The Fall and Its Effects
Through Adam, sin and death entered the world. Every person is born with a sinful nature, sins by choice, and cannot save himself.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
Trace what happened in Genesis 3, and why Scripture holds Adam responsible.
Explain the three kinds of death and the curse on creation that sin brought (Romans 5:12; 8:20-22).
Show from Scripture that every person is born with a sinful nature inherited from Adam and sins by choice, explain why we hold that each person becomes guilty through his own sin, and describe federal headship fairly.
Explain depravity as total in extent but not an inability to respond when God convicts and calls, and answer Pelagianism and semi-Pelagianism.