Vocabulary for Lesson 3 (Vocab Quiz/Test 1c)

Write each bold word in the Vocabulary section of your notebook with room for a 2-3 line definition.

envy: A bitterness, or resentment, toward another person because of who he is or what he has.
a show of right: To use the law in ways that only appear right and lawful in order to accomplish your will or obtain positions or things.
original sin: The sinful condition or nature that is part of every human being since Adam. It is passed on from a father to his children at the time of conception. Because of it we are all sinners, enemies of God, spiritually dead, and without free will to choose between right and wrong.
wrath: The just anger of God against the sinner that demands payment for sins.
mercy: The kindness and grace of God that does not hold our sins against us but freely forgives us for Christ's sake.
the promise: God's word to Adam and Eve that He would remove the curse of the fall and redeem the world from sin, death, and the power of the devil through the Seed of the Woman (His Son our Lord) who, by His death, would crush the power of Satan and take away the punishment for the sins of the whole world.