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The entire Human Race is guilty. We all sin in word and thought daily.

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

We have all sinned. We have all done things that are displeasing to God. There is no one who is innocent. Justice demands that the guilty be punished.

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

The punishment that we have earned for our sins is death. Not just physical death, but eternal death!Only God can rescue us from our predicament.

Romans 5:8 declares: "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Jesus Christ died for us!
Romans 6:23, "but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Jesus' death paid for the price of our sins. Jesus' resurrection proves that God accepted Jesus' death as the payment for our sins.

What must we do to be saved? What does God require of me to recieve this Gift?

"What must we do, to be doing the works of God?" 29Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."
Rome 10;8 "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."

Because of Jesus' death on our behalf, all we have to do is believe on Him, trusting His death and resurrection as the payment for our sins - and we will be saved!

Romans 10:13 says it again:"for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

God forgives us of all our sin, past, present and future. Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins and rescue us from eternal death. Salvation, the forgiveness of sins, is available to anyone who will trust in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

The final aspect of the Romans Road to salvation is the results of salvation.

Romans 5:1 has this wonderful message:
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."

Through Jesus Christ we can have a relationship of peace with God.

Romans 8:1 teaches us:"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."

Because of Jesus' death on our behalf, we will never be condemned for our sins.

Finally, we have this precious promise of God from

Romans 8:38-39:"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

The thing that I find sad is how Protestants fail to see how Catholics believe in all these quotations you mention, which are still in line with Catholic dogma. Maybe it’s because I had a Protestant father and a Catholic mother, but as a Catholic, I don’t see how these quotes you mention exclude the Catholic faith.I guess perhaps Protestants believe you can’t be condemned for your sins as long as you believe Christ is Savior. Catholics also believe any sinner can be saved as long as he or she repents. But the final decision is up to God.