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What Man Ought to Believe Concerning God

In what consists the sinfulness of that state into which man fell?

Answer

The sinfulness of that state into which man fell consists in the guilt of Adam's first sin (Romans 5:19), the lack of original righteousness (Romans 3:10), and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called original sin (Ephesians 2:1; Psalm 51:5), together with all actual transgressions that proceed from it (Matthew 15:19).