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- So, the Doctrine of the Week for this Sunday is the Doctrine of Man. The Doctrine of Man.
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- This could also be called, and has been called, the Doctrine of Total Depravity and what is meant by that.
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- While man was created in the image of God, Genesis 1, verse 26, man, that is,
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- Adam, sinned. He fell, and in Adam's sin, the human race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God.
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- And just so that nobody misunderstands, this term of total depravity, that does not mean that man is as bad as he could be.
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- Rather, it means that man is as bad off as he could be.
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- And he is totally, in and of himself, unable to remedy his lost condition.
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- One famous televangelist, a few years back, said in a sermon that 99 % of people are not bad people.
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- Well, that may be his opinion, based on comparing people to others that are worse.
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- But what's God's view on this? According to Scripture, all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God, and that there is none righteous, no, not one.
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- Romans chapter 3, verses 10 through 23. So according to Scripture, all men are sinful, and therefore, all men are in need of a
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- Savior. And if it were not for the grace of God, there would be no hope.
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- But now we do thank God that there is hope, because he has shed his grace in and through our
