The Creation and Fall of Man (4): Man Created Good, Yet Able to Sin

Previous article in this series: September 15, 2011, p. 487. Man by nature has an evil desire to blame God for his own wickedness. A married man, for example, who openly and unashamedly enjoys lusting after other women, might say to someone who objects, "I cannot deny the way the good Lord made me." Over against such vile statements we must confess that man was not a fornicator when God created him. Rather, God created man good. Man was without sin at the beginning, yet it was possible for...