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when adam sinned consider for a

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moment, the that single act

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of had on every one

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of adam open, the floodgate

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of sin and death to every tribe

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to every, every

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people to every nation, every

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continent, and you want to know what's wrong with

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the world? they want to know what's wrong with mankind?

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and the answer is original

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sin

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welcome to renew your mind on this thursday

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i'm we won't turn , the news

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these days or read the headlines

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and you wouldn't be wrong and concluding

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met at the core the issues

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we face today are profoundly

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theological theological doctrine

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in particular jumps out as we observe

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the cultural chaos around us and

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thus the focus of the message or about message year

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by dr stephen awesome

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i want appreciates denied on total

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depravity , it is critically important

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that we understand what this

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doctrine is because it affects every

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aspect of ethics and

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morality so go ahead

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and open your bible to the book romans

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they don't want to begin by reading

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a couple of vs as a launching point

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for us tonight as we think

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about total depravity in

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romans chapter five and

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beginning and verse twelve the

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apostle paul rights to the church in rome

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iraq's this beginning

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and first twelve therefore three

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one man sin entered

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into the world let

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me repeat that just as three

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one man fan

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and third end of the world the

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three sin and so damn

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spread to all men

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because all sins

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thornhill the law

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then was in the world

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hand is not imputed where there is no law nevertheless

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death range from

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adam until moses even

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over those who had not seen in the likenesses

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the a sense of adam there's

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a type of him was

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the com

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when welfare that us

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right diagnosis the

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traffic here the

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where's the questions what

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is wrong with the world what

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is wrong with people what

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is wrong with human race because something

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is obviously desperately

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wrong as our world is

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unravelling like a cheap sweaters they

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all around us war strife

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in nz and conflict and murder

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and and line and

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most people look and all the wrong

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places to try to diagnose

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the problem that kind

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of the problem is on the outside

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of man that's a problem is

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the environment the problem

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is the government the problem

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is the economy the problem

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is global warming the problem

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is your upbringing your

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disadvantages six cetera et cetera

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cetera but you and i know

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that there is no

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cure for a spiritual problem to

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be found politics

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our in finance all

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of these explanations fall short of

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where the real problem lies and

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a fundamental problem of man

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and the world and the human race lies

3:43

not outside of man spit

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on the inside of man and in one

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word it is san one

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is sin they'll send

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as any lack of conformity to the holiness

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of god fan

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is any transgression of the law

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god

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soon is falling short of

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the glory of god the

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hell is going astray from the

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will of god this

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is mans greatest problem

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that in order to grass the magnitude

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of what is wrong with everyone

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and everything we

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need to understand the magnitude

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of sin that

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is necessitates that we are well todd

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and three major doctrines and

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nice will be the three heading said i'll have

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for us tonight number one the doctrine

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of original sin the

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number to the doctrine of total depravity

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and number three the doctrine of universal

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guilt these

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three are inner related and

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inner woven these

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three doctrines are so well

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addressed in the book of romans the

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was a note first of all the doctrine of

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original sin and i direct us back

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to romans chapter five and

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, twelve because original sin

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is that first sin of adam and it's

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effect upon the entire human race

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bringing and to the

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and the human race and death

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to the entire humanity

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we read inverse twelve just

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as through one man we

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know it is one man is the

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name is adam his name is mentioned

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twice inverse fourteen an

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atom will become the channel the

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passageway by which

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sin will enter into the world

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therefore just a three one man san

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entered in who the world

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adams one since his one

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transgression since

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answered the world like a like a like

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a had had been opened up

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and sense and sin case pouring

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into the human race for

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the one acts of disobedience

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by adam notice

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in a singular not since in the plural

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because the emphasis here is upon

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the the presence of sin and

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the power of sin and a pulley

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fan and a principal a say on

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this all came into the human

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race and from it came the

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poor our t sans

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when he disobeyed sin entered

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into the world and death through

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sin so

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with sin there is always guess

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god is said and genesis over seventeen

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and the day that you eat as as for you shall surely

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die and a moment he disobeyed

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god not only did sin

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enter the human race but death entered

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as well there was an immediate death for

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adam a spiritual guess

6:48

that with that spiritual death there

6:51

would eventually com physical gas

6:54

the word not for the grace of god there would

6:56

be eternal girl so

6:59

adam opened the door to sin

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and sin open the door the

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death so we read and

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versed well so death spread

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you all men are spread like a malignant cancer

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it read every human being

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in a human race beginning at

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the moment of conception

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and any ads because all

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fan and at the moment

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that adam sand his

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affairs his san was

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imputed to every person that

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would ever be conceived in

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their mother's womb so

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when did you become a center over

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six thousand years ago adam's

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sin was charged to your account

7:48

and long before you were conceived and long

7:50

before you entered into this

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world you are already condemned

7:55

and you are already under the wrath of god

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and you are already are center

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this amputation adam

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sin it was immediate the

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points to the entire human race once

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and for all at that point it

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was comprehensive they went to every member

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of the human race it was realistic

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in the sense that we were charged as though we

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ourselves had committed that sin

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he was fatal in that it brought girls

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and he was representative in the sense

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that the one man acted on

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behalf of the nanny this

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is reinforced five

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more times here in romans chapter

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five and a following vs

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no one what your i go down

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the page from versus in

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diverse nineteen and i want you to

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see versus t it

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says by the transgression of the one

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many died adams

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one transgression brought death to

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the entire human race first sixteen

8:57

the judgment arose from one

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the transgression resulting

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in condemnation the

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divine punishment and judgment

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of god's on the entire human

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race verse seventeen we read

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by the transgression of the one

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they're rain

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like are cruel higher it and

9:19

has ruled over the human race

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from the time of adam's sin

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is appointed as a man wants to die

9:26

and after this the judge inverse

9:29

eighteen we read in rome is five

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three one transgression their

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resulted condemnation

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to all men so

9:39

eternal condemnation an

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eternal punishment was

9:44

declared by god against every

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member of the human race long

9:49

before they were conceived are born

9:52

and then inverse nineteen we read through

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the one man's disobedience

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referring to adams disobedience

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them

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many were made centers

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because his san was

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imputed to every person

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and we were charged as guilty

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before god before we entered

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the human race this is the doctrine of

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amputations the

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collection of one man is regarded

10:19

as the actions of the many others

10:22

based upon the principle of federal headship

10:25

that the action of action representative

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head would affect all those

10:30

whom he represents and

10:32

adam was our representative

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head and his actions

10:37

would be accredited to os

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and would be impeded to us and

10:42

so his one act

10:45

has condemned the entire

10:47

human race to the end

10:49

of the age so the last person is

10:51

conceived in the womb and speaks

10:53

volumes the

10:56

holiness of god the

10:58

just one san what

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condemn the entire human race just

11:04

once in by one man the

11:07

entire the future

11:09

population of the world stood

11:11

judged and condemned before

11:13

god that's how holy

11:16

god is that

11:18

is how sinful one

11:20

act of rebellion against

11:23

his holy god is taken seriously

11:25

by almighty god once

11:28

san by one man the

11:30

entire human race then

11:32

damned though

11:35

adam opened the floodgates hannan

11:37

death around the world the

11:40

every tribe the every time

11:43

every people the every nation

11:46

the every cabinet and you

11:48

wanna know what's wrong with the world the

11:50

wanted to what's wrong with mankind the

11:53

answer is original

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san this is

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now to the second major doctrine

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then it is the doctrine of total depravity

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and so i want you while you're in romans turned

12:05

back to chapter three romans

12:08

chapter three and burst nine

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because not only was adam said

12:13

imputed credited

12:16

every person of the human race

12:19

but the san nature

12:22

of adam there's been transmitted

12:24

to us the moment of

12:26

conception the nature

12:29

of adam has been passed down

12:32

from paris to child parent to child

12:35

the new inherited that sin

12:37

nature so beginning and verse nine

12:42

paul will give really what is the

12:44

quintessential signature taxed

12:46

on total depravity

12:49

and just my way of introduction before we work our

12:51

way through these verses the

12:54

total depravity means that

12:56

the totality the

12:58

human nature there's been

13:00

corrupted poisoned

13:02

and polluted by san

13:06

the top of your head to the bottom of your

13:08

feet every inch and every

13:10

ounce of every person born

13:12

into this world this had

13:15

san like fatal

13:18

poison whiting

13:21

through their so the mines

13:24

that every person has been dark and so

13:26

they cannot see or understand the truth

13:29

the heart of every person has been defiled

13:32

so that they do not love the truth they

13:34

love what they should hate and they and what

13:36

they should love and the will

13:39

of every person is dead

13:41

and in bondage to say and and

13:44

can not believe the

13:46

gospel and of themselves

13:49

and so beginning and verse nine

13:52

then incredible seen as inlet let me just

13:55

set this up because the seen as a courtroom

13:57

scene

13:58

the entire human

13:59

his is standing trial before

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god god is judge

14:05

and jury and prosecutor and

14:07

paul is like a court room reporter

14:10

and defendants or the entire human race

14:13

and unconverted mankind

14:16

the is without an advocate the

14:19

evidence is submitted the

14:21

evidence is found in god's scripture

14:23

the old testament the verdict

14:26

is indisputable it is

14:28

the condemnation of the entire human race

14:31

there will be no defense offered by

14:34

mankind there is

14:36

no appeal to a higher court the

14:39

beginning inverse nine there

14:41

is the charge all begins

14:44

inverse nine what then in

14:46

other words he say what more can i say because

14:48

this session began in chapter one verse eighteen

14:51

when he writes for the wrath of god has revealed from heaven

14:53

against all and godliness and and righteousness

14:55

of men who suppress the truth and and righteousness

14:58

and throughout the rest a chapter one chapter

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two now coming into chapter three

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verse nine he says what what more

15:05

can i say he

15:07

has built an indisputable

15:10

case of the condemnation

15:12

of every man and every woman

15:15

under the wrath

15:17

god

15:19

no he says what men are

15:21

we better than day and the we refer

15:23

to paul and the believers who were in rome

15:26

center they refer to those here yet outside

15:28

of christ there you are we

15:31

have better stock we

15:33

have a better nature the don't wear

15:35

ways the more spiritual than they

15:39

then he says not at all unequivocal

15:41

know for we have already charge

15:45

that's a legal term of an indictment

15:47

of a crime and to be found guilty are

15:50

we have already charge that both jews

15:53

and greeks that covers

15:55

the entire human race are

15:58

under fan all

16:00

mankind is under the penalty a sin

16:03

home and kind is under the power a sin

16:05

and a pollution a sin all

16:08

mankind is and slaves and dominated

16:12

hi san and so

16:14

now beginning and verse ten and extending through

16:16

various eighteen paul now presents

16:19

the devastating indictment against

16:22

the entire human race

16:25

that is outside jesus

16:28

christ in reality

16:30

this is god's case isn't paul's

16:32

case this is god's case

16:35

against humanity so he says inverse tense

16:37

as it is written and

16:40

the word written their signals that

16:42

he will be bringing old testament scripture

16:45

to bear and building as case

16:47

there will be eight old testament text

16:50

from psalms from isaiah and

16:52

from ecclesiastic these that

16:54

he was from the old testament to show

16:57

what are you saying is nothing new

17:00

that this has been the condition of the human

17:02

race the dawn

17:04

of human history her out all

17:07

of the ethics in areas of old

17:09

testament times now coming

17:11

into new testament times this

17:14

has always been gods

17:16

case against humanity

17:20

this is the devastating state

17:23

of the human race the

17:25

condition of the fallen world in

17:28

which we live these

17:30

are the only lenses that we can put before

17:33

eyes and have a christian worldview

17:35

and look around and see the state of humanity

17:41

so the question is is there any hope and

17:45

of course you know the answer is yes there

17:49

would be one who would com who would be the second

17:51

adam there would be one

17:53

who would be a fulfillment of the type of adam the

17:57

would come into this world and be born of a woman

17:59

to be

17:59

horn of a virgin

18:01

he will be born under the law and were the

18:03

first adam disobeyed by

18:06

eating of the forbidden fruit the

18:08

second adam has obey god

18:10

at every point he has been tempted

18:13

isn't in all points such as we are yet without

18:15

sin any

18:18

went to the cross the

18:20

bar our sins the fans

18:22

of his people he said his blood then

18:25

he made the only propitiation

18:27

there is for the fierce anger

18:29

of god in the simplest life

18:32

and substitution or death of jesus

18:34

christ he's christ he's

18:37

the vengeance of god towards those

18:39

for whom he died his people then

18:42

in his death he he he bought us

18:46

the price of gold and silver of his

18:48

blood and we've

18:50

had death he set us free from

18:52

the care in a to san and

18:55

iraq and filed all those for whom

18:57

he died to the father and

18:59

reconcile the father to them there's

19:02

establish peace between god

19:05

and those or him he died then

19:07

he had his blood the

19:09

wash away all of their

19:11

sins and to reverse the

19:13

curse enter

19:16

the miracle of regeneration the

19:18

now gives a new mind that can understand

19:21

it is the mind of christ he

19:23

now gives a new hard a heart of flesh

19:25

that has a spiritual pulse

19:27

for god that said loves god and desires

19:30

the things of god he

19:32

has given us a new will by

19:34

which we now or release to obey

19:37

god we have new see

19:39

that that run after god we have new ears

19:41

that now can hear the truth of god

19:45

if any man be and cry see as a new creation

19:47

the all things passed away behold

19:49

new things have come and

19:51

it is through the work of jesus christ upon

19:54

the cross in in his seamless

19:56

life after the

19:58

heading of his blood that

20:00

he has washed away our sins and

20:03

he has plans does from all on righteousness

20:07

if we confess or since he has faced one

20:09

righteous to forgive us our sins and a

20:11

cleanser from all and righteousness

20:14

and he has come let us reason together says

20:16

the lord though your sends me a

20:18

scarlet they have a white as snow

20:21

know they they read like crimson they shall be

20:23

quite as whoa they're

20:25

upon the cross jesus christ

20:28

giving his life and death shedding

20:30

his blood to make the only atonement for

20:32

our sins he has purge

20:35

the guilt of sand from us and

20:37

he has closed us with is perfect righteousness

20:41

and we now are presented before the throne

20:43

of grace and we are found

20:45

in full and perfect acceptance

20:48

this god

20:58

that there is no good news until

21:02

you know what the bad news is

21:05

and there is no amazing grace until

21:08

you know the weighty condemnation

21:12

it was once upon us when

21:14

i decided

21:17

to as my wife to marry me i

21:19

knew i needed to buy an engagement ring and

21:22

i went to a jeweler downtown dallas and

21:25

he brought me into the showroom

21:29

it began to pull diamonds out and

21:32

i looked at those diamonds and there was nothing

21:35

that really captured my there

21:37

was nothing that really drew my gaze

21:41

the diamonds they they all look just so

21:43

mundane they

21:45

look so dull and

21:48

then he said wait a minute and

21:50

he reached under the counter the

21:53

put down a black velvet

21:55

had

21:57

and with those tweezers he picked up a diamond

22:00

and placed it on the black velvet pad

22:04

and every light and that entire

22:06

show room suddenly burst

22:08

through that diamond that

22:10

diamond literally exploded before

22:12

my eyes as i could see

22:15

the light reflecting and shining

22:17

through this diamond what

22:19

made a difference the diamond

22:23

it was the black velvet

22:25

backdrop

22:27

cause the diamond to shine

22:29

so brightly and

22:31

if you take away the doctrine of total depravity

22:34

in all of it's fullness you

22:37

have diminished the glory of

22:39

the cross that when

22:41

you see the blackness of san

22:44

the death and the depravity

22:46

of the human soul and

22:48

, you hear the gospel of jesus

22:51

christ that christ jesus came

22:53

into this world to say centers centers

22:56

he then that god would

22:58

have race would mercy on

23:01

a and bound center like

23:03

me sooner we

23:05

get glory and praise god

23:14

a man says dr stephen laws

23:16

and and you're listening to renew your minds

23:19

i love that the beautiful picture he

23:21

just painted their of the contrast between

23:23

our sin are wretchedness and

23:26

, grace and mercy of our got got

23:29

week we have been focusing our attention on

23:31

upholding christian ethics which

23:33

was the theme of this years league international conference

23:35

here in orlando back in back were

23:38

reminded that the holy character of god

23:40

is the absolute standard of right

23:42

and wrong and god has spoken

23:45

so when our culture rejects him and abandons

23:47

his word the very foundation

23:49

of morality is undermined

23:52

that's why doctor rc sprawl started

23:54

this ministry more than fifty years ago

23:56

a point people back to the holiness

23:58

of god to

23:59

this understand that submitting to god's

24:02

word is the only solution for everything

24:04

that we face and that teetering as

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having an impact on people like eric

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they begin to get interesting the ministry

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and interacting with it one ,

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the things i realized that after school philosophy

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major in college and that was my courses

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education as well and still has really

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impressed that doctor sprawl new

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switch west lothian could apply it

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it came for theology as well so

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