Humanity and Sin

Taking a look at the MB Confession of Faith: Humanity and Sin

What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you think of the word “humanity”? 

We often think of the on the one hand and on the other. 

How distorted is human nature? 

Are Humans still basically good? 

The extent of humanity’s corruption has left humanity and  

The Covenant of Works: Do this and

Adam was of all of Humanity – the consequence of sin was passed to all of Adam’s posterity. 

Because of Adam’s sin, we can rightly say that we are sinners by . 

Jesus was perfect and undefiled and did not have a like you and I do — He was not a sinner by nature.

We are sinners by nature in Adam but also all sinners by . 

Sin doesn’t the fact that human beings are created in the image of God – no person is of God’s image. 

Total Depravity: of a person is corrupted by sin. 

We treat others a certain way because they are created in the  

We are all on equal footing in that we are all created in the yet marred by.

Separation from God in should be understood as separation from the of God. 

What is so bad about hell is that God is, just as what is so great about heaven is that God is.

The Covenant of Grace: The perfect obedience of Christ is applied to you in . The “do this and live” turns to “ in Christ.”