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Q&A 6 Did God create man so wicked and perverse?
- No.
- God created man good1 and in his own image,2
- that is, in true righteousness and holiness,3
- so that he might
- truly know God his creator,4
- love him with all his heart,
- and live with him in eternal happiness
- for his praise and glory.5
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- 1 Gen. 1:31
- 2 Gen. 1:26-27
- 3 Eph. 4:24
- 4 Col. 3:10
- 5 Ps. 8
Q&A 7 Then where does man's corrupt nature come from?
- From the fall and disobedience of our first parents,
- Adam and Eve, in Paradise.1
- This fall has so poisoned our nature2
- that we are born sinners--
- corrupt from conception on.3
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- 1 Gen. 3
- 2 Rom. 5:12, 18-19
- 3 Ps. 51:5
Q&A 8 But are we so corrupt that we are totally unable to do any good
and inclined toward all evil?
- Yes,1 unless we are born again,
- by the Spirit of God.2
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- 1 Gen. 6:5; 8:21; Job 14:4; Isa. 53:6
- 2 John 3:3-5
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