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“ Summary, Part 4 (final) ” APPLICATIONS [39:34]: 1. The Flood underscores that man left to himself will corrupt his ways more and more. Right after the Ark found dry ground, God instituted capital punishment. Noah’s rescue was not perfect sanctification. 2. Environment is not the breeding ground of sin. It can aid and abet it but not author it. 3. Our fallen nature is undeniable. Gal 3:22 – the Scripture has fenced us into acknowledging our condition. But mercifully, it also supplies the good news: that God offers mercy and pardon upon our repentance. 4. All of us were born under the condemnation of Scripture, with no means of rescuing ourselves. Let us remember that it was God’s grace that saved us, and let the unsaved know that His grace is available to them. Let the darkness of our condition be the background of the light of the gospel.
Ian Migala (11/2/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 3 ” OBJECTIONS [33:55]: Don’t we find people in our midst to be generally civil? Yes, but mercifully, they (and we) are restrained from living out our inclinations to the full. We fear the consequences of loss, shame, a lesser position, etc. Rom 2:14-15 – the Bible points out that even those without revelatory light bear evidence of God’s image and His law on their hearts, and even those with that light bear evidence of total depravity. What about infants? Aren’t they innocent? And doesn’t that show that they didn’t inherit sin from their parents? Even nature shows that the gentle baby will grow into a savage state without any prompting. It is the outworking of his nature (cf. Ps 51:5).
Ian Migala (11/2/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” 1 Cor 15:22 – though we are all fallen in one man, we can be born again in another. We aren’t sinners because we sin; we sin because we’re sinners. Any random look at the world proves this. II. SIN PROPAGATED BY ORDINARY GENERATION [19:44]. Gen 5:3 – the first birth of a human being in the image of man, which is a fallen state. Our depraved nature is universal. Note how mankind was worth destruction just a single chapter later. III. SIN MANIFESTED BY ITS DEEDS [21:50]. Again, a random look at the world is proof of this. Sin flows readily, with only the restraints of society to keep it from its full expression. Even when restrained, our sinful natures still burn in our hearts. Gen 6:11-12 – just one of many biblical proofs of the universal nature of sin (cf. Rom 3:9-18, 1 Jn 1:8-10). Gen 6:5 – the source of sin within us is our own hearts. What we conceive there is impure and evil. Notice the universal terms that the verse uses to describe it (every, only, continually), and they are not limited to the antediluvians (Jer 17:9, Mk 7:14-22).
Ian Migala (11/2/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” In Gen 6:5-13, we learn of God’s destruction of the world by flood due to the depravity of men. But God spared Noah and his family. Historically, it has been quite rare for the church to emphasize man’s total depravity. Despite Calvinism’s flickers of light from time to time, humanism soon followed and put it out. But by God’s grace, the embers remain lit. For our present purpose, Calvinism is the set of biblical doctrines affirming God’s sovereignty and His administration of grace. Its signature is the fivefold doctrine known as TULIP, and today we will examine the T: total depravity. I. TOTAL DEPRAVITY INTRODUCED BY THE FALL [starting at 14:57 of the audio]. Depravity is the moral corruption of our person that constitutes us as sinners. This was not our created condition. Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden, where all their needs were in abundant supply. They were given one commandment: to not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Through Satan’s manipulation, they fell and were driven away into a cursed world, with death appointed to their future. Rom 5:12 – Adam was the federal head of mankind, and all mankind inherited his fallen nature.
