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Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Here, once again, we have the bad news and the good: All have sinned, but God has also provided a way for His righteousness through Christ.  We all need to hear,  grasp, and agree to the verse many of  us know well: all have sinned, but we also need to keep on reading there: God provides, but His grace, the gift that takes care of our sin and takes it away: Christ's death and shed blood on our behalf.  The call is for us to trust in God and His plan, and stop trusting in ourselves.  Which will it be?