SUPPLEMENT TO
WHY I AM A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST

Reason XXI

1. Define these words as used in this lesson.
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   2. Hereditary   _________________________________________________________________________________________________
   3. Depravity   __________________________________________________________________________________________________
   4. Transgression   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
2. List and explain eight reasons why hereditary total depravity is not a scriptural doctrine.
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3. Give four passages used by advocates of this theory and show how they fail to teach hereditary total depravity.
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4. Identify these persons:
   1. John Wesley   ________________________________________________________________________________________________
   2. J. M. Pendleton   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
   3. Neander   ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Explain how the doctrine of original sin led to infant baptism.
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