10. Sin (including the fall, original sin, depravity, bondage of the will)

Question 1

What were the effects of the fall?

Answer 1

(1) Adam was the federal head of the human race, and his fall impacted all his progeny (Rom. 5:12-21; ).
(2) Adam and Eve experienced spiritual death and their descendants are born into this condition (Eph. 2:1-3).
(3) Physical death entered into the human race because of Adam’s sin

Question 2

What is original sin and how is it passed on to Adam’s descendants?

Answer 2

1. a morally depraved nature that has a propensity to sin even from conception (Ps. 51:5; Eph. 2:3).
2. God imputed Adam’s guilt to the rest of the human race (Rom. 5:18-19)

Question 3

What does moral depravity mean?

Answer 3

Sin touches every part of human nature; it affects human’s intellect, will, emotions, desires, and affections (Rom. 7:18).

Question 4

What is sin?

Answer 4

Sin is any act, thought, desire, emotion, word, or deed, or its absence that displeases God.