Human Depravity is an unpalatable doctrine
It is therefore a most
unpalatable doctrine. It cannot be
otherwise, for the unregenerate love to hear of “the greatness,
the dignity, the nobility of man.” The natural man thinks highly
of himself and appreciates only that which is flattering.
Nothing pleases him more than to listen to that which extols
human nature and lauds the state of mankind, even though it be
in terms which not only repudiate the teaching of God’s Word,
but which are flatly contradicted by common observation and
universal experience. And many there are who pander to him by
their lavish praises of the excellency of civilization and the
steady progress of the race. Hence, to have the lie given to the
popular error of “Evolution” is highly displeasing to its
deluded votaries. Nevertheless, the first office of God’s
servants is to stain the pride of all that man glories in, to
strip him of his stolen plumes, to lay him low in the dust
before God. However repugnant such teaching be, he must
faithfully discharge his duty, “whether they will hear, or
whether they will forbear” (Ezek. 3:11).
