A short version of my testimony

My name is Jeremy. I used to be a rebel against God who was only concerned about my own wants and needs, but now God calls me His son. How did I become God’s son? About 2,000 years ago a man claimed to be God’s Son. While that seems very far-fetched at first, the more [...]

What is the misery of that state whereunto man fell?

Question: What is the misery of that state whereunto man fell?

Answer: All mankind, by their fall, lost communion with God,1 are under His wrath and curse,2 and so made liable to all the miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell forever.3

1When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man [...]

Wherein consists the sinfulness of that state whereunto man fell?

Question: Wherein consists the sinfulness of that state whereunto man fell?

Answer: The sinfulness of that state whereunto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam’s first sin1, the want of original righteousness2, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called original sin3, together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it4.

1Because one [...]

Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?

Question: Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?

Answer: The fall brought mankind into a state of sin and misery.

Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone. (Romans 5:18 NLT)

–Taken from Baptist Catechism by C. H. Spurgeon.

(FYI – [...]

Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?

Question: Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?
Answer: The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself but for his posterity, all mankind descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in his first transgression.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made [...]

What is sin?

Question: What is sin?

Answer: Sin is any lack of conformity to, or transgression of the law of God.

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

(1 John 3:4 ESV)

–Taken from Baptist Catechism by C. H. Spurgeon.

(FYI – Catechism is an older word that means “book that gives instruction in Question and [...]

Barry Obama’s Senior yearbook photo

How many of these girls look 16?

Here is an article about these infamous Chinese gymnasts.

Did our first parents continue in the state wherein they were created?

Question: Did our first parents continue in the state wherein they were created?

Answer: Our first parents being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the state wherein they were created, by sinning against God(1), by eating the forbidden fruit(2).

(1)

See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought [...]

What special act of providence did God…

Question: What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the state wherein he was created?

Answer: When God had created man, He entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience(1); forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death(2).

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But [...]