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Eph 986-991 1~/22~/89; 946ff
 
DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIAN DEGENERACY
A.  Definition.
1.
Degeneracy is the decline to false or inferior standards, accompanied by loss of integrity and sinking into the subnormal status of fragmentation and reversionism.
Degeneracy is the process of passing from the higher to the lower; to decline progressively.
            2.
Degeneracy is decline from the superior standards of the protocol plan of God to the inferior standards related to fragmentation, reversionism, and cosmic involvement.
3.
There are two categories of degeneracy:
                        a. Moral degeneracy related to the sin nature trend toward self- righteous arrogance, which is classified as polarized legalism.
b. Immoral degeneracy related to the sin nature trend toward lascivious lawlessness, which is classified as polarized antinomianism.
            4.
Degeneracy is the loss of integrity resulting in passing from a higher to a lower level of modus operandi and modus vivendi.
B.
Biblical Documentation for Degeneracy, Eph 4:22.
“With reference to your former lifestyle [as a believer], you yourselves lay aside [rebound] the old man [old sin nature], you who are becoming degenerate on the basis of the lusts of deceit.”
C.
The Pattern of Christian Degeneracy:  Implosion, Explosion, Reversionism.
(See the doctrine of Fragmentation.)
            1.
Integrity as an engineering term refers to anything in a quality or state of being complete, unmarred and unimpaired in its condition.
Integrity means entire.
It means the pressure on the inside is equal to the pressure on the outside.
In the Christian life we are in a state of integrity inside the operational divine dynasphere.
When we succumb to temptation from the sin nature, this breaks the integrity envelop and implosion occurs.
The believer in fellowship is protected by the virtue envelop.
2.
Implosion means to burst inwardly, hence to sin.
We implode by penetrating the inside of our integrity envelop with a greater pressure outside, forcing an inward burst.
Therefore, implosion is used to depict the believer succumbing to the pressures of temptation from his old sin nature.
Implosion is analogous to self-fragmentation.
Implosion is the inward burst which projects its fragments in the direction of the sin nature trend.
Implosion, if unchecked by the rebound technique, moves to explosion, an outward burst into the stages of reversionism.
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Explosion means to burst outwardly or to fragment.
Explosion is movement toward one of the trends of the old sin nature, and results in reversion.
This is polarized fragmentation.
If unchecked by rebound, the believer declines progressively through the eight stages of reversionism.
The pin of the grenade is any one of the mental attitude sins.
            4.
Reversion means to decline in eight stages until you reach complete moral or immoral degeneracy.
In reversionism, the believer deteriorates progressively from one stage to another until he is completely degenerate.
a. The trend of the old sin nature toward legalism, when fulfilled through reversionism, leads to moral degeneracy.
b. The trend of the old sin nature toward antinomianism, when fulfilled through reversionism, leads to immoral degeneracy.
c. Degeneracy does not begin until stage five.
In stage five, negative volition, you cannot distinguish a believer from an unbeliever in their thinking.
In stage seven, scar tissue of the soul, you cannot distinguish the believer from the unbeliever in their modus operandi.
D.
Implosion.
1.
The synonym for implosion is self-fragmentation.
2.
Self-fragmentation means that every believer has an old sin nature and is a walking grenade.
When you pull the pin of the grenade it fragments or explodes.
Implosion is succumbing to the temptations of the sin nature.
3.
The pin of the grenade includes all of the sins of the arrogance complex.
When you pull the pin, you frag yourself.
4.
Unless self-fragmentation is checked, it leads to polarized fragmentation.
Polarized fragmentation is related to the trends of the sin nature.
a. The trend toward self-righteous arrogance, or polarized legalism.
b. The trend toward lascivious lawlessness, or polarized antinomianism.
            5.
The implosion of self-righteous arrogance is described in many passages.
a. Prov 11:2, “When arrogance comes, then comes dishonor; but with the humble is wisdom.”
b. Prov 16:18, “Arrogance precedes degeneracy, and before a fall, a lifestyle of arrogance.”
c. Prov 29:23, “A person’s arrogance will bring him low, but a lifestyle of humility will attain honor.”
d. Jas 4:6, “He gives greater grace, and this is why the Scripture says, `God makes war against the arrogant, but He gives grace to the humble.’”
e. Jas 3:14-16, “If you have bitter jealousy and inordinate ambition in your right lobe, stop being arrogant and stop lying against the truth.
This pseudo-wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.
For where jealousy and inordinate ambition exists, there is disorder and every evil deed.”
f. 1 Pet 5:5-6, “[Prov 3:34] `God makes war against the arrogant, but He gives grace to the humble.’
Therefore, humble yourselves under the powerful hand of God that He may promote you at the proper time.”
E.
Explosion.
1.
The transition from implosion to explosion.
a. The believer in fellowship with God is protected by a virtue envelop - the operational divine dynasphere.
b. The virtue envelop can only be penetrated when the believer uses his own volition to succumb to the temptations of the sin nature.
c. Once volition originates the sin, implosion occurs, the inward burst that removes the believer from the filling of the Spirit.
d. Once outside the divine dynasphere, the believer moves toward the current trend of his sin nature.
The trend can change depending upon the influence of others.
e. The old sin nature has two antithetical trends.
(1) The trend toward self-righteous arrogance, which we call legalism.
(2) The trend toward lascivious-lawlessness, which we call antinomianism.
f. If these trends are unchecked by the use of the rebound technique and other problem solving devices, the believer will move from implosion to explosion.
g.
This move is synonymous with going from self-fragmentation to polarized fragmentation.
            2.
Explosion or fragmentation results from a series of bad decisions from a position of weakness.
Explosion is the second step toward Christian degeneracy.
Explosion is synonymous with polarized fragmentation.
            3.
Fragmentation occurs in six categories.
a. Self-fragmentation, synonymous with implosion.
b. Polarized fragmentation.
c. The fragmentation of subjective arrogance in two categories.
(1) Unrealistic expectation is subjective preoccupation with self.
You are not loved the way you want to be loved, or treated the way you want to be treated.
(2) Role model arrogance is subjective preoccupation with others.
d. Human relationship fragmentation refers to the problems which occur in Christian fellowship.
e. Emotional fragmentation includes fear, worry, anxiety, hatred, anger, and bitterness.
f. God relationship fragmentation.
(1) The believer becomes a loser through ignorance of the will, plan, and purpose of God.
                                    (2) The believer functions under the principle of man dependence taking precedence over God dependence.
(3) The believer fails to learn the problem solving devices for the protocol plan of God.
                                    (4) The believer fails to understand and apply the unique characteristics of the Church Age.
                                    (5) The believer fails to execute the protocol plan of God through lack of consistency in post-salvation epistemological rehabilitation.
4.
Co-terminus with fragmentation and reversionism is involvement in the cosmic system.
F.
Legalism Explosion or Moral Degeneracy.
            1.
The polarized trend toward legalism is characterized by self- righteous arrogance.
a. Self-righteous arrogance is the motivation for judging other people.
Antinomianism is the target for the legalist.
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