Men are incapable of complying with God's standard of eternal righteousness. Since the fall men have been alienated from God, emotionally addicted to physiological corruption.They are slaves to sin in an eternal state of judgment. Men are at odds with the God they hate. Men commence life scheming against the comprehensive knowledge of God. They are in spiritual darkness without the knowledge of God. They naturally hate the sacred name of Christ. Men express an instinctive aversion to any place, person or thing that represents the name of God. They like themselves more than they enjoy God. Because they hate the divine love of God, their controlling motives are without natural affection. Men are in a continuous state of death, under the condemning power of God. They are under the eternal decree of divine judgment. Their sin is an affront to the standard of God's eternal holiness. Men do not grasp the nature of their sin, nor the eternal consequences of sin. Without God's divine mercy, there would be no reasonable hope of being saved.

  God is eternally holy so that He does not change. Where ever God is present demands eternal holiness. Men do not only commit the sin which is a deliberate affront to His personal holiness, but they are unable to sufficiently satisfy the righteous demands. They do not comprehend the fierce nature of His anger, nor adequately fear God. Any man who thinks he pleases God will suffer the crushing blow of His eternal wrath. He will crush himself against the impermeable rock. And who can drink the full wrath of God? What man can stand up against the eternal demands of God's law?

 God is so holy that anyone who has ever encountered His divine presence has been devastated. The more a man remains in the presence of God, the more bewildered he becomes about his own integrity. God's holiness is crushing. God graciously stoops down in the suffering of men who swiftly deserve eternal indignation. God condemns the inability to perform one righteous act or to grasp the condescending nature of God's revelation. Men are never able to understand the full nature of God's righteous standard. It would destroy the most righteous man.

God will pour out His eternal wrath on man. It is because God is eternal that He demands eternal punishment. Men will consume the deep cup of His wrath. God's fierce wrath is present where ever sin is not atoned for.  Gods eternal fury breaks into the judgments of this world. He is pouring out His wrath on men who are under the threat of death. God will be justified in His holiness. No one can escape the judgment of God. There is sorrow upon sorrow for sin. We morn inwardly as we wait for the full renewal of all things. But our sorrow is mixed with joy. We are not without hope. We are in Christ, receiving grace upon grace.