About this sermon

This sermon examines Chapter 6 of the Westminster Confession of Faith, focusing on the doctrine of the Fall and its implications for human nature. It begins by contrasting the cultural misunderstanding of creation and human nature with the biblical assertion that God made man upright, as stated in Ecclesiastes 7. The exposition details how Adam and Eve, through the temptation of Satan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit, an act permitted by God's providence for His own glory. The sermon outlines three primary effects of this transgression: the loss of original righteousness and communion with God, spiritual death, and total depravity, which permeates every faculty of the soul and body. Furthermore, it explains the imputation of Adam's guilt to all his posterity, establishing that humanity is born sinners rather than merely influenced by a sinful environment. This theological framework underscores the necessity of a Savior and the grace of God, as human effort alone cannot overcome the inherent corruption resulting from the Fall.