The Holy Bible, as represented by the 39 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament, is the Holy, inerrant word of God.
God made this world and all that is in it: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…. God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Gen. 1:1,27). He created human beings to be like Him and to have unhindered fellowship with Him, and when His work of creation was finished He saw that it was “very good” (Gen. 1:31).
Although the first people God created, Adam and Eve, had complete freedom to live in friendship and trust with Him, they chose to rebel (Gen. 3:1-7). Because God designed that Adam would represent the entire human race, his sin was catastrophic not only for him but for us: “one trespass led to condemnation for all men” (Rom. 5:18). Instead of enjoying His holy pleasure, we instead face His righteous wrath. Through this sin, we all died spiritually (Rom. 3:1-20; Eph. 2:1-10) and the entire world was affected. God also cursed the world over which humanity had been set to reign as His lieutenants (Gen. 3 :17-19). “The creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it” (Rom. 8:20). And we all individually sin against God in our own lives: “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23).