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- Question 17.
- Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
- Answer:
- Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.
( Genesis 3:6; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Romans 5:12 ) - Question 18.
- What is sin?
- Answer:
- Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
( 1 John 3:4; Romans 5:13 ) - Question 19.
- What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?
- Answer:
- The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.
( Genesis 3:6,12,13 ) - Question 20.
- Did all mankind fall in Adam's first transgression?
- Answer:
- The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself but for his posterity, all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in his first transgression.
( 1 Corinthians 15:21,22; Romans 5:12,18,19 ) - Question 21.
- Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
- Answer:
- The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.
( Psalm 51:5; Romans 5:18,19: Isaiah 64:6 ) - Question 22.
- Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereunto man fell?
- Answer:
- The sinfulness of that estate whereunto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam's first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called original sin, together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it.
( Romans 5:19; 3:10; Ephesians 2:1; Isaiah 53:6; Psalm 51:5; Matthew 15:19 ) - Question 23.
- What is the misery of that estate whereunto man fell?
- Answer:
- All mankind, by their fall lost communion with God, are under His wrath and curse, and 80 made liable to all the miseries of this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell forever.
( Genesis 3:8,24; Ephesians 2:3; Galatians 3:10; Romans 6:23; Matthew 25:41-46; Psalm 9:17 )
See: 1689 London Baptist Confession, Chapter 6 : Of the fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
Introduction and First Questions
Of the Holy Scriptures
Of God and of the Holy Trinity
Of God's Decrees
Of Creation
Of Divine Providence
Of the fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
Of Gods Covenant
Of Christ the Mediator
Of Effectual Calling
Of Justification, Adoption, Sanctification, Perseverance and the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
Of the State of Man After Death, the Resurrection of the Dead, and the Last Judgement
Of the Moral Law
The First Table of the Law
The Second Table of the Law
Of the Purpose of the Law
Of Saving Faith and Repentance Unto Life and Salvation
Of the Ordinances of God as Means of Grace
Of Baptism
Of the Church
Of the Lord's Supper
Of Prayer and the Lord's Prayer
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