Because the law only justifies those who keep it perfectly, the only defense for sinners is to confess that they have no defense and ask for mercy.

All who rely upon their own righteousness on the Last Day will meet with wrath, fury, tribulation and distress, but those who repent and trust Jesus will find life.

It is God’s sobering revelation that he punishes wickedness that both humbles each and everyone of us and gives us hope that wickedness will not have the final word.