### 9. Q. But doesn’t God do man an injustice by requiring in his law what man is unable to do?

**A**. No, God created man with the ability to keep the law.<sup>1</sup> Man, however, at the instigation of the devil,<sup>2</sup> in willful disobedience,<sup>3</sup> robbed himself and all his descendants of these gifts.<sup>4</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Gen. 1:31](/get-passage/Genesis+1:1); [Eph. 4:24](/get-passage/Ephesians+4:24)
<sup>2</sup> [Gen. 3:13](/get-passage/Genesis+3:13); [John 8:44](/get-passage/John+8:44)
<sup>3</sup> [Gen. 3:6](/get-passage/Genesis+3:6)
<sup>4</sup> [Rom. 5:12, 18, 19](/get-passage/Romans+5:12-19)