Preparation for.

Lk. 12:20 God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

Heb. 10: 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. [See 564.]

156. Preparation for death required and exemplified.

Ps. 90: 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Ec. 9: 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Mat. 24: 44 Be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

Lk. 12: 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching.

1 Cor. 1:7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Cor. 4: 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Ph. 3: 20 Our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour.

Tit. 2:11 The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us, that denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

1 Pet. 4: 7 The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

2 Pet. 3: 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness. [See 727.]

N. B.- For Spiritual Death, see 165; and, for the Second Death, see 563.

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The fall and its effects-Guilt personal.

DEPRAVITY.

157. Fall of man, and its immediate effects.

Gen. 3: 4 The serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened; and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise; she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. 14 The LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children: and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field: 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou

return.

Ec. 7: 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

158. Consequences of Adam's fall upon his posterity.

Rom. 5: 12 As by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. 18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 1 Cor. 15: 22 As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

159 Ill-desert not imputed, without personal transgression.

Dt. 24: 16 The father shall not be put to death for the cnildren, neither shall the children be but to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. [2 K. 14: 6.]

Nature of implies knowledge is universal.

Ezk. 18: 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. [Jer. 31: 29, 30.]

160. Nature of moral depravity.

Hos. 10: 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself.

Col. 3: 5 Covetousness, which is idolatry.

1 Jn. 5: 17 All unrighteousness is sin. [See 689.]

161. No sin, without law and knowledge.

Jn. 9: 41 If ye were blind, ye should have no sin. -15: 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin; but now they have no cloak for their sin.

Rom. 3: 19 We know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become guilty before God. 4: 15 Where no law is, there is no transgression. 5: 13 (For until the law, sin was in the world: but sin is not impùted when there is no law.)

Jam. 4: 17 To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. [See 309.]

162. Depravity, not founded in mere ignorance.

Rom. 1:21 When they knew God they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful. [See 690.]

163. Human depravity universal.

Gen. 6: 12 God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Ps. 14: 1 They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Rom. 3:9 What then, are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth,

Native Depravity Total Sinfulness by Nature.

there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 23 All have sinned, and

come short of the glory of God. 5: 12 As by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

Gal. 3: 21 If there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. [See 576.]

164. Native depravity.

Job. 11: 12 Vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. 14: 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. - 15: 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Ps. 51: 5 Behold I was my mother conceive me. from the womb: they go speaking lies.

shapen in iniquity; and in sin did 58: 3 The wicked are estranged astray as soon as they be born,

Pr. 22: 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child. Is. 48: 8 I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

Jn. 3: 6 That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.

Rom. 3: 10 There is none righteous, no not one. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in his sight. 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.-5: 12 Death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. 14 Death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression.

2 Čor. 5: 14 If one died for all, then were all`dead.

Ep. 2: 3 And were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

165. Total sinfulness by nature.

Gen. 6: 5 GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Ps. 5: 9 There is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Strength of, or moral inability.

Pr. 21: 4 The ploughing of the wicked is sin.

Ec. 8: 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.-9: 3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil.

2 Cor. 5: 14 If one died for all, then were all dead. Ep. 2: 1 You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.

Col. 2: 13 You, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened.

[See 546, 589, 688-690.]

166. Strength and obstinacy of human depravity — Moral inability.

Gen. 37: 4 When his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

Ex. 32:9 The Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. [Dt. 9: 6, 13.]

Jos. 24: 19 Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God.

Pr. 5: 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.—-27: 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Ec. 9: 3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Is. 48: 4 I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass.

Jer. 2: 22 Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.-3: 5 Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldést.-6: 10 Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD