Total Depravity & the Grace of God Understanding why the Gospel I. Created in image of God Gen. 1:26-27 Then God elohim said , decreed, in eternity past Let Us all three members of Godhead make asah out of something, out of the soul man adam human race in after the pattern of the Godhead the image , tselem same essence, invisible yet real, the structure of our souls according to Our Godhead likeness ; damuth personality of God
and let them rule over the fish of the sea
and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
27 and God elohim created bara -out of nothing man the Adam in His own image , tselem in the image of God elohim He created bara him ; male & female He created bara them . II. Effect of sin on earth: in prehistoric world Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created bara the heavens and the earth . Original creation 1:2 but the earth became formless and void tohu wa bohu desolate and empty no production! No life and darkness was over the surface of the deep What happened between vss 1 & 2 where the earth is described as waste, empty, & darkness barren, all these describe the earth after the fall of angels; and these describe us as unbelievers and believers when we are in sin! & we need to be saved/ delievered from these conditions! I. Created in the image of God II. Effect of sin on the earth III. Total-Depravity of man. How did that creature, created in the image of God, change; how did he become Totally Depraved? or: How sin changed that which was in image of God into Total-Depravity? Gen. 2:17