Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 27
Question 27
What misery did the fall bring upon mankind?
The fall brought upon mankind the loss of communion with God, his displeasure and curse; so as we are by nature children of wrath, bond slaves to Satan, and justly liable to all punishments in this world, and that which is to come.
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Genesis 3:88Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:1010“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
Genesis 3:2424So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
Ephesians 2:2-32in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
2 Timothy 2:2626Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
Genesis 2:1717but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
Lamentations 3:3939Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
Romans 6:2323For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Matthew 25:4141Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Matthew 25:4646And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Jude 1:77In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
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