Question 17 of 82
What Man Ought to Believe Concerning God
In what consists the sinfulness of that state into which man fell?
Answer
The sinfulness of that state into which man fell consists in the guilt of Adam's first sin (), the lack of original righteousness (), and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called original sin (; ), together with all actual transgressions that proceed from it ().
Read the 5 proof texts (KJV)
- Romans 5:19
- For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
- Romans 3:10
- As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
- Ephesians 2:1
- And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;
- Psalm 51:5
- Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- Matthew 15:19
- For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: