HHomilitics

Total Depravity

The doctrine that sin has corrupted every part of human nature, leaving man unable to choose God apart from grace. It does not mean humans are as bad as possible, but that every faculty is affected. It underscores the necessity of sovereign grace.

Scope

The doctrine that sin has corrupted every part of human nature, leaving man unable to choose God apart from grace.

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The doctrine that sin has corrupted every part of human nature, leaving man unable to choose God apart from grace. It does not mean humans are as bad as possible, but that every faculty is affected. It underscores the necessity of sovereign grace.

Anchor keywords

  • total depravity
  • original sin
  • sin nature
  • corruption
  • inability
  • fall of man
  • human depravity
  • bondage of the will
  • grace
  • regeneration
  • moral corruption
  • spiritual death
  • corruption of the heart
  • inability to choose God
  • corruption of mind and will
  • need for grace
  • salvation by grace alone
  • divine mercy
  • sovereign grace
  • Adam’s fall
  • sin’s effects
  • moral inability
  • human condition
  • spiritual blindness
  • corruption of soul
  • lostness
  • divine initiative
  • helplessness
  • depravity and redemption
  • grace that saves
  • human sinfulness

Scripture anchors

  • Genesis 6:5
  • Psalm 51:5
  • Jeremiah 17:9
  • John 6:44
  • Romans 3:10–18
  • Romans 5:12
  • Romans 8:7–8
  • Ephesians 2:1–3
  • Titus 3:3–5
  • 1 Corinthians 2:14

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