If man’s only problem was that he were a sinner, how great would his prospect for life be.  For if that were his only problem, he would repent and be pardoned from the horrible wrath to come.  Man’s greatest predicament is not that he is a sinner but that he does not know nor care.  He is “dead in trespasses and sins”.  Reflect for a moment upon Paul’s damning assessment.

None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.  Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.  The venom of asps is under their lips.  Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.  Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known.  There is no fear of God before their eyes.

Romans 3:10-18

Man’s condition is utterly hopeless.  There is but one hope…