Friday 24th July 2020The Shorter Catechism | Question 12
Question 12 of the Shorter Catechism explains how God created man to live forever in a relationship with Him, on the condition of perfect obedience to God's commands.
Questions to consider
Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created?
A. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death.