Not only is it extremely hard, it’s impossible. In Romans chapters 1–3 God (through the Apostle Paul - side note: all scripture is the inspired word of God, no matter who the author is) is building his case against the 3 groups of humanity - the immoral person, the moral person and the religious person. It’s really interesting and reads almost like a court case. What is the conclusion?
Romans 3:10 “as it is written, There is none righteous, no not one”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God”
Being in sin = death. Thankfully, we have an advocate in the Lord Jesus Christ
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
When we have faith in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ - we are saved. Nothing less, nothing more. When we have faith in the gospel we experience God’s saving grace.
1 Cor 15:1-4 “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”