The doctrine of depravity says that man is as bad off as he can be. There is a vast difference between being as bad as he can be, and being as bad off as he can be. The doctrine of depravity has to do, not with man’s estimation of man, but rather with God’s estimation of man. (Pentecost 9-10)
The doctrine of depravity has to do not so much with man’s conduct as with man’s state. It has to do not so much with man’s behavior as with his condition before God. In Galatians 3:22 we read, “…the scripture hath concluded all under sin….” In this passage we see that God has made a universal pronouncement, a pronouncement that characterizes every creature. The entire human race is classified as being under sin. (Pentecost 10)
The Word of God uses a number of different words to describe the personal sins of the unregenerate man. The word transgression is used is used to describe man’s personal sin. Scripture refers to sin as iniquity, that which is altogether wrong. The word error is used, by which it is shown that the sinner disregards the …show more content…
The liberals say that Adam fell upward, so that Adam’s lot was better after the fall than before the fall because something was added to the personality of Adam of which he had been deprived previously. Consequently, Adam was a fuller and more complete person after the fall than he was before the fall. There are those who say that when Adam fell he fell over the cliff, but that when he was going over the cliff he grabbed something on the top of the cliff and held on. He fell downward, but he held on before he slipped over the brink, and if he exerts enough will and enough strength he can pull himself back up over the brink and stand on solid ground again. Those who have that concept are trying to lift themselves by their own bootstraps and work their way into heaven. (Pentecost
The doctrine of depravity has to do not so much with man’s conduct as with man’s state. It has to do not so much with man’s behavior as with his condition before God. In Galatians 3:22 we read, “…the scripture hath concluded all under sin….” In this passage we see that God has made a universal pronouncement, a pronouncement that characterizes every creature. The entire human race is classified as being under sin. (Pentecost 10)
The Word of God uses a number of different words to describe the personal sins of the unregenerate man. The word transgression is used is used to describe man’s personal sin. Scripture refers to sin as iniquity, that which is altogether wrong. The word error is used, by which it is shown that the sinner disregards the …show more content…
The liberals say that Adam fell upward, so that Adam’s lot was better after the fall than before the fall because something was added to the personality of Adam of which he had been deprived previously. Consequently, Adam was a fuller and more complete person after the fall than he was before the fall. There are those who say that when Adam fell he fell over the cliff, but that when he was going over the cliff he grabbed something on the top of the cliff and held on. He fell downward, but he held on before he slipped over the brink, and if he exerts enough will and enough strength he can pull himself back up over the brink and stand on solid ground again. Those who have that concept are trying to lift themselves by their own bootstraps and work their way into heaven. (Pentecost