BIBLE STUDY

THE BAD NEWS

In the next series of Scriptures we will examine the condition of the unsaved person.

1. Read Genesis 5:1-3.

● What was man’s moral condition when God created him? Compare Eccl. 7:29.

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● When Adam fathered his children, whose likeness and image were they born in?

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2. Read Genesis 6:5.

● Describe in your own words the condition of man before God destroyed the earth with a flood.

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● Do you think men today are any different than those in Genesis 6? Why or why not?

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3. Read Isaiah 64:6.

● Circle the word “all” in your Bible. What does that word tell us? Are there any exceptions?
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● What are all his righteous deeds like? _____________________________________

● Why do you think God sees all his righteous deeds like a filthy garment?
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● What is the condition of the unsaved man’s heart?

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● When lost people say, “I’ll be all right. God knows my heart”, should that fact bring comfort or alarm to
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5. Read Ephesians 2:1-3.

● Before we became Christians, what was our spiritual condition (vs. 1)?
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● How did we relate to the sinful world? ___________________________________________________

● How did we relate to Satan (the prince of the power of the air)?
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● What did we do regarding our flesh (our corrupt fallen nature)?

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● What were we by nature (by physical birth)? _______________________________________________

6. Summarize what you have learned about man’s condition.

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