11 sinner's need

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The Lostness

Monster

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The Sinners

NeedJesus

WhyDo We Need

Jesus?

SIN

SinThose who are well

have no need of aphysician, but those

who are sick. I have

not come to call the

righteous, but sinners

to repentance(Lk 5:31)

Consequences

of Sin

The wages of

sin is death


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What Is Sin?

Everyone who makes apractice of sinning also

practices lawlessness.Sinis lawlessness

(1 Jn 3:4)

To him who

knows to do good

and doesnt do

it. . .it is sin

(Js 4:17)

Understanding

Sin:Is It

Important?

The senseofneed, therecognitionof our povertyand

sin, is thevery first condition

of acceptance with God

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(COL 153)

We must knowour realcondition, or we shall

not feel our need of Christs help. We must

understand our danger, or we shall not flee to

the refuge. We must feel the pain of our

wounds, or we should not desire healing.

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(COL 158)


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Until we really behold the horror of the

pit [of sin] in whichwe lie, we can never

properlyappreciate Christs so-great

salvation. In mans fallen condition we

have the awful disease for which divine

redemption is the only cure, and ourestimation andvaluation of the

provisions of divine grace will necessarily

be modified in proportion as we modify

the need it was meant to meet.

(Arthur Pink)

The Sinners

DilemmaSIN

TWO Levels

1. Weve

Already

Sinned

2. We CantHelp It! Root

Problem

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For from within,out of the heart of

men, proceed the evil thoughts,

fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well

as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride,and foolishness. All these evil things

proceed from within and defile the man.

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Mark 7:21-23

Why CantWe Help It?

I. HumanDepravity

1. Human Depravity

every faculty& powerof body, soul, & mind

vitiated

will, intellect,affections, tendencies-

all infected

absence of spiritualgoodwithin,only

perversion

root of actual sins

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The faculties which menreceive at birth have a carnalbias, an earthly trend, adistaste for the heavenly anddivine, and are inclined onlyto selfish aimsandgrovelingpursuits.

(Arthur Pink)

Implications ofHuman Depravity

The Unregenerate:

good deeds taintedwith improper motives

natural heart notinclined towards God

not innnatelyGod-centered

cannot fullyunderstand Gods

expectations/demands


Through sin the whole humanorganism is deranged, the mind isperverted, the imaginationcorrupted. Sin has degraded thefaculties of the soul. Temptationsfrom without find an answeringchordwithin the heart, and thefeet turn imperceptibly toward evil

(Ministry of Healing, 451)


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Moral derangement, which we calldepravity, finds ample room towork, and aninfluence is exerted

by men, women, and youthprofessing to be Christians that islow, sensual, devilish

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Why CantWe Help It?

2. HumanInability

Who can bring a cleanthing out of an unclean?

Job 14:4

2. Human Inability

The Unregenerate:

unable to do anyactthat secures Gods

approval & satisfies

His holy law

unable to changefundamental

preference for sin and

selfto love for God

cannot even make anapproach to such a

change

powerless to do anyspiritual good

due to depravedcondition(physical,intellectual, spiritual)


Implications1. Inability to

Comprehend

Spiritual Things


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But the natural man does not receive the

things of the Spirit of God, for they are

foolishness to him; nor can he knowthem,

because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2:14

1.Inability to ComprehendSpiritual Things

Limits of Natural LawSin and corruption in fallen human life frustrate thenatural morality in man. Because of moral rebellion man

suffers moral distortion. This distortion of moral content

in man is so severe that the surviving content is no longer

serviceable as the basis of a morality of specialrevelation. . . . It is impossible to arrive at an absolute

distinction between what is right and wrong from

observation of human experience alone. . . . Whenever hesystematizes it he distorts itbecause the mind is in theservice of a morally rebellious will. . . . Pride and rebellion

color his speculative reconstruction of the moral claim of

the imago.

Carl F.H. Henry

2. Moral Inability

(to do good

& resist evil)

Our hearts are not

in our power.

Adams problem was not simply that he

sinned, but that sin so changed his instinctsthat theyfocused upon self, leaving him

trapped by self-centered affections with no

natural capacityfor true love. . . sin is not

primarilydisobedient actions, but self-

centeredness that instinctively motivates

pride, selfishness, and myriad forms of

sinful behavior.

Leroy Moore

Without Me you can

do nothing

John 15:5


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There is in [mans] nature a BENTto evil, a FORCE which unaided, heCANNOT resist

(Education, 29)

All our good works are dependenton a power outside of ourselves

(Christ Object Lessons, 159)

Christ is the source ofevery rightimpulse. He is the only One that canimplant in the heart enmity againstsin. Everydesire for truth and purity,everyconviction of our own sinfulness,is an evidence that His Spirit is movingupon our hearts.

(Steps to Christ, 26)

2. HumanInability(contd)

Even good deeds

defective. How?

1.not prompted by

love to God

2.not actuated by

faith

3.not motivated by

regard for Gods

will

4.prompted by

seat/root of

polluted heart

3. Inability of theWill

Man [lost] his material freedom, that is,the rational power to determine his course

in the direction of the highest good, inharmony with the original moralconstitution of his nature. Man has bynature an irresistible bias for evil. He is notableto apprehend and love spiritualexcellence, to seek and do spiritual things,

the things of God that pertain to salvation

(Louis Berkhof)


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One of the deplorable effects of theoriginal apostasy was the loss of manspower to govern his own heart. Whenthere is a separation from the sources of

your strength, when you are lifted up inpride, you cannot but transgress the lawof your moral constitution.

8MR,208 (Letter 10, 188): Letter to E.P. Daniels, April 1888

like untoleaven

Man cannot transform

himselfby the exercise of

his will. He possesses no

powerby which this changecan be effected. The leaven--

somethingwholly from

without--must beput into

the meal before the desired

change can be wrought in.

Christ Object Lessons, 96

No outward observance can take the placeof simple faith and entire renunciation ofselfWe can only consent for Christ toaccomplish the work. Then the language ofthe soul will be, Lord, take my heart; for Icannot give it. It is Thy property. Keep itpure, for I cannot keep it for Thee. Saveme in spite of myself, my weak unchristlikeself

(Christ Object Lessons, p. 160)

For I know that nothing

good dwells in me, that is

in my flesh [human

depravity]. For I have the

desire to do what is right,

but not the abilityto carry

it out. For Ido not do the

good I want, butthe evil I

do not want is what I keep

doing[human inability]

(Rom 7:18-19)

Human Depravity& Human Inability

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The

Remedy?

The ProblemSinful Condition1.human depravity-

prevenient grace

2.human inability-regeneration

Actual Sins3.past sins-

justification

4.present/future

sins-sanctification

(& justification)

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