Genesis 3
“Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” (verse 1).
“Ye shall not surely die” (verse 4).
“For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” (verse 5)
II. By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion, with God,[c] and so became dead in sin,[d] and wholly defiled in all the parts and faculties of soul and body.[e]
[c] Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. ver.7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. ver.8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
[d] Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.
[e] Titus 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: ver.11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. ver.12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. ver.13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: ver.14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: ver.15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: ver.16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: ver.17 And the way of peace have they not known: ver.18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
III. They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed;[f] and the same death in sin, and corrupted nature, conveyed to all their posterity descending from them by ordinary generation.[g]
[f] Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. ver.28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
and Genesis 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
and Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.
with Romans 5:12 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. ver.15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. ver.16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. ver.17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) ver.18 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. ver.19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
1 Corinthians 15:21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. ver.22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. ver.45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. ver.49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
[g] Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Genesis 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.
Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Shorter Catechism Q.18: Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?
A:The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adams first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called Original Sin; together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it.
Larger Catechism Q. 25: Wherein consisteth the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?
A. The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consisteth in the guilt of Adam's first sin, the want of that righteousness wherein he was created, and the corruption of his nature, whereby he is utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite unto all that is spiritually good, and wholly inclined to all evil, and that continually; which is commonly called original sin, and from which do proceed all actual transgressions.
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