Total Depravity
September 18, 2022 Preacher: Caleb Bunch Series: Salvation
Topic: Total Depravity Scripture: Romans 3:10–18
-Reformed Soteriology/Doctrines of Grace
-Can man choose to follow Christ? John 6:44 No one can unless the Father draws him. God must do the work.
-Is man basically good? Ps 119:68 (God is perfectly good) Mark 10:18 God alone is good. Rom 3:10-18, 1John 1:8-10, 2Cor 6:36, Is 64:6
-Is your Heart/Soul/Mind/Strength/Will totally affected by sin?
-Heart: Jer 17:9, Mark 7:21-23
-Soul: John 8:34, Rom 6:17-18 (Opposite of being a slave to sin), Gal 4:8-9
-Mind: 1Cor 2:14 (Spiritually discerned-they cannot grasp the simple gospel. The gospel is foolishness to them) 1Cor 2:16, 2Cor 3:14, 2Cor 3:4-6 (They are blinded)
-Strength: Rom 5, Rom 7:14, Rom7:18 (Nothing good in me)
-Will: Eph 2:1-5 (We are rotting corpses w/out God) John 1:12-13 (He gave then, it was all God) Matt 11:27, John 6:64-65 (No one can come. Salvation is all of grace. God gets all the glory in salvation.
Application:
If these doctrines are true, you should be immensely humbled and driven to our knees for His amazing grace in salvation.
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