Creation
In the beginning, God created
the heavens and the earth.
{Gen. 1:1}
Creation
Man was created by the special act of God,
in His own image, and is the crowning work of
His creation. In the beginning man was innocent
of sin and was endowed by his Creator
with freedom of choice. By his free choice man
sinned against God and brought sin into the
human race. Through the temptation of satan
man transgressed the command of God, and fell
from his original innocence; whereby his posterity
inherit a nature and an environment inclined
toward sin, and as soon as they are capable
of moral action become transgressors and are under
condemnation. Only the grace of God can bring
man into His holy fellowship and enable man to
fulfill the creative purpose of God. The sacredness
of human personality is evident in that God
created man in His own image, and in that Christ
died for man; therefore every man possesses dignity
and is worthy of respect and Christian love.
(Gen. 1:26-30; 2:5, 7, 18-22; 3; 9:6)
Psalm 1; 8:3-6; 32:1-5; Isa. 6:5; Jer. 17:5;)
(Matt. 16:26; Acts 17:26-31; Rom. 1:19-32; 3:10-18)
(Rom. 23; 5:6; 12, 19; 6:6; 7:14-25; 8:14-18, 29)
(1 Cor. 1:21-31; 15:19, 21-22)
(Eph. 2:1-22; Col. 1:21-22; 3:9-11)
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