This document discusses the depravity and sinful nature of mankind. It provides several biblical passages that demonstrate how humans are morally corrupt and inclined toward evil. The passages show that no one is good or seeks God on their own. However, God showed his love by sending Jesus to die for mankind's sins. The document contrasts goodness toward people and God, and notes that while people can do good for each other, no one can truly obey or do good from a pure heart without God. It poses a question about how non-believers can accept Christ if they cannot do good, and the answer is that God sent Jesus to die for sinners.

1. The Depravity of Mankind (part 2)

2. Moral
Volitional
Physical
Emotional
Relational
Rational
SINFUL NATURE
Copyright, Michael F. Sabo

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

4. A good tree produces
good fruit, and a bad
tree produces bad fruit.
18
A good tree can’t
produce bad fruit, and a
bad tree can’t produce
good fruit.
17

5. So every tree that does
not produce good fruit is
chopped down and
thrown into the fire.
20
Yes, just as you can
identify a tree by its
fruit, so you can identify
people by their actions.
19
NLT

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

7. Goodness on a
Horizontal Plane
(People to People)

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

9.
Luke 11:13 – “If you
then, being evil, know
how to give good gifts to
your children.” NASB

10. But GOD

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

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

13. The LORD looks down
from heaven on the
entire human race; he
looks to see if there is
even one with real
understanding, one who
seeks for God.
2

14. But no, all have turned
away from God; all have
become corrupt. No one
does good, not even one!
3
NLT

15. Goodness on a
Vertical Plane
(People to GOD)

16. But GOD

17. Two
Tables
Good
Evil
Righteousness Lawlessness
The Christian’s
Choice

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

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

20. As the Scriptures say,
“No one is good—not
even one.11No one has
real understanding; no
one is seeking God.12All
have turned away from
God; all have gone
wrong.
10

21. No one does good, not
13
even one.” “Their talk
is foul, like the stench
from an open grave.
Their speech is filled
with lies.” “The poison
of a deadly snake drips
from their lips.”

22. “Their mouths are full
of cursing and
bitterness.” 15“They are
quick to commit murder.
16
Wherever they go,
destruction and misery
17
follow them. They do
not know what true
peace is.”
14

23. “They have no fear of
God to restrain
them.”19Obviously, the
law applies to those to
whom it was given, for its
purpose is to keep people
from having excuses and
18

24. to bring the entire world
into judgment before
God. 20For no one can
ever be made right in
God’s sight by doing what
his law commands.

25. For the more we know
God’s law, the clearer it
becomes that we aren’t
obeying it. … 23For all
have sinned; all fall
short of God’s glorious
standard. NLT

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

27. To obey from
a pure heart.

28. No person
can do this.

29. But GOD

30. If accepting Christ is a
good decision than how
can anyone accept
Christ if non-believers
can’t do good?

31. Since God sent Jesus to
die for us while
we were still sinners.

32. For the Nonbeliever
Do you desire to accept
Jesus as your Lord &
Savior?

33. For the Believer
Which table are you
choosing from?
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