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Psalm chapter 14 verses 1 through 3

the fool says in his heart there is no God. They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds.

There is none who does good.

The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who

understand who seek after God they have all turned aside together they have become

corrupt there is none who does good, not even one.

What a stinging indictment of humanity, including every single one of us. There's none who does good. They've all turned aside.

Together they have all become corrupt. And just in case we didn't get it there in

verse three says, not even one.

The Bible says not one person does good.

Now obviously we all do good things at different points but not one of us the depth of our

hearts is all good we've all turned aside from God we've all turned aside from God's ways to our own ways, which leads to that which is not good in all kinds of ways.

And this is the state of the human heart apart from God's grace,

even to the point where we deny God altogether.

That's where this whole chapter starts.

The fool says in his heart,

there is no God.

We actually have the audacity as created beings

made in the image of God to deny God altogether, to deny his existence altogether,

as if we exist on our own, as if we could ever exist without him and his creating and sustaining power.

But notice the connection here too between this confession there is no God and this corruption they are

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