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What is Man? The Doctrine of Man

  1. Lesson One
    In the Beginning
    3 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    The Image of God
    3 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    The Curse of Sin
    3 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    The Covenant of Grace
    3 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Review Questions

These questions are designed to help you review important material covered in the lecture.

  1. According the Westminster Shorter Catechism, what is sin? Describe the origin of sin in the human race beginning with the creation of Adam and Eve through the Fall.
  2. Why did Adam’s sin affect all of his natural descendants? What advantages did Adam have for resisting the temptation to sin?
  3. What does it mean when we speak of the “authorship” of human sin? Using specific biblical references, explain how Scripture teaches that God is not the ultimate author of humanity’s fall into sin.
  4. Give a brief overview of Paul’s teaching about the role of the law in salvation. How is sin fundamentally lawless?
  5. What is our primary expression of love for God? How does this help us see that sin, in essence, is unloving?
  6. What is “original sin”? How does sin’s corruption affect our concepts, behaviors and emotions?
  7. What was God’s original intent for our relationship with him and with others? How has sin alienated us from God and other human beings?
  8. What does it mean to be spiritually dead? If we are all born into this world guilty of Adam’s sin and sentenced to death, how can we escape sin’s influence in the future?

Application Questions

Application questions are appropriate for written assignments or as topics for group discussions. For written assignments, it is recommended that answers not exceed one page in length.

  1. How does sin affect your daily life? How does it affect your relationship with God?
  2. When Adam and Eve first sinned, both tried to shift the blame for their actions onto others. According to Scripture, how should we respond when we’ve sinned? Why is this important?
  3. What would you say to someone who asks how a loving God could allow sin and pain and death into the world?
  4. Is it good that God gave mankind the freedom of will, or would we have been better off being unable to sin? Explain your answer.
  5. How does God’s law give us freedom? How does disobedience to God’s law make us slaves to sin?
  6. Jesus told us that the greatest commandment was to love God, and the second greatest commandment was to love others (Matthew 22:37-40). If sin is fundamentally unloving, how can we express love in practical ways to God and those around us?
  7. Scripture tells us that unbelievers live “in the futility of their thinking” (Ephesians 4:17). How can evangelism be successful when unbelieving hearts and minds are darkened by sin?
  8. Christians often continue to struggle with the same sins after we come to faith in Christ. What sins continue to challenge you in your walk with Christ? Where have you seen victory in your life over sin? How do you continue to strengthen your defenses against the temptation to sin?
  9. What is the most significant thing you learned in this lesson?