Herman Bavinck highlights a few arguments from Scripture that prove that our first parents were, in fact, created by God in their original state to be positively good. He is establishing the point that they were fully grown, aware, freely acting agents - not animals or even very young children. He gives several reasons:
- Creation in the image of God (Genesis 1:27, Ecclesiastes 7:29, Ephesians 4:24, Colossians 3:10)
- The blessing of procreation and multiplication (Genesis 1:28)
- Divine approval (Genesis 1:31)
- The probationary command (Genesis 2:17)
- The naming of animals (Genesis 2:19)
- The pronouncement about Eve (Genesis 2:23, 24)
- The manner of the temptation (Genesis 3:1ff)
- The attitude of Adam and Eve after the fall (Genesis 3:7ff)
Bavinck concludes, after having listed his reasons above, that all of these "attest to the truth that the first humans were created positively good, not morally indifferent."(1)
(1) Bavinck, In the Beginning: Foundations of Creation Theology, pg. 167.
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