At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Describe the doctrine of Total Depravity.
- Cite several Biblical references to support Total Depravity.
- Discuss possible objections to the doctrine of Total Depravity.\
Sin Comes from Within. Mark 7:20-23; James 1:13-15
• Sin is not just____ a voluntary transgression.
• Sin proceeds from a deeper attitude of rebellion____ against God.
• Sin proceeds from a treasonous____ disposition.
• Sin proceeds from a sinful____ heart.
Total Depravity Defined.
• All human beings are born with a sin____ nature.
• Total depravity means there is no part of human life absolved____ from
man’s fallen state.
• There is no area of human life that might serve as a possible grounds for
justification____.
• Even if works are formally in accordance with God’s law it does not mean they
are good and well pleasing to God.
• We cannot compare the relative goodness of someone’s actions because the
standard is not human righteousness____; the standard is God’s
righteousness.
Actions well-pleasing to God:
• The only way to please God is to have faith____ in Him. Romans 14:23
• Faith in God must be the starting point.
• Love____ for God must be the animating motive.
• Law____ of God must be the directing principle.
• Glory____ of God must be the controlling purpose.
Human Inability Matthew 7:18; John 1:10; John 6:44; Romans 8:8
• We are incapable____ of good apart from God.
• We are not able to change our character____ on our own.
• We are not able to act in accordance with God’s commandments____.
• We are incapable of faith.
• We are in absolute, complete bondage____ to sin.
• Total depravity is man’s natural condition apart from any grace____
exerted by God to restrain or transform him.
Without Christ, humans are in a hopeless____ position.
• Sin is against everything God is.
• God is not complacent____ toward sin.
• God is not indifferent to sin.
• God will inevitably act____ against it.
• The wrath____ of God is as pure as His love.
Human Liability John 3:36; Romans 1:18; Ephesians 5:6; Revelation 15:7
The Importance of Total Depravity 1 John 1:10
• Man’s sin against God is a central theme____ of the Bible, so sin is a
doctrine of profound importance!
• We cannot have fellowship____ with God if we continue in sin, yet we
cannot help but sin.
• Unless a person understands his or her utter hopelessness with regard to this
doctrine, salvation____ is impossible.
