Total Depravity

T.U.L.I.P.: Total Depravity

 

I. T.U.L.I.P. Review

A. T– Total Depravity

B. U – Unconditional Election

C. L – Limited Atonement

D. I – Irresistible Grace

E. P – Perseverance of the Saints

 

II. Introduction

A. If you bypass total depravity, a person will not know what they are being saved from.

B. No deep faith will be had without a true understanding to our bondage to sin.

C. John Calvin, “Christianity is three things; Humility first, humility second, humility third.”

D. Seeing our depravity in relation to God is crucial.

 

III. Total Depravity

A. Depravity affects every human

1. Romans 3:23

2. 1 Kings 8:46

3. Psalms 143:2

4. 1 John 1:8

B. Our rebellion or hardness against God is total.

1. Romans 3:9-11

2. Acts 17:27

3. John 3:

C. In our total rebellion, everything man does is sin.

1. Romans 14:23

2. Hebrews 11:6

3. Romans 7:18

D. Man’s inability to submit to God and do good is total.

1. Romans 8:5-9

2. Romans 6:17

3. Ephesians 2:1-5

4. Natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishness to him

5. Jeremiah 17:9

E. Our rebellion is totally deserving of eternal punishment

 

IV. Summary