=Gen. 3:8, 10.=
_144. How has sin injured the human body?_
Sin has made the body a tool of every evil passion, and has brought
upon it disease, distress, countless pains, and finally death.
=Job 14:1, 2. Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and
full of trouble.=
=He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also
as a shadow, and continueth not.=
_145. Have all men become sinners through the fall of our first
parents?_
Yes; sin and death have spread from our first parents to the whole
human race.
=Rom. 5:18. By the offence of one judgment came upon all men to
condemnation.=
_146. Will God, then, leave all men to perish?_
No; God has in love sent His Son Jesus Christ to save man.
=John 3:16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.=
_147. When was this Savior first promised to the world?_
Immediately after the fall.
=Gen. 3:15. The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head.=
_148. When was Christ sent to the world?_
In the fulness of time; that is, the time appointed and prepared by
God Himself.
=Gal. 4:4. [R. V.] When the fulness of the time was come, God
sent forth his Son born of a woman.=