Catechesis

New City Catechism

Question 14

Did God create us unable to keep his law?

Children: No, but because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve we are all born in sin and guilt, unable to keep God’s law.

Adult: No, but because of the disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, all of creation is fallen; we are all born in sin and guilt, corrupt in our nature and unable to keep God’s law.

Romans 5:12 ^[1]
Death in Adam, Life in Christ Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— (ESV)

Question 14

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