Most of us know we have some defects but we innately hate to admit we are "sinners." But only admitted sinners can be forgiven of their sins and saved through faith in Christ alone.

 “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief” (I Tim. 1:15).

Of all Paul’s “faithful sayings,” this is perhaps the most wonderful, and the one through which most people have found the joy of sins forgiven. The subject is that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” Why else would Christ have had to leave His glory in heaven if it were not, as the Bible says, to come to earth in human form to represent us in the payment for our sin?

Thank God, Jesus paid the full price for all the sins of all men, past present and future. "But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us." Romans 5:8 (AMP)

Jesus was not a mere man who died on Calvary’s cross. So complete was His payment that Paul could exclaim: “He came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.” Paul himself, though once Christ’s chief enemy on earth, had now been saved by Him and had come to know the joy of sins forgiven.

The great tragedy is that so many people, even "religious people," don't realize their hopeless condition ... apart from trusting in Christ alone as their Savior. They have not yet seen how far they come short of the glory and holiness of God, so they work at trying to be good enough to be acceptable to God. But we can't save ourselves. They may know they are deficient to some degree, but they do not yet feel that their condition is so hopeless and that they need the Savior to save them from judgment and to deposit then His righteous life within them. Thus they keep trying, trying, trying — and failing, failing, failing! They've not yet come to rest in the full sufficiency of Christ for their salvation.

We must come to recognize our place as needy sinners, so that He can save us. This is the very first step to heaven. When we have done this we are in a position to accept God’s offer of full pardon and justification through Christ alone; He alone died to pay the penalty for our sins.

Since none are perfect and all have sinned, “this is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.”

Why not believe God’s Word, and trust in Jesus Christ alone as your Savior to be saved today?

"And they answered, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ [give yourself up to Him, take yourself out of your own keeping and entrust yourself into His keeping] and you will be saved, [and this applies both to] you and your household as well." Acts 16:31 (AMP)