The Fall of Man: Cannot be Remedied by Man

Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?

Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.