“One human nature is common to all the descendants of Adam, and it is, for all men, guilty and polluted” MenHumansSinCommonHuman NatureGuiltyAdamDescendants Author:Herman Bavinck
“In this simple but profound psychological way Scripture tells the history of the fall and of the origin of sin. In this way sin continues still to come into being. It begins with the darkening of the understanding, continues with the excitement of the imagination, stimulates desire in the heart, and culminates in an act of the will” WayHeartStillsDesireFallUnderstandingImaginationSinSimpleProfoundScripturePsychologicalExcitementDarkening Author:Herman Bavinck
“We can shed some light on the possibility of the fall, but the transition to the actuality of it remains shrouded in darkness. Scripture makes not so much a single effort to render this transition understandable” LightFallSinEffortDarknessPossibilityRemainsScriptureTransitionShedActuality Author:Herman Bavinck
“The essence of Christianity consists therein: that the creation of the Father, destroyed by sin, is again restored in the death of the Son of God and recreated by the grace of the Holy Spirit to a Kingdom of God.” SpiritFaithFatherSinChristianityGraceCreationSonHolyEssenceKingdomsChristian LifeDestroyedHoly SpiritKingdom Of God Book:The Sacrifice of Praise: Meditations Before and After Receiving Access to the Table of the Lord Source: The Sacrifice of Praise: Meditations Before and After Receiving Access to the Table of the Lord
