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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. MAN IS RADICALLY CORRUPT
A. OT: MAN IS EVIL AND CORRUPT
(also Gen 6:5; 8:21; Jer 13:23; 17:9; Ps 51:5; 58:3)
B. NT: GOD HASN’T CHANGED HIS MIND
(also Rom 1:21-25)
II. MAN IS TOTALLY INCAPABLE
A. MAN CANNOT POSSIBLY OBEY GOD
(also Rom 3:10-18)
B. MAN CANNOT EVEN PLEASE GOD
(also Rom 8:6-8)
III. MAN IS COMPLETELY DEAD
A. WHAT “DEAD” IS (also Eph 2:1-3)
B. WHAT “DEAD” IS NOT (also Is 64:6; Col 2:13)
IV. MAN IS HELPLESSLY “RELIGIOUS”
A. MAN’S EVOLUTION OF RELIGION
1. Mana/Fetishism (Primitive Society)
2. Magic (Wicca, Paganism)
3. Animism (Tribal religions of Africa, America; Shinto)
4. Pantheism (Confucianism)
5. Polytheism (Hinduism, Satanism, Demonism, religions of Greece, Rome, Egypt)
6. Monism (Buddhism, Sikhism)
7. Dualism (Zoroastrianism, Star Wars; Taoism)
8. Henotheism (Cults)
9. Monotheism (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
10. Beyond Gods? (New Age, Post-Modernity)
B. MAN’S REPLACEMENT OF THE ONE GOD
(also Gen 3-4:26)
V. MAN IS HOPELESSLY ENSLAVED
A. MAN IS LEFT WITHOUT HOPE
(also Jn 8:34)
B. MAN MUST SUBMIT TO THE ONE GOD
(also Jn 6:43-44)