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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.¹ Man, however, at the instigation of the devil,² in willful disobedience,³ robbed himself and all his descendants of these gifts.⁴

¹ Gen. 1:31; Eph. 4:24 ² Gen. 3:13; John 8:44 ³ Gen. 3:6 ⁴ Rom. 5:12, 18, 19