Question 16: Who were our first parents?

Answer: Adam and Eve.



Scriptural basis

  • Genesis 2:18-25

  • Genesis 3:20

  • Genesis 5:1

  • Acts 17:26

  • 1 Timothy 2:13


Why is this important?

  1. It’s important this tells us where all people came from.
    [It points to God as Creator of all.]

  2. 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.]

  3. 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