Human Depravity is
a truth of Holy Writ
This is no dismal dogma invented by the Church in
“the dark ages,” but a truth of Holy Writ.
Said the much-used George Whitefield, “I look upon it not merely
as a doctrine of Scripture-the great Fountain of Truth-but a
very fundamental one, from which I hope God will suffer none of
you to be enticed.” It is a subject to which great prominence is
given in the Bible. Every part of the Scriptures has much to say
upon the awful state of degradation and slavery into which the
Fall has brought man. The corruption, the blindness, the
hostility of all Adam’s descendants unto everything of a
spiritual nature are constantly insisted upon. Not only is man’s
utter ruin fully described, but his powerlessness to save
himself from the same. In the declarations and denunciations of
the Prophets, of Christ, and His Apostles, the bondage of all
men unto Satan and their complete impotence to turn unto God for
deliverance are repeatedly set forth-not indirectly and vaguely,
but emphatically and in great detail. This is one of a hundred
proofs that the Bible is no human invention, but a communication
from the Thrice Holy One.
