Verse 7 Is this just gonna be bad news

This verse is #5 on the google list and #20 on the biblegateway.com list and is highlighted in the 'Hands On' Bible.

Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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Romans 3:10
as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one;

Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Psalms 51:3-5
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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If I had a hour to share my faith with someone, I'd spend 45 minutes convincing them that they were lost
Francis Schaeffer, Theologian and Philosopher.

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As people, we don't like to admit that there is something wrong deep within our souls. But until we acknowledge our need for help, we won't look for that assistance. Paul takes the first chapters describing how badly people are in need to be rescued from their sins concluding amoungst others that 'there is none is righteous, no, not one'
Our only hope is in Jesus, God's Son, who came to earth to die in our place so that we might have a relationship with the Father.

Romans 3:24-26
and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Only when we are honest with ourselves about our sinful state will we be ready to accept Jesus' work on our behalf.