What is the first step of faith a lost person has to take?
A lost person must first believe what God says about their condition: that they are breakers of God's Law and can do nothing pleasing in His sight. Scripture declares all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
Les teaches that the first step of faith a lost person must take is to believe what God says about their condition—that they are breakers of God's Law and can do nothing pleasing in His sight. He ties this to Romans chapter 3, where Paul gives the whole picture of reconciliation even though the word reconciliation is not used there. Sin entered and separated man from God, and that gulf can only be bridged by God; man cannot make reconciliation. The Work of the Cross brought reconciliation, and Romans chapter 3 declares all have sinned and come short of the glory of God—a blanket statement that can only be overcome by believing the Gospel.