Creation of Man
The Original State of Righteousness
Anthropology · 5 verses
Adam was created in a state of positive holiness, not merely innocent but possessing true righteousness. He was capable of not sinning and endowed with all requisite abilities to fulfill God's will. This original righteousness was not confirmed but probationary, capable of being lost through disobedience. Adam stood as the covenant head of all humanity.
Scripture References
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.”
“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
“And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”
“But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.”