To Lord's Day 3
God did not create man wicked and perverse, but rather, our sinfulness comes from the fall into sin of our first parents. Q. Did God, then, create man so wicked and perverse? A. No, on the contrary, God created man good and in His image, In his image — man's character was created righteous and holy: good, right and pure. Man's task was to be God's regent on earth and so was to be servant of God, guardian of his neighbor and steward of creation. that is, in true righteousness and holiness, righteousness — in a right legal relationship with God holiness — set apart for service to God so that he might rightly know God his Creator, heartily love Him, and live with Him in eternal blessedness to praise and glorify Him. Q. From where, then, did man’s depraved nature come? A. From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, in Paradise, For there our nature became so corrupt that we are all conceived and born in...
