I am trying to read through Kevin DeYoung's book The Good News We Almost Forgot one entry each Monday.
Today's reading is on the question of "total depravity". It speaks to how we came to be in the situation we are in as sinners, corrupt in our very natures.
I particularly appreciated DeYoung's definition of "total depravity"--
1. We are bad through & through (in head and heart and will)
2. We are unable to do anything truly righteous because our "good" acts do not come from faith and do not aim at the glory of God.
The only solution to this problem of a depraved nature is the supernatural work of God's grace through the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit. It is the "born again" reality.
That is the good news!
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