God’s Justice and Man’s Sin

Heidelberg Catechism, Lord's Day 4 Question 9. Doth not God then do injustice to man, by requiring from him in His law, that which he cannot perform? Answer. Not at all; for God made man capable of performing it; but man, by the instigation of the devil, and his own willful disobedience, deprived himself and all his posterity of those divine gifts. Question 10. Will God suffer such disobedience and rebellion to go unpunished? Answer. By no means; but is terribly displeased with our original as...