Q. 6. Did God then create man so wicked and perverse?

Question. Did God then create man so wicked and perverse?

Answer. By no means, but God created man good, and after his own image (Gen. 1;27), in righteousness and true holiness (Eph. 4;24) that he might rightly know God his Creator, heartily love him (Col. 3;10) and live with him in eternal happiness, to glorify and praise him. (Isa. 43;7).

Proofs.

• [proof-1] Gen. 1;27—So God created man in his own image; in the image of God created he him.— Gen. 1;31.
• [proof-2] Eph. 4;24.—And that ye put on the new man, which after God, is created in righteousness and true holiness.— Ecc. 7;29.
• [proof-3] Col. 3;10.—And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.—1 Chron. 28;9.—Rev. 22;14
• [proof-4] Isa. 43;7.—For I have created him for my glory. Prov. 16;4.—1 Cor. 10;31.— Ps. 16;11.