Since humans are sinners that are corrupted by their sin and under God's just condemnation, they are not the solution to themselves. We are our own problem. The solution to us must be applied to us by God. God does apply his solution to us through a particular means--His Word. A necessary part of our experiencing God's solution to us is knowing and trusting in his verdict regarding us as sinners and relying upon his vanquishing of our sin. The union between God's verdict about and vanquishing of sin is revealed in Genesis 6:1-8. In other words, part of the "good news" of the Gospel is the "bad news" about us, but when we understand this we recognize how good it is to know this supposed bad news.