How to Talk about Theology

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Did Jesus teach the "Romans Road"?

Adam Stephens said...

I read a great quote it states "When we can find hardly any instance of our favorite theological category in the whole of the four Gospels, we need to be wary of How important our own interpretations and theological favorites are" I have to ask the question,is the Romans Road a man made method or what Jesus Taught? Some of these scriptures I can't find in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke or John) at all. The Plan of Salvation according to Jesus within the Gospels was Believe (Salvation) followed by Repentance (To turn from Self and Sin to Him) with a call to pick up your cross and follow Him. This is the consistent message from Jesus Himself. No Prayer was ever recorded for salvation or No confessing with the mouth. We need to dig into Roman history to find the true meaning of what Paul is saying. Many today say that Romans would profess Caesar as Lord and not Jesus. The result is Paul pleading with them to Profess Jesus as Lord, not Caesar. In 1st century Rome denying Caesar would mean you would be in danger of your life. A person professing Jesus would indicate true belief. Today this wouldn't apply directly in the context of the passage. I find the Romans road creates what is called easy-believism. True belief results in denying self and relentlessly pursuing Christ as the only hope.