DENOMINATIONAL DOCTRINES

ROMANS 5:8-18Text

TOTAL HEREDITARY DEPRAVITY

• Contradicts plain Bible teaching– Ezekiel 28:12-15– Ezekiel 18:19-23

TOTAL HEREDITARY DEPRAVITY

• God’s word teaches babes are innocent– Jeremiah 19:3-5– Psalm 106: 35-38– Matthew 18:1-3– Matthew 19:14– 2 Samuel 12:22-23

TOTAL HEREDITARY DEPRAVITY

• How can you degenerate if you are already totally depraved?– 2 Timothy 3:12-13– 2 Peter 2:20

TOTAL HEREDITARY DEPRAVITY

• Sin is the end product of temptation– James 1:12-15– Matthew 4:1– Hebrews 4:15– 1 John 3:4

TOTAL HEREDITARY DEPRAVITY

• This doctrine makes being reconciled impossible– 2 Corinthians 5:18-21– Romans 5:1-11

TOTAL HEREDITARY DEPRAVITY

• This doctrine makes God a contributor to man’s sin– Proverbs 20:27– Hebrews 12:9– James 1:17– Acts 17:29

TOTAL HEREDITARY DEPRAVITY

• If all babies are born with sin then Christ was born with sin– 2 Corinthians 5:21– Hebrews 4:15– 1 Peter 2:21-22

TOTAL HEREDITARY DEPRAVITY

• Conclusion– Is this doctrine of total hereditary

depravity true?– The bible clearly declares it to be

false!– Man has a problem with sin but not

because he was born with it.