The purpose of the Apostle Paul giving this discourse on the condition of the human heart is to help us understand how amazing God’s grace really is. “Amazing grace; how sweet the sound that saved a nice, kind person like me?” No, a “wretch” like me! I want this message about sin and our sinful condition to be hope-giving and life-producing. There’s something deeply satisfying about someone who knows you at your worst (flaws and all) and still says, “I love you, and I know a way that you can be set right with God and right with others.”