1.7 KiB
1.7 KiB
Lord’s Day 3
6. Q. Did God create man so wicked and perverse?
A. No. God created man good1 and in his own image,2 that is, in true righteousness and holiness,3 so that he might truly know God his creator,4 love him with all his heart, and live with God in eternal happiness, for his praise and glory.5
1 Gen. 1:31 2 Gen. 1:26–27 3 Eph. 4:24 4 Col. 3:10 5 Ps. 8
7. Q. Then where does man’s corrupt nature come from?
A. From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, in Paradise.1 This fall has so poisoned our nature2 that we are all conceived and born in sin.3
1 Gen. 3 2 Rom. 5:12, 18–19 3 Ps. 51:5
8. Q. But are we so corrupt that we are totally unable to do any good and inclined toward all evil?
A. Yes,1 unless we are born again by the Spirit of God.2
1 Gen. 6:5; 8:21; Job 14:4; Isa. 53:6 2 John 3:3–5