Recognize that sin separates you from God and others.

"Sin" is walking our own way in rebellion against God's will. When we walk away from God, we walk away from life.

Everyone has sinned.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).

Sin brings death.
"For the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).

Our own efforts cannot save us.
As sinners we futilely try to find life's true meaning in the wrong ways and places.

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9).