The heart of mankind is evil and wicked; it takes the Holy Spirit to change it.

The heart is deceitful and wicked in everyone; the Holy Spirit changes even the most wretched sinner's heart.

The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ.

I am nothing more than a wretched man that needs God's mercy and grace. I am redeemed by the blood of the Lamb of God Jesus Christ.

No man is a good man without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit within him.

I would rather be trampled by raging elephants than see the full wrath of my God. My repentance from Him is true and sincere, my salvation is from God by the finished work of His beloved Son. Without His mercy and grace we have nothing, without His love we are nothing.