Romans 5:8 – While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8 says this But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Paul is writing a letter to the church in Rome. And the overall theme of the letter is to explain to them that no matter what their heritage is, no one is grandfathered into salvation. Everyone needs saving work of Jesus Christ. And moreover, is that it is only available through repentant faith. That the greatest act of love imaginable was done for us by Christ for us on the cross, long before we even knew we