Middle School Memory Work:
Q1. Why does Adam’s sin make us sinful?
A. Because Adam is the father of us all.
Q2. Is every person in the world a sinner?
A. Yes, everyone is born with a sinful nature.
Q3. What does it mean that we have a sinful nature?
A. Sinful thoughts, words, and deeds come out of our hearts.
Q4. Does God punish men for their sin?
A. Yes, both in this life and in eternity.
Q5. Why does God punish sin?
A. Because He is a righteous and holy God.
High School Memory Work:
1. Did God make man so wicked and perverse?
By no means, but God created man good and after his own image, in true knowledge and righteousness and holiness.
2. Whence, then, comes this depraved nature?
From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, by which our nature became so corrupt that we are all conceived and born in sin. (Rom. 5:12)
3. What was that disobedience?
That they did eat of the fruit of the tree which God had forbidden them.
4. Are we, then, unable to do any good and prone to all evil?
Yes, indeed, unless we are regenerated by the Holy Spirit. (John 3:5; Eph. 2:1)