Have you considered that you are misinterpreting the Word of God?
Read the context. Paul is speaking about eating meat and whether it makes a difference regarding salvation...
"For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost."
The word "sin" is not always an "offense against God". It also means "to err of understanding" or "make a mistake".
In the context, Paul is telling the Romans that those who believe "meat and drink" are important in the realm of salvation are mistaken. It is faith and obedience to God that makes the difference.
Paul elsewhere in Romans denies your interpretation:
"Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: For there is no respect of persons with God". Rom 2:9-11
Regards
Yep. And who "worketh good?" Those Jews and Gentiles who have been reborn by the Holy Spirit.
"Saved by grace through faith." That's what the text says.
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost" -- Titus 3:5
Scripture interprets Scripture. "Whatsoever is not of faith is sin" is a clear statement of fact with plenty to teach us. As blue-duncan wrote so clearly yesterday...
...The conscience, like nature and the law are just witnesses given by God's providence to turn mankind to Himself. There is no salvific grace in any of them except to point one to God, who alone can rid one of the guilt of sin. Anyone can do good deeds but no good deeds can restore fellowship with God; all that they do for the unbeliever is ameliorate to some worthless degree the eternal suffering in hell. All that the conscience can do in the unbeliever is bring the terrible weight of guilt without any source of relief except through chemistry or mysticism.""Jesus says unless our righteousness exceeds that of the pharisees we cannot enter the kingdom of God. Paul says in 1 Cor. 13:3, "And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." That is not a treacly sentimental affection but a lovining response to God who loved us first. So how can an unbeliever love like that when he has not experienced the love of God? He can do good but always for the wrong motives because he has no relationship with the One who is good...
AMEN!
As the-Doc used to say on the forum several years ago, the Fall was much worse than people imagine.
And the greater the fall, the greater the gift of rehabilitation. We've all fallen and we can't get up unless and until God regenerates our hearts to believe in Jesus Christ's sacrifice because "whatsoever is not of faith is sin."
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement." -- Romans 5:9-11"Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Paul could not be clearer. "Reconciled" not after we've done good works, but "reconciled while we were still enemies." Through unmerited grace alone we have been saved from the wrath of God who despises sin, saved by grace through faith in the blood of Christ whose atoning work on the cross "we have now received" as a "gift" and not as payment for services rendered.