Welcome back to reviewing, or learning, the Romans Road verses. Yesterday we looked at John 3:16 and Romans 3:23. We learned of the first two steps to salvation.
- God loved the world (John 3:16)
- We sin though, and can not enter God's presence (Romans 3:23)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. -Romans 6:23
But God demonstrates His love for in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. -Romans 5:8
This means step three to salvation is that we deserve to die, but God gave us a gift through His son, Jesus Christ. God showed us His love by sending us the gift of Jesus Christ to die in our place. Wow! Is that amazing or what? Jesus took our punishment. The only perfect being to walk the earth took the punishment for millions of worthless sinners. Now this is great, but we can't stop here. But, we are for now. Don't fret. We'll finish off the last Romans Road verses tomorrow. So the first 4 steps to salvation are:
- God loved the world (John 3:16)
- We sin though, and can not enter God's presence (Romans 3:23)
- We deserve to die, but God sent us a gift (Romans 6:23)
- God sent us Jesus to die in our place on the cross (Romans 5:8)