 The Gospel views man in relation to God as fallen in Adam. The Gospel views us as we really are. The Gospel views us in truth as we are fallen in Adam. Man is a sinner, unable to obey the law, unable to render a full and satisfactory payment for sin. The Gospel has in view man as guilty. The Gospel has in view man as condemned, hopeless, helpless, lost, alienated from God, an enemy in his mind by wicked works. Both the law and the Gospel reveal to man what man should be and what man should do in relationship to God. But only the Gospel provides the necessary provision for that.