The Cincinnati Church

BUT

I. All men are infected with Adam's sin. ROM 5:12; 3:9, 23.
A. All are by nature spiritually dead and under God's wrath against sin.
EPH 2:1-3; GEN 8:21; PSA 51:5.
B. All are by nature worthless before God's holy law:
1. individually. PSA 39:5.
2. collectively. ISA 40:17; ROM 3:9.

II. Any recovery scheme which hinges on man's resolve or action is futile.
A. Perhaps if his good works outweigh his bad works on God's scale, man can recover himself from condemnation. BUT, ISA 64:6; ROM 3:10.