Scots Confession: Chapter 3




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Summary: <p><em>Of Original Sin</em></p><p>By which transgression, commonly called Original Sin, was the image of God utterly defaced in man; and he and his posterity of nature became enemies to God, slaves to Satan, and servants to sin; insomuch that death everlasting has had, and shall have, power and dominion over all that have not been, are not, or shall not be regenerated from above: which regeneration is wrought by the power of the Holy Ghost, working in the hearts of the elect of God an assured faith in the promise of God, revealed to us in his word; by which faith we apprehend Christ Jesus, with the graces and benefits promised in him.</p><br><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ps%2051.5" target="_blank">Psalm 51:5</a></p><p>5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,</p><p>and in sin did my mother conceive me.</p><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John%203.5" target="_blank">John 3:5</a></p><p>5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.</p><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Rom%205.1" target="_blank">Romans 5:1</a></p><p>5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.</p><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Rom%205.10" target="_blank">Romans 5:10</a></p><p>10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.</p><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Rom%205.14" target="_blank">Romans 5:14</a></p><p>14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.</p><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Rom%205.21" target="_blank">Romans 5:21</a></p><p>21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.</p><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Rom%206.23" target="_blank">Romans 6:23</a></p><p>23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.</p><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Rom%207.5" target="_blank">Romans 7:5</a></p><p>5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.</p><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Eph%202.1%E2%80%933" target="_blank">Ephesians 2:1–3</a></p><p>2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.</p><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Phil%201.29" target="_blank">Philippians 1:29</a></p><p>29 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,</p><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/2%20Tim%202.26" target="_blank">2 Timothy 2:26</a></p><p>26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.</p>