We believe that man was created in innocence under the law of his Maker, but by voluntary transgression fell from his sinless and happy state, in consequence of which all mankind are now sinners, not by constraint, but of choice; and therefore under just condemnation without defense or excuse. We have the curse of sin and death on our heads and hearts because of our deliberate disobedience to what God had told us to do. We continue in that family tradition of not doing what God says.
Tunaamini ya kwamba mtu aliumbwa bila dhambi chini ya sheria ya muumba wake, lakini kwa dhambi ya kujitakia akaanguka kutoka kwa utakatifu na maisha ya Raha, matokeo yake ni kwamba sasa binadamu wote ni wenye dhambi, sio kwa kushurutishwa bali kwa kujitakia; na kwa hivyo yuko chini ya hukumu bila tetezi au sababu. Tuna laana ya dhambi na kifo juu ya vichwa vyetu na Roho zetu kwa sababu ya kutokutii kwa hihari kwetu kwa yale Mungu alikuwa ametuagiza kutenda tunaendelea kuishi kwa mazingira ya familia hiyo isiyotii maangizo ya Mungu.