Romans Road to Salvation. 

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.  (Romans 10:9-13, KJV)

“As it is written, ‘There is none righteous, no, not one.'” (Romans 3:10, KJV)

The apostle Paul declares that no single human being is “righteous”  (Right with God)

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

It isn’t enough that you compare yourself to another human being and think “Well, I’m not as bad as him.”

The standard is God’s holiness. And all of us fall short of that standard.

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23, KJV)

Paul explains that the “wages” (or earnings) of our sin is “death.” This includes both physical death and spiritual death (spiritual death is when your soul is separated from God). 

Paul, doesn’t leave us with bad news. He mentions that the “gift of God” is “eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” 

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8, KJV)

Paul says that God demonstrated or commended (gave) love to us even when we didn’t deserve it. Even when we were deep in sin, “Christ died for us.” 

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13, KJV)

The bad news is we all fall short of God’s glory and we all face both physical and spiritual death because of it. The good news is that God loved us, sent Jesus to die for us, and anyone who calls upon “the name of the Lord shall be saved.”