You said, “ 3. Scripture teaches that the natural man is totally depraved but not utterly depraved, i.e., man is not as bad as he could be, or as John Gerstner succinctly put it, "there is room for deprovement".

Could you please explain the difference between utter and total depravity and why it is important to make a distinction.

Are you saying there is some good left in man? Or are you saying there is room for deprovement in his actions, but no room for deprovement in his status before God, his objective state of guilt