SERMON BY DR. STEVEN LAWSON: TOTAL DEPRAVITY & THE CLARITY OF EVANGELISM

 

“What is clear is that a spiritually dead sinner contributes nothing—except his sin—to His salvation, not even his faith.”
― Steven J. Lawson

Foundations of Grace (Long Line of Godly Men)

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Total depravity (also called radical corruption or pervasive depravity) is a Christian theological doctrine derived from the concept of original sin. It is the teaching that, as a consequence of the Fall of Man, every person born into the world is enslaved to the service of sin as a result of their fallen nature and, apart from the efficacious or prevenient grace of God, is utterly unable to choose to follow God, refrain from evil, or accept the gift of salvation as it is offered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_depravity

“Sinners are at war with God, and, worse, God is at war with sinners. But he offers terms of peace in the blood of the cross.” – Steve Lawson

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Romans 3:10-20 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁰ As it is written:

“There is none righteous, no, not one;

¹¹ There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.

¹² They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”

¹³ “Their throat is an open ^[a]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;

“The poison of asps is under their lips”;

¹⁴ “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

¹⁵ “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

¹⁶ Destruction and misery are in their ways;

¹⁷ And the way of peace they have not known.”

¹⁸ “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become ^[b]guilty before God.

²⁰ Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Footnotes:

[a] Romans 3:13 grave

[b] Romans 3:19 accountable

  

“If Jesus has not changed your life, the Jesus you met was another Jesus.” - Steven J. Lawson

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Total Depravity & The Clarity of Evangelism - Dr. Steven Lawson

•Jan 25, 2019

Founders Baptist

Session 2 of Truth in Love 2019.

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“Grace has uprooted us from a barren wilderness of sin and transplanted us by streams of living water.” - Steven J. Lawson

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It Will Cost You Everything To Be A Disciple Of Jesus Christ! - Dr. Steve Lawson by Nobody: 12:38pm On Nov 17, 2013

Transcript: You need to Weigh in on the Cost Factor and count the costs of being a disciple of Jesus Christ. It will cost you popularity, It will cost you promotion, perhaps, atimes, It will cost you an easy life. You will have to Discipline yourself, You will have to buffet your body, You will have to say NO to temptation, You will have to say NO to this world, You will have to break with the crowd, You will have to be willing to stand alone for Christ, You will have to be willing to walk to the beat of a different drummer and to step out of the crowd even if no one follows after Jesus Christ. You'd be willing to stand if you were the only person in the world for Jesus Christ. That's the Cost Factor. You would have to be willing to suffer persecution for Christ and let me tell you it will come. It might even cost you your life. He is not coming to play Games, He is not coming to be docile, He is coming to Dominate and He is coming to Slaughter. He is the King of kings and He is the Lord of lords and at the end of this age, He will bolt out of Heaven on a White Steed and His garments are dripped in blood, the blood of His own enemies and He is coming back to Conquer and to Damn! You need to make terms of peace with this coming King or You will be Subjected in Damnation Forever. [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/453596993709517336/]

It Will Cost You Everything By Steven J. Lawson

So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. – Luke 14:33

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It Will Cost You Everything To Be A Disciple Of Jesus Christ! - Dr. Steve Lawson by Nobody: 12:38pm On Nov 17, 2013

Transcript:

You need to Weigh in on the Cost Factor and count the costs of being a disciple of Jesus Christ. It will cost you popularity, It will cost you promotion, perhaps, atimes, It will cost you an easy life. You will have to Discipline yourself, You will have to buffet your body, You will have to say NO to temptation, You will have to say NO to this world, You will have to break with the crowd, You will have to be willing to stand alone for Christ, You will have to be willing to walk to the beat of a different drummer and to step out of the crowd even if no one follows after Jesus Christ. You'd be willing to stand if you were the only person in the world for Jesus Christ. That's the Cost Factor.

You would have to be willing to suffer persecution for Christ and let me tell you it will come. It might even cost you your life.

He is not coming to play Games, He is not coming to be docile, He is coming to Dominate and He is coming to Slaughter. He is the King of kings and He is the Lord of lords and at the end of this age, He will bolt out of Heaven on a White Steed and His garments are dripped in blood, the blood of His own enemies and He is coming back to Conquer and to Damn! You need to make terms of peace with this coming King or You will be Subjected in Damnation Forever.

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“Expository Preaching consists in the explanation and application of a passage of scripture. Without explanation, it is not expository without application, it is not preaching.” - Steven J. Lawson

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OTHER LINKS:

The Effect of Sin: "Total Depravity" by WIlliam Sasser

https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-effect-of-sin-total-depravity.html

MAN BY MICHAEL HORTON

https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2019/05/man-by-michael-horton.html