Rom. 6:23. The wages of sin is death.
141. In what did their sin consist?
It consisted especially in the unbelief of their hearts and in their selfishness and disobedience.
142. Who led them astray?
They permitted the devil to lead them astray.
Gen. 3:1–5.
John 8:44. The devil was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. For he is a liar, and the father of it.
143. How has sin injured the human soul?
1. It has darkened the understanding.