Enslavement
We have, for several weeks now, considered the depravity of man in Sunday School. We at Crossway believe that mankind is enslaved in sin, what has historically been called "total depravity." The "total" here means "thorough" not "complete." We are not as bad as we could be, but we are sinful through and through. The biblical image of this varies; sometimes it is spoken of as death, but often as slavery. Here, we look at this metaphor as Paul presents it in Galatians.