Nonetheless since it is by our deeds here that we are judged on that faithful day, because there is this distinction of degree in sin we could say the infant who dies is guilty of no sin other than original sin imputed from the fall. This in no way lessens the price of sin, and as such even the infant stands convicted by sin with no hope outside the election. I believe we find a dichotomy of perspective and there must be a bit of both the infra and supra in all of us to hold all of Scripture in its place of inerrancy we must maintain. Probably not, and for such reason this is not a measure of who is orthodox and who is not. The existence of both in Scripture has no bearing on the conclusion of the matter.
All mankind is dead in sin with no way to revive themselves.
Total depravity holds bondage all mankind, except for grace. If then sin is of a necessity in life on earth, and all will be judged by their deeds which is a biblical truth, it is only logical that there are degrees of sin, and the price of death for sin isn t the whole of the matter. This brings into view not the free will of the creature which would violate the election, but the responsibility of the created to acknowledge the Creator and live by the Word of God. In the sense that every single word from the lips of God is from a sovereign to subject and to be obeyed the term is correct. Paul is careful in Romans to lay the foundation of universal guilt because the knowledge of God has been universally revealed.