The Westminster Confession - Session 21
My Misstatement from Last Week
The Path, Result and Basis of All Iniquity
Mapping 1 John 2:16 onto Genesis 3:6
Genesis 1:27,28
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Genesis 2:16,17
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Acts 17:26
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place.
Romans 5:12, 15-19
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned… But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.
“one trespass” is better read “trespass by one”
“one act of righteousness” is better read “righteousness by one”
1 Corinthians 15:21,22,45,49
For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive….Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit….Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Genesis 5:3
When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.
Job 15:14
What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
Show and Read Section 3
“Ordinary Generation”
Corruption vs. Guilt
The “Corporate” Aspect of Our Existence
The “Principle of Representation”
Controversy of the Week
Does this seem fair? Is this fair?
The Flip Side
Romans 5:6
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 8:7
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.
Romans 7:18
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
Colossians 1:21
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds.
Genesis 6:5
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
“continually” is different from “continuously.” The latter means without interruption. The former means ongoing, typically with interruptions.
Genesis 8:21
And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
Romans 3:10-12
as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
James 1:14,15
But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
Ephesians 2:2,3
in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
Show and Read Section 4
Original Sin vs. Actual Sin
Personal Focus
How would you convey the concept of original sin to a nonbeliever or a new believer?