3. What is the outcome for those who are without God? Psalm 14:3.
NOTE: ‘The law which St. Paul calls “holy, just, and good,” detects all unholiness, and unrighteousness, and shows all to be “guilty before God.” This shows that the law itself is just right, and perfect, or it would not detect all imperfections. God claims it as His law, and who dares to say it is imperfect? As man sees himself in this law a transgressor and no way for escape, he is ready to exclaim as did Paul, “O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” That the whole world was lost because of transgression, is plain from the following texts. “The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.” Psalm 14:2,3.’ James White: Review & Herald, October 25, 1853.
4. How does the Bible picture those who are without God and have all gone out of the way? Genesis 6:5, 11.
NOTE: ‘This is an accurate description of the generation that perished in the waters of the flood. “God saw that the wickedness of man was great,” and that the “earth was filled with violence.” The fear of God had well-nigh died out of the hearts of the children of men. Lawlessness was rife, and almost every conceivable sin was practised. The wickedness of men was open and daring, and the cries of the oppressed reached to heaven. Justice was trampled in the dust. The strong not only disregarded the rights of the weak, but forced them to commit deeds of violence and crime.’ Bible Echo, July 1, 1887’.