Question 21 of 118
Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.
Scripture proofs
- Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin.
- Romans 5:18-19
So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life. For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.
- Isaiah 64:6
For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (public domain).
More on creation and the fall
- Q13. What is the work of creation?
- Q14. How did God create man?
- Q15. What are God’s works of providence?
- Q16. What special act of providence did God exercise towards man, in the estate wherein he was created?
- Q17. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
- Q18. What is sin?
- Q19. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?
- Q20. Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?
- Q22. Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereunto man fell?
- Q23. What is the misery of that estate whereunto man fell?