What man is to believe concerning God
Question: Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
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. (Gen. 3:6–8,13, Eccl. 7:29)
Scripture Support
Gen. 3:6 aThen the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, so she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Gen. 3:7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they aknew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves 1loin coverings.
Gen. 3:8 ¶ Then they heard the sound of aYahweh God walking in the garden in the 1cool of the day, band the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God in the midst of the trees of the garden.
Gen. 3:13 Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “aThe serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
Eccl. 7:29 “See, I have found only this, that aGod made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.”
Note: Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture support comes from the Legacy Standard Bible in Accordance.
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