Romans 3.10-31 Salvation

...as it is written, " there is none righteous , not even one ; there is none who understands , there is none who seeks for  God...because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.  But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed...For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law...Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.Romans 3:10‭-‬31 NASB

 It is established that everyone has sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, as reference in Psalm 14.

Paul makes a great effort to contrast the Law versus faith. Being Jewish, and speaking to a Jewish audience, the references are to the Law of Moses as set down in the Torah.

Those of us who are not Jewish, and not subject to that Law can still apply the principle. The Law was an effort to please God with works and sacrifice; to earn a place in Heaven with God.

We who do not have the Law have religion with its rules and rituals. This religion is our effort to please God.

Many, who do not consider themselves to be religious, live by a code of conduct to distinguish right from wrong. The thinking is that, if they do more good than bad, the scales will tip in their favor, and they will go to heaven. This is just another version of the Law.

But it is impossible to please God with works. As the scripture says "By the works of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight." No matter how much we follow our rules, we will always fall short of God. God will not sit in judgment with scales weighing our good deeds against our bad. There are not enough good deeds in the universe to make us worthy of Him. Based on a religion of good deeds, we are all worthy of hell.

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."

Therefore, God has chosen to forgive us of our sins, not because of how good we are, but because He loves us anyway. Romans 5.8 says, "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

God's own righteousness requires that we pay for our sin. This is a debt we can never pay. But Jesus, dying on the cross, shed his own blood as payment for our sin, so that we can be forgiven. Our sins have been paid for. What He asks of us is that we have faith in Him.

Romans 10.9-10 says, "If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation."

Lord, I confess to You that I have sinned and fallen short of Your glory. I ask that You forgive me of my sins. I believe that Jesus died for me on the cross, rose again after three days, and is now seated in Heaven with God the Father. I confess that Jesus is my Lord.