The Bible Concerning Salvation
I.
Man is presented in three states in Scripture.
A.
Man in a state of innocency but capable of falling.
GEN 1:26-28,
31;
2:15-17.
B.
Man in a state of sin and incapable of recovery.
1.
GEN 2:17. Man died the day he partook of the forbidden fruit.
EPH 2:1-3.
2.
The total posterity of Adam is affected.
GEN 5:1-3;
ROM 5:12,
17-19.
3.
Men are sinners by NATURE (
EPH 2:3). All are sinners from:
a.
youth.
GEN 8:21;
PRO 22:15.
b.
birth.
PSA 58:3.
c.
conception. ...