Question | Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created? |
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Answer | Our first parents being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God. 1 |
The Baptist Catechism Set to Music
Benjamin Beddome’s Exposition
Did man fall from that estate in which he was created?
Yes.
They have sought out many inventions,
Ecclesiastes 7:29
Did he fall from a state of knowledge?
Yes.
His understanding is darkened,
Ephesians 4:18
Did he fall from a state of holiness?
Yes.
He is alienated from the life of God,
Ephesians 4:18
And from a state of freedom?
Yes.
He that committeth sin is the servant of sin,
John 8:34
And from a state of rest?
Yes.
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked,
Isaiah 57:21
And from a state of communion with God?
Yes.
For Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God,
Genesis 3:8
And from a state of happiness?
Yes.
So he drove out the man,
Genesis 3:24
And do all mankind imitate the sin of their first parents?
Yes.
They, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant,
Hosea 6:7
Did God foresee Adam’s sin?
Yes.
I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously,
Isaiah 48:8
But was he the author of it?
No.
For he is a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he,
Deuteronomy 32:4
Is man’s ruin then from himself?
Yes.
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself,
Hosea 13:9
Should Adam’s fall teach us to be watchful over ourselves?
Yes.
Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall,
1 Corinthians 10:12
And to disclaim all confidence in the creature?
Yes.
For surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie,
Psalm 62:9
The Westminster Larger Catechism
Question | Did man continue in that estate wherein God at first created him? |
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Answer | Our first parents being left to the freedom of their own will, through the temptation of Satan, transgressed the commandment of God in eating the forbidden fruit; and thereby fell from the estate of innocency wherein they were created. 1 |