OCCUPATION OF GOOD ANGELS § 64. The good angels serve God in worshiping Him,1 doing His pleasure, and executing His commandments as His messengers and ministers2 for the promotion of His purposes,3 especially in the church and for the protection …
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65 – Evil Angels
EVIL ANGELS § 65. A multitude1 of angels2 left their first estate and, making the beginning of sin,3 became evil spirits,4 or devils,5 with perverted and depraved intellectual and moral faculties.6 1. A multitude Mark 5:9 And he asked him, …
66 – Confirmed State of Evil Angels
CONFIRMED STATE OF EVIL ANGELS § 66. The evil angels were by the just judgment of God condemned to everlasting punishment in a confirmed state of wrath. Matthew 25:41 Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the …
67 – Occupation of Evil Angels
OCCUPATION OF EVIL ANGELS § 67. The evil angels, being since their fall enemies of God and of His children,1 are under their princes2 ever bent upon destroying the works of God,3 counteracting His purposes,4 doing and promoting evil,5 and, …
ANTHROPOLOGY – 68 – Creation of Man
CREATION OF MAN § 68. On the sixth day of creation1 God created man2 in His image,3 forming the body of one mature male,4 Adam, of the dust of the earth5 and breathing into his nostrils the breath of life,6 …
69 – Nature of Man
NATURE OF MAN § 69. Man, as created by his Maker, was an intelligent1 and moral2 being, consisting of body and soul3 united in one complete person.4 1. Man, as created by his Maker, was an intelligent Genesis 2:19–20 And …
70 – Primeval State of Man
PRIMEVAL STATE OF MAN § 70. In his original state, man was not only sound in body and soul, without a germ of disease or death,1 or a taint of sin,2 but endowed with concreated3 spiritual wisdom and knowledge,4 and …
71 – Propagation
PROPAGATION § 71. The two human persons whom God made in the beginning, one man and one woman, were thus created and joined in wedlock by the Creator1 with a view to the preservation and propagation of the human race …
72 – Fall of Man
FALL OF MAN § 72. Before the conception of their first offspring,1 our first parents, Eve tempted by Satan,2 and Adam, voluntarily transgressed a commandment of God,3 and by this sin they fell from their primeval state,4 lost the image …
73 – Hereditary Guilt and Sin
HEREDITARY GUILT AND SIN § 73. Not only was the guilt of Adam imputed to his descendants,1 but his children and children’s children have inherited from their first ancestor his corrupt nature,2 being flesh born of the flesh,3 wholly …