Romans 3:10 says, "As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one."

(Jesus was the only Righteous one to walk the face of the Earth.)

Romans 3:23 says, "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God."

1 John 3:4 says, "Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness."

Jeremiah 17:9 says, "The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?"

Isaiah 53:6 says, "All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him."

1 John 1:8 says, "If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us."

Ecclesiastes 7:20 says, "Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins."

These verses assure us we are all sinners, every single one of us. We must all understand this or else we would never recognize the need for salvation. Much like when we are sick, we must first admit we are sick before we ever even consider going to a doctor. Such is the case with our soul, and we all need God: the soul doctor.

Isaiah 59:2 says, "But your inequities have made a separation between you and your God and your sins have hid his face from you so that He does not hear."

Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

In the first verse the fact is established that there is a separation (barrier, wall) between God and us. The barrier itself is sin. Just as a river separates two pieces of land, so is the case with God and us and the river of sin between us.

In the second verse the wages (what we are paid) of sin is explained. When we work at our jobs, we earn pay (wages) for our work. Our sins have earned us wages, and the payment for our sins is death. Beyond the physical death is that of spiritual death which means eternal separation from God. Every sinner deserves spiritual death.

Mathew 3:17 says, "…This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased."

John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

II Corinthians 5:21 says, " He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him."

Romans 5:8 says, " But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

Jesus Christ died for all of our sin: past, present, and future. When the blood of Jesus was shed for the sins of the World, it provided a bridge over the river of sin that separates us from God. We can know everything mentioned above and still die and miss heaven. The Bible teaches us that we must receive Christ so that his blood, which he shed on the cross at Calvary, covers the river of our sin that separates us from God.