God sent help, a Savior! The rest of Romans 6:23 says, "...but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Again in Romans 5:8, God says, "But God commendeth his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us."
So to bring it all together, you, like the rest of the world, are a sinner who is condemned to Hell under God's just wrath. Jesus came to earth as God in the flesh, lived a perfect life, and then voluntarily died on the cross because he loves you. In his death, He literally paid for your sins. Three days later he rose from the grave, proving He was God and justifying (make righteous) all that trust Him. God, in Romans 10:13, promises that "whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."