Lord’s Day 4
Q9. But does not God do man an injustice by requiring in his law what man cannot do?
No, for God so made man that he could do it. But man, at the instigation of the devil, by willful disobedience robbed himself and all his descendants of these gifts.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
Genesis 1:31
“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
Ephesians 4:24
“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”
Genesis 3:13
“And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.”
1 Timothy 2:13–14
“For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.”
Romans 5:12, 18–19
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. … Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”
Test Yourself · Q9