The Total Depravity of Every Man

The Apostle Paul has shown us that God's righteousness is revealed in His creation, in man's conscience, and in God's commandments. Every one of these manifestations of God's righteousness exposes our unrighteousness and tells us of certain coming judgment. In these verses Paul makes his closing argument. He gives us a string of quotations from Old Testament Scripture showing us that sin has distorted you and I, leaving no part of us uncorrupted. But by doing this Paul does us a great favor: he shows us of our desperate need for a Savior. The God who is angry with sinners also loves the objects of His wrath, and so He has sent His only begotten Son into the world to save sinners.