Mankind has a serious problem; that problem is called sin. It colors and debases everything he does. When he would do good things, the evil of sin is still with him (Rom. 7:20, 21). Except for the God-Man who was sinless, every man, woman, and child since Adam have been infected with sin. The Apostle Paul wrote, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23).

All men are sinners on three counts. First, they sinned in father Adam (Rom. 5:12). When he sinned, we all sinned because he was our representative head. He acted in behalf of the entire race. Second, all people are sinners by choice (Rom. 1:21-23). No man is made to sin against his own will; rather he wills to sin (Eph. 2:3). Thirdly, all men are sinners by practice. The Word of God declares, “For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not” (Eccl. 7:20). Every man without exceptions is guilty before God of sin.

Sin has but one solution: the blood of Christ. Scripture teaches that the blood of Christ alone can cleanse a man from sin (1 John 1:7; Heb. 9:22). Neither religion nor psychology can purge any sinner from his sin. There is nothing any sinner can do to save himself from the consequences of his sin, which is death (Rom. 6:23). Christ and Christ alone is the Savior of sinners. If there had been a good work, a religious ceremony, or a law by which men could cleanse themselves from sin, then Jesus Christ would not have had to die. But He did die, and His death and shed blood are the only remedy for sin. The song of the saints in heaven has one theme: the shed blood of Christ by which they were redeemed (Rev. 5:9). Therefore, to look for cleansing from sin from any other source is vain. Christ’s blood alone actually cleanses the sinner from his sin.