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I had a pretty good opinion of myself until a friend invited me to take a walk down the Roman Road. He used just a single book in the Bible to open my eyes to my relationship with God, and I haven’t been the same since.

He warned me that the trip might hurt, and he was right because he started by revealing my real status before God.

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

Then I learned of sin’s penalty. “For the wages of sin is death…” (Romans 6:23a).

My friend went on to tell me that God loves me so much He offers an alternative called eternal life.

“...But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23b).

Then he showed me how God provided His son, Jesus, as an atoning sacrifice for my sin. Jesus took my penalty!

“God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

I wondered if God would accept me. He assured me with even more good news.

“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:13).

My friend showed me what I should do to receive eternal life.

“If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9).

We prayed together, and I gladly accepted God’s gift of eternal life through Jesus.

I asked him if there was anything in the book of Romans that could help me with my new life. He pointed to the beginning of Romans 12.

“Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:1-2).

He explained that if I gave God first place in my life, other things would work out according to God’s plan for me. I read a lot of the Bible since that day, and my friend was right! My life has been transformed. I joined his church and was baptized.

Many verses are underlined in my Bible, but I’ll never forget the Roman Road because a close friend used it to show me the way to eternal life.

That’s why I gave this tract to you today—so you too can know the way to eternal life. If you already have walked that road, please pass this on. News this good is meant to be shared.

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