Denying Our Depravity
Ultimately with R.C. Sproul
Ligonier Ministries
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2024
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
If we deny the depths of our depravity in order to obtain a better self-image, we will have lost far more than we've gained. In this episode, R.C. Sproul teaches that recognizing our sinful corruption is foundational to understanding the gospel.
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| 0:00.0 | I know it doesn't give us a good self-image or a lot of self-esteem to think of ourselves as being so corrupt that that corruption defines us morally as creatures born under the judgment of God. |
| 0:17.0 | But if we're going to take the New Testament seriously about the human fallen condition, |
| 0:25.0 | we're going to have to acknowledge that in light of God's standard of righteousness, |
| 0:31.0 | our sinfulness is massive. |
| 0:35.0 | Christianity is not about therapy. |
| 0:39.0 | Christianity is not about feeling good or good feelings. |
| 0:45.0 | Its basic orientation is an orientation of guilt and forgiveness. It has to do with real law, real sin, and real redemption. |
| 1:01.0 | And denying the reality of our corruption as compared with the perfection and righteousness of God |
| 1:09.0 | is really not therapeutic in the final analysis. It is destructive. |
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| 1:34.0 | com. You're going to be. |
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