Romans 1:29-32 "being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them."

Do some of these attributes of the wicked describe us?  Or maybe we wouldn't do these things but we enjoy when others do these things.  Do we love violent movies, villianous characters, TV shows that are slanderous and hate God, sports heros that are arrogant and boastful?

Paul's charge here is meant to force us to examine ourselves.  Is there evidence that my heart is actually far from God?  Have I deceived myself (like the Jews of Paul's day) into thinking I am close to God?  You shall know them by their fruits, so we should examine ourselves by our fruits!