Crossridge Church

QUOTE - Joel Beeke
“Fallen man is so ruled by sin that he is unable to respond rightly to God’s law or the gospel. Though sinners have eyes, they are blind to God’s greatness and goodness; though they have ears, they are deaf to his Word.”

Unable to obey God’s law and please God: “For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” (Romans 8:5-6)

Unable to speak what God counts as good: “You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” (Matthew 12:34)

Unable to be saved: “When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Unable to perceive or enter God’s Kingdom: “Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born againhe cannot see the kingdom of God.” . . . . “Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3,5)

Unable to receive truth revealed by God’s Spirit: “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” (1 Corinthians 2:14)

QUOTE - Ivan Turgenev
“I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like, but I do know what the heart of a good man is like and it is terrible.”