What do people quickly overlook when they explain why God should let them into heaven?
They invariably overlook Romans 3, which declares that everyone has come short of the glory of God. In ourselves we are lost, like sheep without a shepherd, separated through Adam’s fall, and unable to enter God’s heaven unless God does something on our behalf.
Les explains that when people are asked why God should let them into His heaven, they give many various reasons, but they invariably overlook Romans 3. The first step of faith on the road to salvation is to recognize that in ourselves we are lost, like sheep without a shepherd. We are separated because of Adam’s fall, since he was the federal head of the whole human race. Scripture says everyone has come short of the glory of God, meaning we cannot enter God’s heaven unless God does something on our behalf.