We believe that man was created very good, upright, and in the image and likeness of God, but that through Adam’s sin, the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God. As a result man is born dead in sin, totally depraved, estranged from his creator, and of himself utterly unable to remedy his lost condition. Sin has justly caused man to be in a state of spiritual blindness and death. (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23; Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:1–3; Ephesians 2:12)