"Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful." - John Wooden

Q. 19. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell? A. All mankind, by their fall, lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever.

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation." - John Wooden

Quote-Unquote "Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think." – Albert Einstein

Q. 18. Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell? A. The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam’s first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called original sin; together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it. Rom. 5:12, 19; Rom. 5:10-20; Eph. 2:1-3; Jas. 1:14-15; Matt. 15:19.

Q. 17. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind? A. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery. Rom. 5:12

"Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another." -Homer

"A few honest men are better than numbers." - Oliver Cromwell

Today In History On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., by the actor John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln died the next day. Booth was caught and killed on April 26.

Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 15. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created? A. The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit. Gen. 3:6, 12.

"Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny." - Stephen Covey

Q. 14. What is sin? A. Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. 1 John 3:4.

Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 13. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created? A. Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.

"If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself." - DL Moody

Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created? A. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon the pain of death. Gal. 3:12; Gen. 2:17.

Q. 11. What are God’s works of providence? A. God’s works of providence are, his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions. Ps. 145:17; Ps. 104:24; Isa. 28:29; Heb. 1:3; Ps. 103:19; Matt. 10:29-31.

"Still I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain (what I consider to most enviable of all titles) the character of an honest man." - George Washington

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The best possible outcome, the greatest economic recovery, is in vain if the Lord God of the Bible is not honored by it.

Q. 10. How did God create man? A. God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures. Gen. 1:26-28; Col. 3:10; Eph. 4:24.