We desperately need a sovereign God because our total depravity (by which sin corrupts every aspect of our being) leaves us entirely incapable of saving ourselves.

Outline:

1. Our Minds are Blinded
2. Our Wills are Enslaved
3. Our Affections are Corrupted

 

Rom. 9:10 And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac,

Rom. 9:11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—

Rom. 9:12 she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

Rom. 9:13 As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”