Question 16: Who were our first parents?
Answer: Adam and Eve.
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Scriptural basis
Genesis 2:18-25
Genesis 3:20
Genesis 5:1
Acts 17:26
1 Timothy 2:13
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Why is this important?
It’s important this tells us where all people came from.
[It points to God as Creator of all.]How do we know this is true?
[Because the Bible says so, and it doesn’t lie because God is truth, which means He doesn’t lie.]What do Adam and Eve show us?
[How things started out and how sin entered the world.]
Questions and answers from A Catechism for Boys and Girls by Erroll Hulse from Chapel Library