Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

The Results of Sin

What is the final result, or fruit, of sin? BR-ASI9 27.5

“And sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” James 1:15. “The wages of sin is death.” Romans 6:23. BR-ASI9 27.6

Upon how many of the human race did death pass as the result of Adam’s transgression? BR-ASI9 27.7

“By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Romans 5:12. BR-ASI9 27.8

How was the earth itself affected by Adam’s sin? BR-ASI9 27.9

“Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee.” Genesis 3:17, 18. BR-ASI9 27.10

What additional curse came as the result of the first murder? BR-ASI9 27.11

“And the Lord said unto Cain, . . . And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength.” Genesis 4:9-12. BR-ASI9 27.12

What terrible judgment came in consequence of continued sin and transgression against God? BR-ASI9 27.13

“And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth.” “The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence.” “And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.” “The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.” Genesis 6:7, 13; 7:6, 11. BR-ASI9 27.14

After the Flood, what came in consequence of further apostasy from God? BR-ASI9 28.1

“And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.” Genesis 11:5-8. BR-ASI9 28.2

Into what condition has sin brought the entire creation? BR-ASI9 28.3

“For ye know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.” Romans 8:22. BR-ASI9 28.4