What is the meaning of Total Depravity?

[Hawkins]

It's rather a human misunderstanding of what out situation truly is.

The big picture is, both Eden and Earth are sandboxes emulationg the Final Heaven where high intelligence angels live with low intelligence humans. Eden displays where the issue is, the crafty snake (high intelligence angel) defeated humans. The same happened on Earth, all mankind is kept captive (Isaiah 14:17) without exception (that's why each and every single human requires Jesus). Humans should have been destroyed completely through the Flood. Earth however illustrates the ultimate solution. Humans stand no chance to defeat the angels in terms of intelligence and strength, they are hopeless without Jesus.

Jesus' self-sacrifice changed the rule legally and legitimately. Earth is so designed that the angels (fallen ones) will be utterly defeated, not through intelligence or strength but through Faith. Faith in Christ is brought us by the New Covenant. Faith remains the only weapon which humans can rely on to break the chains and to be saved. Atheism leans on the Tree of Knowledge, atheists keep asking stupid questions which the same snake (in Eden) would like them to ask while blinding them from accessing the answers (which are usually simple answers). Those strange questions from the atheists become their own stumbling block. Just as said, the god of world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, atheists themselves are the proof.

 

[eleos1954]

Total Depravity (the first of the five points of Calvinism)

I've heard Calvinists like RC Sproul and say "Total Depravity" can be misunderstood, and a better term might be "Total Inability".

What is the biblical basis for Total Depravity or Total inability.

And what can a person do before they become a christian.

• Total corruption: Sin has affected every aspect of human nature—mind, will, and emotions—making every part of a person corrupted and inclined toward evil.

Romans 3:10-12, states, "there is none righteous, not even one; there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God; all have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one".

Depravity refers to a state of moral corruption and wickedness, while inability is the resulting inability to choose good or to save oneself

Jesus is the source of power to overcome evil, primarily through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and faith in His righteousness. This means that while Christians are in a constant spiritual battle, they do not have to be overcome by evil, as Jesus provides the authority and strength to resist it. Victory over sin is not achieved by one's own strength, but through a continuous, vital connection with God.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

It's rather a human misunderstanding of what out situation truly is.

The big picture is, both Eden and Earth are sandboxes emulationg the Final Heaven where high intelligence angels live with low intelligence humans. Eden displays where the issue is, the crafty snake (high intelligence angel) defeated humans. The same happened on Earth, all mankind is kept captive (Isaiah 14:17) without exception (that's why each and every single human requires Jesus). Humans should have been destroyed completely through the Flood. Earth however illustrates the ultimate solution. Humans stand no chance to defeat the angels in terms of intelligence and strength, they are hopeless without Jesus.

Jesus' self-sacrifice changed the rule legally and legitimately. Earth is so designed that the angels (fallen ones) will be utterly defeated, not through intelligence or strength but through Faith. Faith in Christ is brought us by the New Covenant. Faith remains the only weapon which humans can rely on to break the chains and to be saved. Atheism leans on the Tree of Knowledge, atheists keep asking stupid questions which the same snake (in Eden) would like them to ask while blinding them from accessing the answers (which are usually simple answers). Those strange questions from the atheists become their own stumbling block. Just as said, the god of world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, atheists themselves are the proof.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Clare73]

Total depravity is basically no free will.

How free are we to live a sinless life?

Total depravity is the total inability to live a sinless life, to cease all sin.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

How free are we to live a sinless life?

Total depravity is the total inability to live a sinless life, to cease all sin.

Thanks for sharing however that is not how Calvinism defines total depravity.

FYI
In Calvinism, depravity refers to Total Depravity, which is the doctrine that sin has affected every part of a person's nature—mind, will, and emotions—making them unable to choose God or contribute to their own salvation apart from God's irresistible grace.

Key difference, inability to chose God.