VII. The Fall of Man

We believe that the first man, Adam, was created by God in untested creaturely holiness; that he was under moral obligation to obey the command of his Creator; but that by voluntary disobedience he fell from his sinless state.  Because all human beings sinned in Adam, they therefore stand under just condemnation before God.  (Gen. 3:1-6, 24; Rom. 5:12-19; Rom. 1:18,32)