(Rom 3:18) “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” The flesh of sinful man blinds him to eternity. It lives only to fulfill its desires today. Thus, he fears not God, giving eternity no thought for the pleasures of today. The lost need two things: 1) a person to speak directly to them of sin, righteousness, and judgment accompanied by 2) the Holy Spirit’s opening of their understanding, testifying that these things are true.