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The Nature of Unsaved Men & Women
Ephesians 2:3b-5 …we were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)…
| Condition of Unregenerate Man | Key Passage | Scripture References |
| Unwilling to be Saved | …you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. | John 5:39-40; See also: Isa 64:6-7; Rom 3:10-12; John 8:43-47; John 3:20-21; John 10:26 |
| Their Affections and Desires are Corrupt | For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. These are the things which defile the man… | Mat 15:18-20; See also: Jer 13:23; Mar 7:21-23; Psa 14:1-3; Rom 1:21; Gen 6:5; Gen 8:21; Pro 20:9; Pro 21:10; Mat 15:19; John 7:7; Jer 17:9 |
| Their Minds are Corrupt | …the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. | Rom 8:6-8; See also: Eph 4:17-19; 2Co 4:2-6; Tit 1:15; Pro 14:12; 1Ti 4:2; 1Co 1:18; 1Co 2:14; Tit 1:15-16; Mat 13:14-15; 2Ti 3:1-7 |
| Their Mouths, Tongues and Speech are Corrupt | …the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil. | Mat 12:33-35; See also: Psa 5:5-9; Psa 10:3-4; Psa 58:3; Psa 140:3; Pro 10:32; Pro 15:2; Pro 15:14; Pro 15:28; Job 15:16; Col 3:5-9 |
| Their Feet are Corrupt | …Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways. | Isa 59:7; See also: Rom 3:15 |
| Their Eyes are Corrupt | "THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES." | Rom 3:18; See also: 1Jn 2:16; John 12:39-40 |
| Their Hands are Corrupt | For your hands are defiled with blood And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue mutters wickedness. | Isa 59:3 |
| Their Ears are Corrupt | …they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires… | 2Ti 4:3-4 |
| They are Spiritually Dead | …you were dead in your trespasses and sins…we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)…For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. | Eph 2:1-9; See also: Col 2:13; Psa 14:1-3; Isa 53:6; John 5:42 |
| They are Slaves to Sin and Held Captive | …knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin… | Rom 6:6; See also: Rom 5:12; John 8:34; Rom 6:16; Rom 6:20; 2Pe 2:19 |
| So how can a spiritually dead person, who is enslaved to sin be saved? | …No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day…And He was saying, For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father… …To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ…seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. | John 6:44; John 6:65; 2Pe 1:1-4; See also: John 3:3-8; John 5:21; John 8:36; 1Co 12:3; 1Co 1:23-31; Tit 3:3-5; John 1:12-13; Act 3:16; Act 5:31; Act 18:27; Php 1:29-30; 2Ti 2:25-26; Jas 2:5; Eph 2:4-9 |