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V. Additional Considerations:<br />
16. Total Depravity does not mean that the image <strong>of</strong> God<br />
in man is obliterated for the natural man can perceive<br />
God though his understanding is darkened by sin.<br />
Consider the following:<br />
A. Adam & Eve following their disobedience in<br />
view <strong>of</strong> both their fearful hiding in the shrubs<br />
when God entered into the garden and in their<br />
conversation with God (Romans 3).<br />
B. Natural Man can “clearly” perceive God’s<br />
existence via natural revelation and thus<br />
suppress the truth (Romans 1:20-21):