What Baptists Believe About the Fall of Man

Prayer: That we might be the man or the woman God wants us to be.
 

III. Of The Fall Of Man

We believe that man was created in holiness, under the law of his Maker;(1) but by voluntary transgression fell from that holy and happy state;(2) in consequence of which all mankind are now sinners,(3) not by constraint but choice;(4) being by nature utterly void of that holiness required by the law of God, positively inclined to evil; and therefore under just condemnation to eternal ruin,(5) without defense or excuse!(6)





Places in the Bible where taught.

(1) Gen. 1:27. God created man in his own image. Gen. I:31. And God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Eccl. 7:29; Acts 15:26; Gen. 2:16

(2) Gen. 3:6-24. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise; she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. Therefore the Lord God drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden, Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life. Rom. 5:12.

(3) Rom. 5:19. By one man's disobedience many were made sinners. John 3:6; Ps. 51:5; Rom. 5: 15-19; 8:7.

(4) Isa. 53:6. We have turned, every one to his own way. Gen. 6:12; Rom. 3:9-18.

(5) Eph. 2:1-3. Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath even as others. Rom. 1:18. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness. Rom. I:32; 2: 1-16; Gal. 3:10; Matt. 20:15.

(6) Ezek. 18:19, 20. Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father?-the soul that sinneth it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. Rom. I:20. So that they are without excuse. Rom. 3:19. That every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God.
Gal. 3:22.
 

Discussion by Leader:

I . Some things we need to know about our own nature in order that we may guard against the wiles of the Devil.

2. The mere fact that a person is a Christian does not change the old nature. The Christian has two natures, the old nature and the new nature implanted by the Holy Spirit.

3. The conflict between the two natures.

 

Parts for Assignment:

I. Man as created by God

2. Man voluntarily sinned and fell.

3. All men are now sinners as a consequence of that fall.

4. We are sinners by choice.

5. We are sinners by nature and under condemnation and eternal ruin.

6. We are without excuse.
 

Discussion Questions:

1. Was the first man a superior man or a brute savage?

2. A question evolutionists cannot answer: Why do all other creatures produce their own clothes or coverings?

3. What kind of covering did man have at the first?

4. What is wrong with man today? Hear, see, think, eat, say, do, etc.

 

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