The Depravity of Mankind (part 2)The Depravity of Mankind (part 2)

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Physical Relational

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SINFUL NATURE

Copyright, Michael F. Sabo

Matthew 7:16-20 - Matthew 7:16-20 - You You can identify them by can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you way they act. Can you pick grapes from thorn pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from bushes, or figs from thistles? thistles?

1717A good tree produces A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. tree produces bad fruit. 1818A good tree can’A good tree can’t t produce bad fruit, and a produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce bad tree can’t produce good fruit. good fruit.

1919So every tree that does So every tree that does not produce good fruit is not produce good fruit is chopped down and chopped down and thrown into the fire. thrown into the fire. 2020Yes, just as you can Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify fruit, so you can identify people by their actions. people by their actions. NLTNLT

showed his great showed his great love for us by love for us by sending Christ to die sending Christ to die for us while we were for us while we were still sinners. still sinners. Romans 5:8 Romans 5:8 NLTNLT

Goodness on a Goodness on a Horizontal PlaneHorizontal Plane

(People to People)(People to People)

Luke 6:33 Luke 6:33 – – “If you do “If you do good to those who do good to those who do good to you, what credit good to you, what credit is that to you? For even is that to you? For even sinners do the same.” sinners do the same.” NASBNASB

 

 

Luke 11:13 Luke 11:13 – – “If you “If you then, being evil, know then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to how to give good gifts to your children.” your children.” NASBNASB

ButBut GODGOD

Jeremiah 17:9 Jeremiah 17:9 - The - The human heart is most human heart is most deceitful and desperately deceitful and desperately wicked. Who really knows wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? how bad it is? NLT NLT

GODGOD

Psalm 14:1-3 Psalm 14:1-3 – Only – Only fools say in their hearts, fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their are corrupt, and their actions are evil; no one actions are evil; no one does good! does good!

22The LORD looks down The LORD looks down from heaven on the from heaven on the entire human race; he entire human race; he looks to see if there is looks to see if there is even one with real even one with real understanding, one who understanding, one who seeks for God. seeks for God.

33But no, all have turned But no, all have turned away from God; all have away from God; all have become corrupt. No one become corrupt. No one does good, not even one! does good, not even one! NLTNLT

GoodnessGoodness on a on a Vertical Plane Vertical Plane (People to GOD)(People to GOD)

But GODBut GOD

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GoodGoodRighteousnessRighteousness

EvilEvilLawlessnessLawlessness

The Christian’The Christian’s s ChoiceChoice

Genesis 8:21 Genesis 8:21 – … the – … the LORD said, I will never LORD said, I will never again curse the earth, again curse the earth, destroying all living destroying all living things, even though things, even though people’people’s thoughts and s thoughts and actions are bent toward actions are bent toward evil from childhood. evil from childhood. NLTNLT

Romans 3:9-20 & 23 Romans 3:9-20 & 23 – – Well then, are we Jews Well then, are we Jews better than others? No, better than others? No, not at all, for we have not at all, for we have already shown that all already shown that all people, whether Jews or people, whether Jews or Gentiles, are under the Gentiles, are under the power of sin. power of sin.

1010As the Scriptures say, As the Scriptures say, “No one is good—not “No one is good—not even one.even one.1111No one has No one has real understanding; no real understanding; no one is seeking God.one is seeking God.1212All All have turned away from have turned away from God; all have gone God; all have gone wrong. wrong.

No one does good, not No one does good, not even one.” even one.” 1313“Their talk “Their talk is foul, like the stench is foul, like the stench from an open grave. from an open grave. Their speech is filled Their speech is filled with lies.” “The poison with lies.” “The poison of a deadly snake drips of a deadly snake drips from their lips.”from their lips.”

1414“Their mouths are full “Their mouths are full of cursing and of cursing and bitterness.” bitterness.” 1515“They are “They are quick to commit murder. quick to commit murder. 1616Wherever they go, Wherever they go, destruction and misery destruction and misery follow them.follow them.1717They do They do not know what true not know what true peace is.”peace is.”

1818“They have no fear of “They have no fear of God to restrain God to restrain them.”them.”1919Obviously, the Obviously, the law applies to those to law applies to those to whom it was given, for its whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people purpose is to keep people from having excusesfrom having excuses andand

to bring the entire world to bring the entire world into judgment before into judgment before God. God. 2020For no one can For no one can ever be made right in ever be made right in God’s sight by doing what God’s sight by doing what his law commands. his law commands.

For the more we know For the more we know God’s law, the clearer it God’s law, the clearer it becomes that we aren’t becomes that we aren’t obeying it. … obeying it. … 2323For all For all have sinned; all fall have sinned; all fall short of God’s glorious short of God’s glorious standard. standard. NLTNLT

Matthew 5:17 Matthew 5:17 – “Don’t – “Don’t misunderstand why I misunderstand why I have come. I did not have come. I did not come to abolish the law come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their came to accomplish their purpose. purpose. NLT NLT

To obey from To obey from

a pure heart.a pure heart.

No person No person

can do this.can do this.

But GODBut GOD

If accepting Christ is a If accepting Christ is a good decision than how good decision than how

can anyone accept can anyone accept Christ if non-believers Christ if non-believers

can’can’t do good?t do good?

Since God sent Jesus to Since God sent Jesus to die for us while die for us while

we were still sinners.  we were still sinners.  

For the Nonbeliever For the Nonbeliever

 Do you desire to accept Do you desire to accept Jesus as your Lord & Jesus as your Lord &

Savior?Savior?

For the Believer For the Believer

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Which table are you Which table are you choosing from?  choosing from?