The Gospel: Part 1- The Romans Road?

Our Westernized (American church) thinking, heavily influenced by
Reformational theology has left most of us confused about what
the Gospel (good News) is and how Salvation and Sanctification
work in the life of a Believer. We have sought to use ways to
communicate God's plan of Salvation and the start of the journey
of following Jesus by simple steps or something called the Romans
Road. Unfortunately both models have likely caused more problems
than Good. Today in part 1 we simply take a look at some of the
issues that have arisen through simple Salvation thinking and why
they don't really make sense in the lens of scripture.
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      idolatry (allegiance to other
spiritual beings) and sin has separated us from our original
calling and communion with God  • We  need
reconciliation and that was made in Jesus’ sacrifice • We need to
respond in faith (allegiance- not just belief or a one-time
confession- nephesh, everything we are) • Romans road is
problematic in that it rips these verses out of context and it
doesn’t fit the thesis of Romans 1:16-17.  • it prioritized
“getting saved” and “going to heaven” over our calling to
participate in God’s glory • Romans is about reconciliation and
the one people of God returning to their original calling through
faith(fulness). This was made possible in Jesus’ faithfulness
that fulfilled the covenant to Abraham (to bless the nations) in
the way Israel could not under the Law.