Catechism and Sacraments Q&A: Did Create Us Unable To Keep His Law?

Mar 2, 2023    Mary Morton, Caleb Warner, Maegan McFarland

This episode will explore question 14 of the New City Catechism with our panel: Mary Morton, and Caleb Warner


The fourteenth question in the New City Catechism is: Did God Create Us Unable To Keep His Law?


The answer is: No, but because of the disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, all of creation is fallen; we are all born in sin and guilt, corrupt in our nature, and unable to keep God's law.


The Bible passage this question and answer is based on is Romans 5:12, which says,

"Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—"