and he is desperate and frustrated. His excuses become more vehement and ridiculous. Verses 7 and 8 amplify and enhance what Paul taught in the verses preceding them. Here the sinner presses his ques tioning, with renewed vigor, in which he challenges God's right to punish him. But evil can only produce evil, therefore if the objector continues in sin, he only heaps upon himself greater condemnation in the day of judgment, "whose damnation is just" (3:8). The ground upon which the Jew rests his hope of exemption from Divine judgment has been blasted from under him. It is his prerogative to ask ques tions, but the answers to the questions of the unregenerate mind cannot be found in human reasoning. The whole idea that good can come from our wrong behavior is contrary to the teaching of God's Word. There is a practical lesson here for us all, especially for those persons who have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ. There is a very real danger in avoiding the admission of sin and need of the salvation which God offers. The delay is personally dangerous because it will give sin extended time to grow, and this in turn will weaken the will and build up a greater resistance to the saving Gospel of Christ. You have no idea when your final opportunity to receive Christ will have passed. Trust Him now!
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