What does Les call the most crucial shortcoming of the human race?
The most crucial shortcoming of the human race is fornication or profanity, illustrated by Esau in Hebrews 12:16, who sold his birthright for one morsel of food. Immorality and profanity go hand-in-hand; this shortcoming was described as exploding in the 1990s.
Les teaches that the most crucial shortcoming of the human race has always been fornication or profanity. He points to Hebrews 12:16, which warns against any fornicator or profane person, noting the two go hand-in-hand: when someone is immoral, he is profane for all practical purposes. Les uses Esau as the example—the twin brother of Jacob who sold his birthright for one morsel of food. He says this shortcoming was evident among the pagans, in Corinth, and in the gross sexual wickedness of the Mediterranean world, and that it was exploding in the 1990s.
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.