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Tot•al de•prav•i•ty
Pronunciation: (tōt'l di-prav'i-tē), —n. Theol.
the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire
nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful
as a result of the Fall and that people are
therefore completely dependent on God for
regeneration.
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Total Depravity
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he will not - indeed he cannot
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Consequently, it takes much more than the
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Arminianism
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in spiritual matters; his will is not enslaved to
his sinful nature. The sinner has the power to
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Unabridged Dictionary
syn•er•gism
mon•er•gism
(sin'ur-jiz"um), —n.
Pronunciation: (mon'ur-jiz"um),
—n.
human
will acts
Theol. the doctrine that the Holy
Ghost
cooperates with
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independently
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will in
in the
the work
work of
of
regeneration.
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R. C. Sproul,
Chosen By God
"Total Depravity is a very misleading term. The
concept of Total Depravity is often confused
with the idea of utter depravity... Total
Depravity is not utter depravity. Utter depravity
would mean that we are as sinful as we can
possibly be. We know that is not the case. No
matter how much each of us has sinned, we
are able to think of worse sins that we could
have committed. Even Adolf Hitler refrained
from murdering his mother."
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John Calvin
Institutes
intellect
the will,
from
theutterly
soul even
to the
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nature
is not
only
devoid
of
flesh,
is defiled
and
pervaded
this
goodness,
but so
prolific
in allwith
kinds
of evil,
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express
more
briefly,
that it can never or,
be to
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term
it
that
the whole man
in himself
nothing else
concupiscence
use is
a word
not very
than
concupiscence."
inappropriate,
provided it were added (this,
however, many will by no means concede), that
everything which is in man, from the
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Wesley, vol. 6
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nature. put into
their hearts; for the Spirit of God did then also
"strive with man," if haply he might repent,
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Calvinist "proof texts"
Jer. 13 ~ 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin
or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do
good who are accustomed to do evil.
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Calvinist "proof texts"
1 Cor. 2 ~ 14 But the natural man does not
receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they
are foolishness to him; nor can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.
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Calvinist "proof texts"
14
Rom.
3 ~ 10
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"Whose
mouth
is written:
full of cursing
and
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bitterness."
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they have not known."
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have
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is together
no fear ofbecome
God before
their eyes."
There is none who does good, no, not one."
13 "Their throat is an open tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit";
"The poison of asps is under their lips";
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Calvinist "proof texts"
Rom.3 ~ 23 for all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God…
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Calvinist "proof texts"
Rom. 5 ~ 12 Therefore, just as through one man
sin entered the world, and death through sin,
and thus death spread to all men, because all
sinned—
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Calvinist "proof texts"
Rom.8 ~ 5 For those who live according to the
flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh,
but those who live according to the Spirit, the
things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded
is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and
peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity
against God; for it is not subject to the law of
God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who
are in the flesh cannot please God.
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Calvinist "proof texts"
Eph. 2 ~ 1 And you He made alive, who were
dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you
once walked according to the course of this
world, according to the prince of the power of
the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of
disobedience…
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Calvinist "proof texts"
Col.2 ~ 13 And you, being dead in your
trespasses and the uncircumcision of your
flesh, He has made alive together with Him,
having forgiven you all trespasses…
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R. C. Sproul,
Chosen By God
"A cardinal point of Reformed theology is the
maxim: "Regeneration precedes faith."
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The Calvinist's
ordo salutis
1) Election
7) Justification
2) Presdestination
8) Santification
3) Gospel Call
9) Glorification
4) Inward Call
5) Regeneration
6) Conversion (faith
and repentance)
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John H. Gerstner, The
Predestination Primer
"We must not get the notion that the people
come to Jesus, and as a result of that they are
'born again'... Those who do come to Jesus are
not therefore born again, but on the contrary
indicate that they have been born again. In
other words, they are not born again because
they have come to Jesus but they have come
to Jesus because they have been born again."
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Loraine Boettner,
The Reformed Doctrine of
Predestination
"If a man were dead, in a natural and physical
sense, it would at once be readily granted that
there is no further possibility of that man being
able to perform any physical actions. A corpse
cannot act in any way whatever, and that man
would be reckoned to have taken leave of his
senses who asserted that it could. If a man is
dead spiritually, therefore, it is surely equally
as evident that he is unable to perform any
spiritual actions."
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Two Questions:
1) Is it necessary for us to be born again so
that we can believe the Gospel (as Calvinism
contends) or must we believe the Gospel in
order to be born again?
2) Can man be totally depraved and still exercise
a God-given faith in response to the Gospel?
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John Calvin,
Institutes
"Now, since Christ confers upon us, and we
obtain by faith, both free reconciliation and
newness of life, reason and order require that I
should here begin to treat of both."
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Arminian "proof texts"
John 1 ~ 12 But as many as received Him, to
them He gave the right to become children of
God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
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Arminian "proof texts"
John 20 ~ 31 but these are written that you may
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
God, and that believing you may have life in
His name.
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Arminian "proof texts"
Acts 17 ~ 30 Truly, these times of ignorance
God overlooked, but now commands all men
everywhere to repent…
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Arminian "proof texts"
Rom. 1 ~ 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel
of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation
for everyone who believes, for the Jew first
and also for the Greek.
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Arminian "proof texts"
Rom. 10
~ 13 Forare
"whoever
on the
name of
"How
beautiful
the feet calls
of those
who
the Lordthe
shall
be saved."
preach
gospel
of peace,
14
How
thenglad
shall
they call
on Him
in whom
Who
bring
tidings
of good
things!"
16
they
believed?
And how
theyFor
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theynot
have
not all obeyed
theshall
gospel.
believesays,
in Him
of whom
have notour
heard?
Isaiah
"Lord,
who they
has believed
15
And how17shall
they faith
hear comes
withoutby
a preacher?
report?"
So then
hearing, and
And howby
shall
hearing
the they
wordpreach
of God.unless they are
sent? As it is written:
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Arminian "proof texts"
2 Thess. 2 ~ 10 and with all unrighteous
deception among those who perish, because
they did not receive the love of the truth, that
they might be saved.
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Arminian "proof texts"
John 3 ~ 16 For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life.
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The Arminian's
ordo salutis
1) Outward Call
7) Glorification
2) Faith/Election
3) Repentance
4) Regeneration
5) Justification
6) Sanctification
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