narrow
that leads to life,
and few are those who find it."
(Matthew 7:13, 14-note)

Jesus declared...
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life;
no one comes to the Father, but through Me."
(John 14:6)

Believe
(Command = Do it now! Don't delay! It it urgent!)
in the Lord Jesus,
and you shall be saved...
(Acts 16:31)

To summarize: Jesus Christ died for us, in our place, as our Substitutionary Sacrificial "Lamb" (the One to Whom all the Old Testament sacrifices had been pointing, cp Jn 1:29-note, 1Co 5:7 and Ex 12:5, 6, 13, 7, 21, 1Pe 1:18, 19-note). He truly died and was buried (Jn 19:30). He was truly resurrected from the dead (Jn 11:25, 26, Ps 16:10-note, Acts 2:31NLT, Acts 17:32, 24:15, 26:23, Ro 1:4NLT-note, 1Co 15:21NLT, 1Pe 1:3-note, Rev 20:6-note). He truly appeared alive after His rising from the dead (Acts 1:3, Mk 16:14NLT. He truly ascended (Acts 1:9). He will surely return again (Acts 1:11, Jn 14:3, Rev 1:7, 8-note, Rev 19:11-note, Rev 19:16-note, Mt 24:30, 25:31, 1Th 1:10-note). He must be received by grace through faith and not by our works of "righteousness" lest anyone boast (Ep 2:8, 9-note). Dear reader, would you today ponder the reality of a Christ-less eternity and "believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved" (Acts 16:31) and you will become a new creature in Christ (2Cor 5:17-note) with a new hope of eternal life with Christ (Jn 14:3, 1Thes 4:17-note, Rev 22:3, 4, 5-note). Even in the Old Testament the call of the Messiah, Christ Jesus, has always been...

Turn (Command to "look" Isa 45:22KJV) to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is no other. (Isa 45:22) (Note: This is the passage the Holy Spirit used to lead the "prince of preachers", Charles Haddon Spurgeon, to salvation in Christ Jesus - read Spurgeon's Personal Testimony)

Then he (Abram = Abraham) believed in the LORD and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. (cp Ge 15:6NLT, cp Gal 3:8, 16, Ro 4:2 3-note Ro 4:4 5-note) (Note: Salvation in the Old Testament is the same way as in the New Testament - by grace through faith - and not based on works of self righteousness or keeping the Law or performing the sacrifices! (cp Ro 3:25-note, Heb 9:15-note)