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8 results for “Sin and Human Nature”

WSC Westminster Shorter Catechism
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Q18.
Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?
The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam's first sin, …
 Q13.
Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
… freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.
 Q14.
What is sin?
Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
 Q15.
What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?
The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their …
 Q16.
Did all mankind fall in Adam's first transgression?
… for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression.
 Q17.
Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.
 Q19.
What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?
All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all miseries in this life, to death itself, …
 Q20.
Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
… enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.