HC Q9 — Does not God then do injustice to man, by requiring from him

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*Lord's Day 4*

Question

Does not God then do injustice to man, by requiring from him in his law, that which he cannot perform?

Answer

Not at all; (a) for God made man capable of performing it; but man, by the instigation of the devil, (b) and his own wilful disobedience, (c) deprived himself and all his posterity of those divine gifts. (a) Eph.4:24; Eccl.7:29. (b) John 8:44; 2 Cor.11:3; Gen.3:4. (c) Gen.3:6; Rom.5:12; Gen.3:13; 1 Tim.2:13,14.

Edges

• part_of source-manifest/hc
• precedes catechism-qa/hc-010

Source

• source-manifest/hc — Heidelberg Catechism (1563) (PD, RCUS 1863)
• evidence_grade: D_doctrinal_textbook