FIRST, THE BAD NEWS...

THE PROBLEM

THE PENALTY

Every person is a sinner before a Holy God and unable to save themselves.
Every person is under the sentence of death and will be forever separated from God because of their sin. 
...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
(Romans 3:23)
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world,
and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned
(Romans 5:12)