Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Did God create man thus, wicked and perverse?

Heidelberg Catechism

Question 6.
Did God create man thus, wicked and perverse?

Answer. No, but God created man good[1] and after His own image,[2] that is, in righteousness and true holiness,[3] that he might rightly know God his Creator,[4] heartily love Him, and live with Him in eternal blessedness, to praise and glorify Him.[5]

[1] Gen 1:31;
[2] Gen 1:26-27
[3] Eph 4:24; 2 Cor 3:18;
[4] Col 3:10;
[5] Psa 8

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