LBCF – Chapter 9 – paragraph 3 “Man by his fall into a state of sin, has wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so as a natural man being altogether averse from good, and dead in sin, is not able by his own strength to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.â€
II. Misconceptions Concerning Total Depravity
A. Total Depravity does not mean that men are unable to do good things. B. Total Depravity does not mean Absolute Depravity. Romans 3:10, 3:19, 3:23
III. Common (but wrong) Objections to Total Depravity
A. Thinking Faith comes first, and then Regeneration. John 6:44, 6:65, 3:27; 1 Cor. 2:14 B. Attempts to Reconcile Free Will and Total Depravity.
C. Since God Commands Faith and Repentance, Man Must be Capable of exercising Faith and Repentance.
D. Men Co-operate with God in Justification.
E. The Only Sin that Damns a Soul is Unbelief.
IV. Total Depravity in John’s Gospel John 5:37-47, 8:19-24, 40-47, 54-59; 10:26-31
V. Illustrations from John’s Gospel Concerning Total Depravity
A. Impotent Man in John 5 – no power B. Blind Man in John 9 – no sight C. The Dead Man in John 11 – no life – absolutely and positively dead.
VI. Practical Lessons from the Doctrine of Total Depravity
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Pastor Steve came to Christ at the age of 11. He graduated from Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in 1979 with a B.A. in theology as the Valedictorian of his class. He joined our church in 1978, came on staff, full-time in 1980, was ordained as an Elder in 1982, and became...
