 Man believes himself to be a thinker. He says I got it all figured out. He professes look at verse 22 professing or claiming to be wise They became fools. This is not describing some unknown Person out there One of the 350 million people in this country. This is describing you This is describing you. This is describing me apart from Jesus Christ If you're living in sin for yourself, this describes you right now This is God's assessment of the condition that you're in your thoughts are futile Your foolish heart is darkened. You don't have any sense. You lack comprehension You don't see things as they are you don't understand reality Unable to receive unable to understand and yet man in his pride calls it wisdom