The Romans Road to Salvation:
[Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:8 and Romans 10:9-10, 13]
All have sinned and fallen short of God’s perfect standard of righteousness—His glory. (from Romans 3:23; emphasis added)
And the wages of sin, the price that sin pays—is death, separation from God and eternal punishment, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (from Romans 6:23; emphasis added)
But God demonstrates His love for us, that while we were still sinners, God Himself, through His Son Jesus Christ willfully suffered and died to pay the penalty for your sin so you wouldn’t have to, and then on the third day, was raised from the dead to grant eternal life to all who believe. (from Romans 5:8; emphasis added)
Applying Romans 10:9–10, 13
“If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus as Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” (Romans 10:9–10)
“For whosoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Romans 10:13; “whosoever” is from the KJV.)
Paul says if these are genuinely true of you — confession with the mouth, belief in the heart — then the Holy Spirit grants you faith.
God commands people to hear the gospel. Our responsibility is to be confronted with the truth of the gospel and not ignore it or suppress it when it is heard. But it is the Holy Spirit who enables people to believe the truth and to be saved. You cannot do it by yourself.
Faith is not self-generated and genuine confession and conversion cannot occur apart from the work of the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit acts first and provides sufficient light in the midst of the darkness of your sin so that the truth of the gospel is rightly understood and embraced, when otherwise, you could not do either. He convicts you of sin, He leads you to genuine repentance, He grants you saving faith and regenerates your heart, enabling you to believe the truth of the gospel and be born again as a new creation in Christ. You are no longer identified as who you are and what you’ve done, but as whose you are in Christ and what He has done for you through His death and resurrection.
You are saved: completely forgiven (Ephesians 1:7), reconciled to God through the righteousness of Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 5:10), made a new in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), indwelled with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13–14; Romans 8:9), and given eternal life which begins immediately upon salvation (John 3:36; John 17:3).
Confessing “Jesus as Lord” includes:
- Repentance — turning from sin and to God.
“Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out.” (Acts 3:19; cf. Acts 2:38; Luke 24:47) - Trusting Jesus alone for your salvation — relying on Christ’s finished work, not your own efforts.
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” (Ephesians 2:8–9; Titus 3:5) - Acknowledging His deity — Jesus is the one true God, with all authority in heaven and on earth.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” (John 1:1; John 1:14)
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” (Matthew 28:18; cf. Colossians 2:9) - Submitting to His authority and will for your life — making Him not only Lord and Savior, but also Master of your life.
“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?” (Luke 6:46)
“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23)
Confession is more than just words — it is a declaration of allegiance and surrender to Jesus. It is more than a profession of faith; it is the possession of faith (James 2:17–18).
“Believing in Your Heart That God Raised Him From the Dead” includes:
- Trusting in the resurrection — God accepted Christ’s sacrifice as payment for sin.
“He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.” (Romans 4:25)
“If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.” (1 Corinthians 15:17) - Affirming His identity — He is the Christ, the Son of the living God, Lord, and Savior exactly as He claimed.
“…[He] was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 1:4; cf. John 20:28–31) - Assurance of victory — He conquered sin, death, judgment and hell.
“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:55–57; Hebrews 2:14–15) - Confidence in His present and future role — He is alive, reigning now, and returning again to bring history to its proper conclusion.
“…Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.” (Romans 8:34)
“…This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:11)
Belief isn’t just intellectual agreement — it is personal trust in the living Christ (John 20:29; Hebrews 11:1).
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