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The Doctrines of GraceThe Doctrines of Grace
Rediscovering the EvangelicalRediscovering the Evangelical
GospelGospel
Radical DepravityRadical Depravity
!! TT Total DepravityTotal Depravity
!! UU Unconditional ElectionUnconditional Election
!! LL Limited AtonementLimited Atonement
!! II Irresistible GraceIrresistible Grace
!! PP Perseverance of the saintsPerseverance of the saints
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Why does the doctrine of sin matter?Why does the doctrine of sin matter?
How does our understanding of sinHow does our understanding of sin
affect our understanding of theaffect our understanding of the
Gospel?Gospel?
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!! Our direction everOur direction ever
since the fall is to besince the fall is to be
““curved in oncurved in on
ourselves.ourselves.””
AugustineAugustine
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ManMan’’s nature, so to speak, is as nature, so to speak, is a
perpetual factory ofperpetual factory of
idolsidols……manman’’s mind, full as it iss mind, full as it is
of pride and boldness, daresof pride and boldness, dares
to imagine a god according toto imagine a god according to
its own capacityits own capacity……it conceivesit conceives
an unreality and an emptyan unreality and an empty
appearance as God.appearance as God.
John Calvin, John Calvin, Institutes,Institutes, I. XI.8 I. XI.8
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Radical (or Total) Depravity means that sin hasRadical (or Total) Depravity means that sin has
touched every part of humanity withtouched every part of humanity with
devastating effect. We are corrupteddevastating effect. We are corrupted
pervasively in our persons: mind, will,pervasively in our persons: mind, will,
affections.affections.
Note: the Bible does not teach ABSOLUTENote: the Bible does not teach ABSOLUTE
DepravityDepravity……we do have room to get worse!we do have room to get worse!
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And the LORD God
commanded the man,
saying, “You may surely
eat of every tree of the
garden, but of the tree
of the knowledge of
good and evil you shall
not eat, for in the day
that you eat of it you
shall surely die.”Genesis 2:16-17 ESV
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! And they heard the sound of
the LORD God walking in
the garden in the cool of the
day, and the man and his
wife hid themselves from the
presence of the LORD God
among the trees of the
garden. But the LORD God
called to the man and said to
him, “Where are you?” And
he said, “I heard the sound
of you in the garden, and I
was afraid, because I was
naked, and I hid myself.”
He said, “Who told you that you
were naked? Have you
eaten of the tree of which I
commanded you not to eat?”
The man said, “The woman
whom you gave to be with
me, she gave me fruit of the
tree, and I ate.” Then the
LORD God said to the
woman, “What is this that
you have done?” The
woman said, “The serpent
deceived me, and I ate.”
Genesis 3:8-13, ESV
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And you were dead in the
trespasses and sins in
which you once walked,
following the course of
this world, following the
prince of the power of
the air, the spirit that is
now at work in the sons
of disobedience—
among whom we all once
lived in the passions of
our flesh, carrying out
the desires of the body
and the mind, and were
by nature children of
wrath, like the rest of
mankind.Ephesians 2:1-3 ESV
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As it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one;
no one understands;
no one seeks for God. ”Romans 3:10-11 ESV
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PelagiusPelagius’’ view of view of
humanity and sinhumanity and sin
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Semi-Semi-Pelagian Pelagian viewview
of humanity andof humanity and
sinsin
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AugustineAugustine’’s (ands (and
BibleBible’’s!) view ofs!) view of
humanity and sinhumanity and sin
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Psalm 139
O LORD, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. …
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