Formed Deformed Transformed Informed Reformed

Summary

The sermon emphasizes the spiritual condition of man as formed by God but deformed by sin, highlighting that man is incapable of understanding or receiving the gospel without God's transformative work. The preacher explains the proper biblical order of spiritual development: formed, deformed, transformed, informed, and reformed. He stresses that salvation and spiritual growth require God's intervention to open the heart and enable belief, not merely human effort or preaching alone. The message calls for recognition of human depravity and reliance on divine transformation for true spiritual life.