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The Lostness
Monster
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The Sinners
NeedJesus
WhyDo We Need
Jesus?
SIN
SinThose who are well
have no need of aphysician, but those
who are sick. I have
not come to call the
righteous, but sinners
to repentance(Lk 5:31)
Consequences
of Sin
The wages of
sin is death
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What Is Sin?
Everyone who makes apractice of sinning also
practices lawlessness.Sinis lawlessness
(1 Jn 3:4)
To him who
knows to do good
and doesnt do
it. . .it is sin
(Js 4:17)
Understanding
Sin:Is It
Important?
The senseofneed, therecognitionof our povertyand
sin, is thevery first condition
of acceptance with God
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(COL 153)
We must knowour realcondition, or we shall
not feel our need of Christs help. We must
understand our danger, or we shall not flee to
the refuge. We must feel the pain of our
wounds, or we should not desire healing.
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(COL 158)
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Until we really behold the horror of the
pit [of sin] in whichwe lie, we can never
properlyappreciate Christs so-great
salvation. In mans fallen condition we
have the awful disease for which divine
redemption is the only cure, and ourestimation andvaluation of the
provisions of divine grace will necessarily
be modified in proportion as we modify
the need it was meant to meet.
(Arthur Pink)
The Sinners
DilemmaSIN
TWO Levels
1. Weve
Already
Sinned
2. We CantHelp It! Root
Problem
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For from within,out of the heart of
men, proceed the evil thoughts,
fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well
as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride,and foolishness. All these evil things
proceed from within and defile the man.
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Mark 7:21-23
Why CantWe Help It?
I. HumanDepravity
1. Human Depravity
every faculty& powerof body, soul, & mind
vitiated
will, intellect,affections, tendencies-
all infected
absence of spiritualgoodwithin,only
perversion
root of actual sins
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The faculties which menreceive at birth have a carnalbias, an earthly trend, adistaste for the heavenly anddivine, and are inclined onlyto selfish aimsandgrovelingpursuits.
(Arthur Pink)
Implications ofHuman Depravity
The Unregenerate:
good deeds taintedwith improper motives
natural heart notinclined towards God
not innnatelyGod-centered
cannot fullyunderstand Gods
expectations/demands
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Through sin the whole humanorganism is deranged, the mind isperverted, the imaginationcorrupted. Sin has degraded thefaculties of the soul. Temptationsfrom without find an answeringchordwithin the heart, and thefeet turn imperceptibly toward evil
(Ministry of Healing, 451)
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Moral derangement, which we calldepravity, finds ample room towork, and aninfluence is exerted
by men, women, and youthprofessing to be Christians that islow, sensual, devilish
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Letter 26d, 1887
Why CantWe Help It?
2. HumanInability
Who can bring a cleanthing out of an unclean?
Job 14:4
2. Human Inability
The Unregenerate:
unable to do anyactthat secures Gods
approval & satisfies
His holy law
unable to changefundamental
preference for sin and
selfto love for God
cannot even make anapproach to such a
change
powerless to do anyspiritual good
due to depravedcondition(physical,intellectual, spiritual)
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Implications1. Inability to
Comprehend
Spiritual Things
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But the natural man does not receive the
things of the Spirit of God, for they are
foolishness to him; nor can he knowthem,
because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 2:14
1.Inability to ComprehendSpiritual Things
Limits of Natural LawSin and corruption in fallen human life frustrate thenatural morality in man. Because of moral rebellion man
suffers moral distortion. This distortion of moral content
in man is so severe that the surviving content is no longer
serviceable as the basis of a morality of specialrevelation. . . . It is impossible to arrive at an absolute
distinction between what is right and wrong from
observation of human experience alone. . . . Whenever hesystematizes it he distorts itbecause the mind is in theservice of a morally rebellious will. . . . Pride and rebellion
color his speculative reconstruction of the moral claim of
the imago.
Carl F.H. Henry
2. Moral Inability
(to do good
& resist evil)
Our hearts are not
in our power.
Adams problem was not simply that he
sinned, but that sin so changed his instinctsthat theyfocused upon self, leaving him
trapped by self-centered affections with no
natural capacityfor true love. . . sin is not
primarilydisobedient actions, but self-
centeredness that instinctively motivates
pride, selfishness, and myriad forms of
sinful behavior.
Leroy Moore
Without Me you can
do nothing
John 15:5
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There is in [mans] nature a BENTto evil, a FORCE which unaided, heCANNOT resist
(Education, 29)
All our good works are dependenton a power outside of ourselves
(Christ Object Lessons, 159)
Christ is the source ofevery rightimpulse. He is the only One that canimplant in the heart enmity againstsin. Everydesire for truth and purity,everyconviction of our own sinfulness,is an evidence that His Spirit is movingupon our hearts.
(Steps to Christ, 26)
2. HumanInability(contd)
Even good deeds
defective. How?
1.not prompted by
love to God
2.not actuated by
faith
3.not motivated by
regard for Gods
will
4.prompted by
seat/root of
polluted heart
3. Inability of theWill
Man [lost] his material freedom, that is,the rational power to determine his course
in the direction of the highest good, inharmony with the original moralconstitution of his nature. Man has bynature an irresistible bias for evil. He is notableto apprehend and love spiritualexcellence, to seek and do spiritual things,
the things of God that pertain to salvation
(Louis Berkhof)
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One of the deplorable effects of theoriginal apostasy was the loss of manspower to govern his own heart. Whenthere is a separation from the sources of
your strength, when you are lifted up inpride, you cannot but transgress the lawof your moral constitution.
8MR,208 (Letter 10, 188): Letter to E.P. Daniels, April 1888
like untoleaven
Man cannot transform
himselfby the exercise of
his will. He possesses no
powerby which this changecan be effected. The leaven--
somethingwholly from
without--must beput into
the meal before the desired
change can be wrought in.
Christ Object Lessons, 96
No outward observance can take the placeof simple faith and entire renunciation ofselfWe can only consent for Christ toaccomplish the work. Then the language ofthe soul will be, Lord, take my heart; for Icannot give it. It is Thy property. Keep itpure, for I cannot keep it for Thee. Saveme in spite of myself, my weak unchristlikeself
(Christ Object Lessons, p. 160)
For I know that nothing
good dwells in me, that is
in my flesh [human
depravity]. For I have the
desire to do what is right,
but not the abilityto carry
it out. For Ido not do the
good I want, butthe evil I
do not want is what I keep
doing[human inability]
(Rom 7:18-19)
Human Depravity& Human Inability
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The
Remedy?
The ProblemSinful Condition1.human depravity-
prevenient grace
2.human inability-regeneration
Actual Sins3.past sins-
justification
4.present/future
sins-sanctification
(& justification)