2007-05-20 10:00:48 · 11 answers · asked by anthony b 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Roman Road: The Gospel of Grace -
Follow Me {Jesus Christ):
Romans 1:20-21: "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that thry are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened." We must acknowledge God as the Creator of everything and accept our humble position in God's creation.
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory[perfection] of God.” We must all realize that we are sinners and that we need forgiveness. We are not worthy of God’s grace.
Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that, while we were still sinners, Jesus Christ died for us.” Through Jesus, God gave us a way to be saved from our sins. God showed us His love by giving us the potential for life through the death of His Son, Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” If we remain sinners, we will die spiritually – eternally separated from God. However, if we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, and repent of our sins, we will have eternal life.
Romans 10:9-10 “That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Just confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead and you will be saved!
Romans 10:13 “For whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.” There are no religious formulas or rituals -- Call upon the name of the Lord and you will be saved!
Romans 11:36: "For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen." Determine in your heart to make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life today.
Roman Road: Are You Ready to Accept God’s Free Gift of Salvation?
If you truly believe the message of the Roman Road, and want to accept God’s gift of salvation right now, it's a matter of repenting of your sins and turning the rest of your life over to Jesus Christ. Again, this is not a ritual based on any specific words or prayers, but rather, a willful decision and a sincere step of faith.
“Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart and mind from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.”
If you, or anyone else reading this have made this prayerful committment for the first time to accept and receive Jesus Christ as Lord then you are now {according to God's Word/Bible)"BornAgain" {Jn. 3) into The Body of Christ the family of God.
I encourage you to find an excellent well balanced bible based Church to attend to grow in your relationship with Jesus, and to fellowship with others who are in the family of God. There are Calvery Chapels, Maranatha Churches, and many other excellent well-balanced bible based Churches to choose from. Pray and trust God to lead you to the Church He wishes you to attend, and He will. *Another important thing to do is to Pray {talk to God and read & study the Word of God daily. The New American Standard Bible and The Amplified Bible are excellent versions of the bible to read for a New Born Again Christian to read to grow into a stable relationship with Jesus Christ.
From: dad&son.
2007-05-20 10:23:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Repent. Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus is Lord.
Salvation is not thru reincarnation or in living a pretty good life. - Whether we put our faith in Jesus while we lived on earth determines our eternal destiny. - No second chance after we die. No purgatory. When we die our destiny is sealed for ever. - Matt.3:12; Matt.25:41; Heb.9:27; Rev.20; Rev.21:27
According to Matthew 7, there will be those who stand before God and call themselves Christian but God will say "depart from me I never knew you". They were not building their lives on a Christian foundation or worldview. They were only Christian in name.
I can not pick and choose which parts of the Bible I will obey if I want to be a follower of Jesus!
What have you decided about Jesus?
Have you embraced not only Jesus but his teachings? Are you living a biblical worldview?
Are you walking in obedience to the absolutes of His word as the authority in your life for the decisions you make?
If not, according to the Bible, you really don't love Jesus. Jesus said in John 14:15: "If you love me you will obey what I command". In other words if you love Jesus you will live by a Biblical worldview.
2007-05-20 12:34:53 · answer #2 · answered by kramerfam2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read:
Romans 3:23,6:23
Eph 2:8-9
John 3:15-21
Acts 2:21
1 Tim 2:1-5
Job 19
Matt 24-25
Rev 18-22
Jude
James (good to read)
read,pray and study these and any other salvation verses.
2007-05-20 17:26:40 · answer #3 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PLAN OF SALVATION:
HEAR the word of God (Romans 10:17) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God
BELIEVE (John 3:16..Mark 16:16) 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. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned
REPENT (Luke 13:3 & 5) I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish
CONFESS Christ (Romans 10:9 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. Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
be BAPTIZED...FOR...remission of your sins (Rom. 6:3-5..1 Peter 3:21..Acts 22:16..Acts 2:38..Gal. 3:27...Acts 8:26-39..Col.2:12..)
Example of the 1 baptism of Eph. 4:5 -And he commanded the chariot to stand still: & they went down both into the water, both Philip & the eunuch; & he baptized him. & when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: & he went on his way rejoicing)
OBEDIENT unto death and ETERNAL salvation will be yours (Hebrews 5:9) And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him
Christ said that HE would build HIS church (singular) Matt. 16:18...
He did NOT say that He would build a bunch of different denominations with conflicting doctrines and traditions that are contrary to the very oracles of God.
Where the word churches (plural) is used in scripture it is NEVER used to designate different denominations, but rather, CHRIST's church in different locations/communities. Example: Corinth, Ephesus, Jerusalem, etc.
CHRIST is the head of THE body (Col. 1:18)...
THE body is THE church...Eph. 1:23..
CHRIST is the SAVIOR of THE body (Eph. 5:23)..
There is only ONE body (Eph. 4:4)..
CHRIST loved THE church and gave HIMSELF (shed his blood) for IT (singular)...Eph. 5:25
THE church is THE body of Christ..
Christ purchased the church with HIS blood (Acts 20:28).
He must have thought that His church was to be a VERY important part of a Christian's life because HE adds the saved to THE church according to Acts 2:47.
If one is not a member of THE church that CHRIST said that HE would build, then one is NOT part of CHRIST's body....
to reject CHRIST's church (body) is to reject the SAVIOR of THE body....Jesus Christ.
Since THE church is Christ's body (Eph. 1:23) & Christ is the Savior of THE body (Eph. 5:23)...
HOW can anyone be saved OUTSIDE of THE church?...
the answer is: they CAN'T.
Romans 16:16 Check out the church of CHRIST.
church-of-christ.org/directories
www.churchzip.com
www.thegospeljournal.org
www.christiancourier.com
www.apologeticspress.org
whatsaves.com
cartersvillechurchofchrist.org
:o)
2007-05-20 15:21:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romans 10: 9,10
This is the scripture Esther gave on the first answer.
2007-05-20 10:13:33 · answer #5 · answered by Mo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."
- St. Paul in his First Letter to the Corinthians
2007-05-20 10:14:31 · answer #6 · answered by Caesar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By asking Christ into your heart as Lord and Savior. Confessing who he is what he did and that you need him to bridge the gap between you and God,
2007-05-21 06:46:51 · answer #7 · answered by † H20andspirit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch NOVA , the History Channel, Discovery channel, go open up a science book, hell, get outside and see nature and experience life. Then, being well-rounded as you would become, you would be SAVED from the insanity that is religion...
2007-05-20 10:06:10 · answer #8 · answered by conx-the-dots 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved".
2007-05-20 10:03:33 · answer #9 · answered by Esther 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Esther is right
2007-05-20 10:07:29 · answer #10 · answered by Dreamy™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋