Welcome to

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Welcome to MENS FRATERNITY!
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For I do not understand what I do. For what I
want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. I
know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in
my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do
what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what
I do is not the good I want to do no, the evil I
don not want to do this I keep on doing. What a
wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this
body of death? Romans 715, 18, 19, 24
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HALF TRUTHS
A. Were losing out because of poor self-esteem.
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HALF TRUTHS
A. Were losing out because of poor self-esteem.
B. Were losing out because others are to blame.
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HALF TRUTHS
A. Were losing out because of poor self-esteem.
B. Were losing out because others are to
blame. C. Were losing out because of a lack of
education.
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HALF TRUTHS
A. Were losing out because of poor self-esteem.
B. Were losing out because others are to
blame. C. Were losing out because of a lack of
education. D. Were losing out because of
defective genes.
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THE HIDDEN TRUTH
A. We are all cursed with a condition known as
the Depravity Wound.
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The heart is more deceitful than all else and is
desperately sick Who can understand
it? Jeremiah 179
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Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are
full of evil and insanity is in their hearts
throughout their lives. Ecclesiastes 93b
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THE HIDDEN TRUTH
A. We are all cursed with a condition known as
the Depravity Wound. B. This wound defined
We are all fallen and defective creatures, at
odds by nature with our Creator and each other.
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THE HIDDEN TRUTH
C. Understood, depravity means
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THE HIDDEN TRUTH
C. Understood, depravity means 1. I am
separated from God and under His judgment.
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THE HIDDEN TRUTH
C. Understood, depravity means 1. I am
separated from God and under His judgment.
2. I have inherited a corrupt nature
that no human agency can cure.
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Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in
sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 515
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THE HIDDEN TRUTH
C. Understood, depravity means 1. I am
separated from God and under His judgment.
2. I have inherited a corrupt nature
that no human agency can cure. 3. My corrupt
nature, left un-addressed,
inevitably corrupts my life with sin.
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TWO IMPLICATIONS
A. The Depravity Wound requires a spiritual
solution only God can give.
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TWO IMPLICATIONS

• A. The Depravity Wound requires a spiritual
  solution only God can give.
• Admitting my Depravity Wound is the essential
  first step to finding a real, authentic
  relationship with God (and not
• just more religion!).

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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven. Matthew 53
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