"Alas, sinful nation, a people burdened down with lawlessness, a brood of evil doers, children who are immoral and depraved! ...The whole head is sick, and the whole heart feeble, without conviction and darkened. From the soul of the foot even to the head, no soundness in it, wounded, and bruised and putrefying sores; not having been closed or bound up, or soothed with ointment." (Is. 1:4a, 5b, 6)
We are altogether corrupted because of sin. We are constantly at war against the Spirit of the LORD in our unsaved state.
"We are full of malice, envy and hatred, lovers of ourselves degenerate and debased. We are lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, implacable, slanders, profligates ,brutish, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with pride, and conceited. Rather than being lovers of GOD, we are lovers of pleasure; holding to an outward form of godliness (religiosity) but denying the power of GOD.”(2 Tim. 3:2-5)
Slaves to the lusts of this world, we are easily led astray and seduced by many unhealthy passions. We become foolish and disobedient because we refuse to pay heed to the conscience GOD placed within and thinking ourselves to be wiser than the GOD who created all things and through whose mercy we are offered salvation in His Son Messiah Yeshua, we deny Him access to our hearts. Nothing has changed; not from the times of Noah, to the times of the prophets to the present day! GOD is still rising early to open the ears of His, apostles, prophets, and evangelists, and send them out to a stubborn and rebellious world, crying out, "repent and turn from your evil ways, turn to Me and I will give you life." "There are none who are righteous or who does good." (Ps. 10:14:1-3, 53:1-3; Eccl. 7:20)
5. "Everyone has turned away from GOD they have together become unprofitable.” Rom 3:11-12)
6. The proof of a man's uncleanness is clearly shown by the wickedness that