Guilt

Here's an excerpt from "GUILT THE EFFECT OF GENERAL REVELATION," an article by J.I. Packer speaking from Romans 1:19...what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

"Fallen humankind is in one sense ignorant of God, since what people like to believe, and do in fact believe, about the objects of their worship falsifies and distorts the revelation of God they cannot escape. In another sense, however, all human beings remain aware of God, guiltily, with uncomfortable inklings of coming judgment that they wish they did not have. Only the gospel of Christ can speak peace to this distressful aspect of the human condition."