Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 92
Question 92
What did God at first reveal unto man as the rule of his obedience?
The rule of obedience revealed to Adam in the estate of innocence, and to all mankind in him, besides a special command not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, was the moral law.
Scripture references for paragraph 1
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Genesis 1:26-2726Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
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.”
Romans 2:14-1514Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
15So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them
Romans 10:55For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
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