(Ephesians 2:8,9) "For by grace are you saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God; not of works, unless anyone should boast." That simply means, you can not save yourself from sin's penalty; only faith in God's solution (salvation) will save you.
Check out a few scriptures
that support the above.
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God"
Romans 5:8 "But God showed His love for us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world (sinners), He gave His only born Son(Jesus), so that whoever believes (trusts) in Him, should not perish(be separated from God for eternity), but HAVE everlasting life (aneternal relationship with the REAL God)."
