Romans Road to Salvation: Stop #1 (All Have Sinned)

Mar 05, 2025

Your first stop on the road to faith

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for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Romans 3:23 (NET)
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Let’s start with the foundation of Christian faith:

Salvation from sin & death through Jesus Christ alone.

If you’re already a believer, then this verse should encourage you as a reminder of who you once were and what Jesus has saved you from. It encourages me. I’m a broken man who often falls short of God’s standards.

Even now, after salvation, I’m still a work in progress.

But I was in worse shape before accepting Jesus as the boss of my life because I was on the road to hell.

And my road was paved with good intentions.

I don’t have some flashy story about how I hit rock bottom in life and God saved me from the muck … but I do remember being a young boy, around kindergarten, and knowing that my parents had something about Jesus that I didn’t — but I wanted it.

And so, when I heard and understood about letting Jesus into my life (i.e., becoming “The Boss” of my life), I said “Yes.”

Now, getting back to Romans 3:23, sinning is all about falling short of God’s standards.

I bet if you take a minute and think about your life you can see some times when you’ve fallen short of God’s high & holy standards.

What can be done when you’ve fallen short?

A good question because, like the verse says, every one of us has fallen short. And it leads us to stop #2 on this road …

See you here tomorrow.

— Ricky Ketchum

Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are from the ESV®Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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