What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin. As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one “—Romans 3:9-10
Paul is driving home the point in Romans 3 that none of us can come close to approximating God’s perfection, righteousness, compassion, grace, and holiness. So how do we get there? How do we escape the stranglehold and guilt of sin? God’s answer is Jesus! I believe that must be our answer, too! Jesus came to ransom us from sin (Mark 10:45), paying the price for our sin even while we were sinners (Romans 5:6-11). We couldn’t earn our way to God by our goodness, so Jesus became our bridge back to God. The glorious truth is now this: