TOTAL DEPRAVITY
TOTAL INABILITY
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Total depravity means that man is so depraved (immoral,
corrupt), that he is so spiritually dead that he is INCAPABLE OF TAKING
THAT FIRST STEP TOWARD GOD. This is the opposite from what is being taught
in most churches today. It is taught that man has the FREE CHOICE or FREE
WILL to choose for Christ.
But what does the BIBLE teach ?
Eph.2:1-5
"And you hath HE QUICKENED (He made alive) who were DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND
SINS..... HE loved us even when we were DEAD IN SINS..."
Gen.6:5
"That the wickedness of man WAS GREAT on the earth, and that EVERY IMAGINATION
OF THE THOUGHTS OF HIS HEART was ONLY EVIL continually."
Ps.51:5
"Behold, I was shapen IN INIQUITY, and in sin did my mother conceive me."
Jer.17:9
"The heart is DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, and DESPERATELY WICKED."
Mark 7:21-22
"For from within, out of the heart of man , proceed EVIL THOUGHTS, ADULTERIES,
FORNICATIONS, MURDERS, THEFTS, COVETOUSNESS, WICKEDNESS, DECEIT, LASCIVIOUSNESS,
AN EVIL EYE, BLASPHEMY, PRIDE, FOOLISHNESS."
Rom.3:10-
"Is it is written (Ps.14 & 53), There is NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE:
There is NONE THAT UNDERSTANDETH, there is NONE THAT SEEKETH AFTER GOD.....
there are NONE THAT DOETH GOOD, NO, NOT ONE.... their Throat is an OPEN
SEPULCHRE."
We are DEAD IN SIN, WICKED, EVIL, DECEITFUL, and are
NOT SEEKING GOD or DOING GOOD. Sure, in mans eyes we may think we are seeking
him and doing good, but in GOD's eyes we are as filthy rags. We do not
do a single work that is thoroughly pleasing to God. Apart from God we
can do nothing (John 15:4-5). Man does have free will, in a sense, but
will ALWAYS CHOOSE AGAINST GOD because of his depraved nature.
John 6:44
"NO MAN can come to me EXCEPT the Father which hath sent Me DRAW HIM.".
If it was my FREE WILL that caused me to turn to Christ,
then somehow I am a little bit better than my unsaved neighbor. If I responded
to the Gospel while my neighbor did not then I can receive a tiny bit of
credit, even though I know that my salvation depends upon what Christ has
done.
There are some Bible passages that apparently teach that we have FREE
WILL, but those passages must agree with the rest of the Bible.
Rev. 3:20
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. 'IF' any man HEAR MY VOICE and open
the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him and he with Me."
Notice it says, "IF ANY MAN HEAR MY VOICE." Can a DEAD
MAN HEAR the voice of God? That is what we are before we are saved, DEAD
in SINS. God must give us the SPIRITUAL EARS if He is drawing us to Himself.
Rev. 3:20 is not teaching free will in any way. If we have been given the
SPIRITUAL EARS to hear, then we will respond. Is man's soul just a little
sick or injured but nevertheless alive? NO! Man is DEAD IN SINS AND TRESPASSES!
Many of us today are being taught a FALSE GOSPEL that all you have to
do to be saved is 'ACCEPT' Christ as Saviour. The TRUE GOSPEL is that we
RECEIVE CHRIST BECAUSE GOD HAS GIVEN US HIM AS A GIFT.
C A U T I O N
ANY TEACHING THAT PROMOTES THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE A FREE WILL TO CHOOSE
GOD IS CONTRARY TO THE BIBLE
Matthew 24:24
"For there shall arise FALSE CHRISTS and FALSE PROPHETS, and shall show great
SIGNS and WONDERS; insomuch that, if it were possible they shall deceive
the very ELECT."
Too many pastors add such concepts to their gospel as:
'God has done His part and now it is up to you.' or 'God by His grace has
paid for your sins but it is up to you to ACCEPT His pardon.' or 'God has
done all that He must do; the rest is up to you.' They say that God has
PAID for ALL THE SINS of EVERYONE IN THE WORLD, except one, the SIN OF
REJECTION. But the GOD of my BIBLE said he has paid for ALL MY SIN, even
the sin of rejection.
TOTAL DEPRAVITY or TOTAL INABILITY, that is the condition of my soul
before God changes it.
Which of these two hymns are you ready to sing?
'Twas not that I DID CHOOSE THEE,
For Lord that could not be;
This heart would STILL REFUSE THEE,
Hadst THOU NOT CHOSEN ME.'
-OR-
'Twas not that YOU DID CHOOSE ME,
For Lord that could not be;
Your heart would STILL REFUSE ME,
Hadst I NOT CHOSEN THEE.'
GODS CHOICE? - MANS CHOICE?
Job 15:16
"How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like
water."
Psalm 14:3
"They are all gone aside, they [all] together become filthy; [there is] none
that doeth good, no, not one."
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"Every one of them is gone back; they are altogether become filthy; [there
is] none that doeth good, no, not one."
Isaiah 64: 6
"But we are all as unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as
filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the
wind, have taken us away."
Jeremiah 16:12
"And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one
after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto
me."
Romans 8:7-8
"Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God; for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh
cannot please God."
1 Cor. 2:14
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they
are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [ them], because they are
spiritually discerned."
TOTAL DEPRAVITY
EXPLAINS THE TROUBLES IN THE WORLD.
SHOWS US THAT WE ARE THOROUGHLY BAD AND IN A TERRIBLE STATE OF AFFAIRS
UNLESS GOD HELPS.
SHOWS US IF WE HAVE A DESIRE TO ASK GOD TO HELP US IT IS ONLY BECAUSE IT
IS GOD THAT IS WORKING WITHIN US TO WILL AND TO DO ACCORDING TO HIS GOOD
PLEASURE (PHIL.2:12-13).
TOTAL DEPRAVITY
Q U E S T I O N S
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WHY IS IT CALLED 'TOTAL' ?
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NOTHING THAT MAN DOES IS GOOD.
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MAN EXPRESSES HIS DEPRAVITY TO THE Nth. DEGREE.
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MAN IS INTENSIVELY EVIL AS POSSIBLE.
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THREE ELEMENTS: TRUE FAITH, CONFORMITY TO THE
LAW, AND
PROPER MOTIVE MAKE UP ?
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RELATIVELY GOOD WORKS.
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TRULY GOOD WORKS.
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CAN ANYONE DO THAT WHICH IS TRULY GOOD WITHOUT
GOD ?
(John 15:4-5)
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YES
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NO
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WOULD YOU COMPARE A UNREGENERATE MAN TO ?
(EZ.11:19/EPH.2:1)
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A SICK PERSON.
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A DEAD PERSON.
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WHAT KIND OF 'EYES' AND 'EARS' MUST ONE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THE TRUE GOSPEL ?
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PHYSICAL.
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SPIRITUAL.
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JOHN 6:44 "NO ONE CAN COME TO ME UNLESS THE FATHER
WHO
SENT ME DRAW HIM." WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
EXPLAINS THIS VERSE ?
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MAN CANNOT CHOOSE.
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MAN CANNOT TAKE THE FIRST STEP.
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MAN IS TOTALLY DEPRAVED.
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MAN IS UNABLE TO SAVE HIMSELF.
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ALL OF THE ABOVE.
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DOES A BABY DECIDE OR DESIRE TO BE BORN ? (JOHN
3:3)
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YES
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NO
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CAN A SPIRITUALLY DEAD PERSON DECIDE OR DESIRE
TO
BE BORN FROM ABOVE ?
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YES
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NO
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SALVATION DEPENDS:
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WHOLLY ON GOD.
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PARTLY ON GOD, PARTLY ON MAN.
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WHOLLY ON MAN.
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WHERE DOES THE GLORY OF SALVATION COME FROM ?
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ALL THE GLORY GOES TO GOD.
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MOST OF THE GLORY GOES TO GOD BUT A
LITTLE BIT GOES TO MAN.
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DOES MAN HAVE THE 'FREE WILL' TO ACCEPT CHRIST
AND
SAVE HIMSELF ?
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YES
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NO
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