Once upon a time, in a land far, far away…..
There was this thing that people did called Sunday School. It was a magical land of puppets and felt boards where little kiddies would all gather to learn about “God”.
Some body’s mom who was 43 times the age of the kiddies would come in to teach the kiddies how to be good little Christian boys and girls. The lucky kiddies all met in the same room. The not so lucky kiddies had to separate. Boys in one room, girls in another!!
Oh, screw this! I’m not a fiction writer!
If you ever had the privilege to go to Sunday School then you probably remember learning very early about the Roman Road to Salvation. I know, I know. Not all Sunday School was that bad. And if you still do Sunday School, please do it well because you are like the Native Americans of Christianity.
So the Roman Road to Salvation, just in case you are un-Sunday Schooled, was a breakdown of Bible verses that lead you down the path to salvation. It’s Bible verses pulled and regrouped to form a path, mostly out of Romans. Duh. Hence the name.
Unarguably outdated in today’s “modern” Church, the Roman Road has been all but forgotten by most.
The sad part is that Romans is brilliant. OK, the Bible is brilliant, but Romans speaks so clearly to addictions, strongholds, and even what real “Christian” recovery should look like.
It speaks of power. The power of God. The power of sin. The power we have been given. The power that lives within us.
It speaks of life. How to live it. How to control it. Where to obtain it.
It speaks of freedom. Freedom from the law. Freedom from bondage. Freedom from sin. Freedom found only in Jesus.
Romans basically lays out a perfect “road” if you will to recovery. I mean real recovery. True recovery. The kind of recovery that doesn’t take the remainder of your life. The kind of recovery that you’re only going to get from Jesus, and the only kind that Jesus ever really offered.
Over the next few days, weeks, years, crap I don’t know……
I want to blog some quick thoughts that come from Romans. Simple. Concise. True.
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