_137. What was the character of man as he was made by God?_ Adam and Eve were innocent, without sin, and like God. =Gen. 1:27. [R. V.] God made man in his own image, in the image of God made he him: male and female made he them.= _138. In what did the image of God in man consist?_ In true wisdom, righteousness and holiness, peace and joy. =Eph. 4:24. Put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and holiness.= _139. What benefit did the human body have from the image of God?_ Perfect health, immortality, and a life free from care in Paradise. _140. Did our first parents remain innocent and without sin?_ No; they sinned and lost the image of God, and thus sin and death entered into the world. =Gen. 2:17. In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.= =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. =See 1 Cor. 2:14.= 2. It has made the will incapable of what is good, and desirous of all that is evil. =Rom. 8:7. The carnal mind is enmity against God.= 3. It has disturbed the peace and joy of conscience. =Gen. 3:8, 10.= _144. How has sin injured the human body?_ Sin has made the body a tool of every evil passion, and has brought upon it disease, distress, countless pains, and finally death. =Job 14:1, 2. Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.= =He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.= _145. Have all men become sinners through the fall of our first parents?_ Yes; sin and death have spread from our first parents to the whole human race. =Rom. 5:18. By the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation.= _146. Will God, then, leave all men to perish?_ No; God has in love sent His Son Jesus Christ to save man. =John 3:16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.= _147. When was this Savior first promised to the world?_ Immediately after the fall. =Gen. 3:15. The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head.= _148. When was Christ sent to the world?_ In the fulness of time; that is, the time appointed and prepared by God Himself. =Gal. 4:4. [R. V.] When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son born of a woman.=