What is the Roman road?
The Roman road is a set of six, seven, or eight verses in the book of Romans used to bring someone to a knowledge of salvation. It begins with the first step of faith: realizing we are sinners who have sinned and fall short of God's glory, then moves to being justified freely.
Les teaches that the Roman road refers to those six, seven, or eight verses within the book of Romans that a believer can use to bring someone to a knowledge of salvation. He says they are so easy to use, and he always starts with the first step of faith: we have to realize we are sinners. Many people think they are good enough, and there are a lot of good people, but they will be lost because they have not trusted what God has done. Nothing we do can get us to heaven; we must rest on the fact that we are sinners, fallen short, sons of Adam. The first step of faith is to believe what God says about me—that I am a sinner—and about you—that we are sinners, sons of Adam. Then verse 24 shows that even though God condemns us as sinners, He has also declared that we can be justified, and the next word is 'freely,' with no strings attached.