1. Total Depravity
Matt

2. Augustine
…while indeed Adam was created by God in a state of perfect righteousness, nevertheless the fall brought such consequences upon Adam and upon his posterity that man became totally incapable of doing any good at all - of any kind.
It was this fierce struggle which finally brought Augustine to understand with a profound awareness that the grace of God which delivers from sin is sovereign and irresistible, overcoming and defeating all our resistance, accomplishing a work the Author of which is God alone.

3. Martin Luther
In his book “Bondage Of The Will” Luther wrote, “…even the will of man is completely enslaved by sin. Adopted the teachings from the writings of Augustine although he never actually incorporated these beliefs in his theology.

4. John Calvin
…our nature destitute of all good ... fertile in all evils ... cannot remain inactive
In other words, sin affects all areas of our being including who we are and what we do. It penetrates to the very core of our being so that everything is tainted by sin and “…all our righteous acts are like filthy rags” before a holy God

5. Reformed churches of Netherlands / Europe
1618 The Synod of Dordrecht
Reformed churches of Netherlands / Europe
Answer to Arminians 5 statements of doctrine
Became known as the 5 points of Calvinism (Canons of Dordt)
As a result of Adam’s sin every part of man is corrupt mind/will/flesh
Heresy: man born without sin, exercised human will to sin after a time, can turn to God

6. The Nature Of Transgression
Adam's sin of eating of the forbidden tree therefore, was a sin which he committed against God. He chose to represent Satan; to aid Satan in Satan's nefarious scheme to steal this world from its Creator. He deliberately turned his back on the God of heaven and earth with that one act of disobedience. That made his sin so horrible. It was committed against God.
Death and total depravity are synonymous. … He made him a slave of sin with the whole of his being and nature. That was the punishment for sin. And it is in terms of the punishment for sin that we must consider the truth of total depravity. Because sin is so terrible, it deserves such terrible punishment. That punishment is the total depravity of man's nature. All men therefore are totally depraved.

7. Choices 1 Tim 2.13-14 – Adam Gen 5.22-24, Jude 14-15 – Enoch
Gen 4.4, Heb 11.4 – Abel
If Adam had the ability to make a choice before he sinned then why could he not do so afterwards?
If mankind was incapable of good then why are Enoch, Abel and others referred to as faithful to God ?

8. The Mind Of Man Corruption of the nature of man by God
Minds of children and adults is different
Matt 18.3 – except ye become as …
1 Cor – when I was a child …
1 Cor – be not children in understanding
1 Pet grow

9. Volition Josh 24.15 – choose you this day …
Deut – I set before you this day life and death
Throughout the scriptures we find that mankind was faced with the decision to be faithful to God or to depart. If we are incapable of making this decision then why is there so much emphasis placed on making the right decision to obey God in the Bible ?

10. What The Scriptures Teach
Rom 3.23 – all have sinned
1 Cor – common to man
Rom – had not sinned after similitude
Ezek – son shall not bear iniquity of father
2 Cor 5.10 – all shall give account
John 4.23 – Father seeketh such …