What is the Roman road to salvation?

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The book of Romans emphasizes salvation by faith, but some have concluded that it teaches salvation by faith only. It is true that faith is essential, but it is not true that faith alone saves. The book teaches faith comes by hearing God’s word, not by an emotional experience (Rom. 10:17). Believers must also repent of sins (2:4), confess Christ (10:9,10), and obey from the heart the form of doctrine that had been delivered (6:17,18). As Christ died, was buried and arose from the dead, a person who is dead in sin is buried by baptism into the death of Christ and arises to walk a new life, being made free from sin (6:1-7). The new life follows the burial. It does not precede it, as taught by those who talk about “the Roman road.”