1. Rom. 3:10 "As it is written, ’There is none righteous not even one." People tend to hesitate to call themselves a sinner, but no one would be so foolish as to declare they are perfect. This puts everyone in the same predicament that they cannot make it into heaven unless they are perfectly righteous in the eyes of God.
2. Rom. 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Sin is anything that displeases God. Sin is anything that misses the mark of perfection in what we say, think or do. Without the forgiveness of sin there can be no salvation for anyone.
3. Rom. 5:12 "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin and so death spread to all men because all sinned." Every person has inherited Adam’s sinful nature from our parents. We cannot escape it or abrogate it, expiate it or eliminate it. We all stand condemned unless we look to the one solution, Jesus Christ for the substitutionary forgiveness of sin.
4. Rom. 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Sin has eternal consequences that will send millions to hell unless they believe, accept and embrace the free gift of eternal life only provided through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who paid for our past, present and future sins through His death, burial and resurrection.
5. Rom. 10:9,10 "If you confess with your mouth, Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes resulting in righteousness and with the mouth he confesses resulting in salvation." Admit you are a sinner and need forgiveness found only in Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Believe in your heart by totally trusting in Christ’s finished work on the cross for the forgiveness of your sins. Confess that Jesus is your Lord and Savior and you will be saved.
