STUDY GUIDE FOR READING ASSIGNMENT 3

Calvin's Commentary on Genesis, Chapter 3

REVIEW QUESTIONS:

1. How does Calvin explain the fact that the serpent was evil? Was he always evil? If not, how did he become evil?

2. According to Calvin, why would a good God permit Adam to be tempted?

3. Does Calvin believe that man sinned by his own free choice?

4. What was the consequence of Adam's eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

5. What does Satan say will happen when they eat from the tree God has forbidden?

6. What important doctrine did Pelagius deny?

7. How does Calvin interpret the promise of Genesis 3:15?

8. After man was deceived by the serpent, what happened to the image of God in which man was formed, according to Calvin?

9. How did Adam and Eve's sin affect mankind, according to Calvin?

10. According to Calvin, why did God not allow Adam and Eve access to eat of the Tree of Life after the Fall?