YouCat Chapter 3
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READ Chapter 3 (orange book)- "Why the World is Broken"
Summarize this chapter:
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Are we compelled to Sin by original Sin? YouCat-69 (yellow book)
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Who said "The only one who can make man happy is the One who created him." ?
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List 3 examples of evils in the world and explain the events:
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Do you think the world is mainly GOOD or mainly BAD?
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mainly GOOD
mainly BAD
Now let's look at the answer Christianity gives to the question of how evil really came into the world- a world that God actually planned and created to be very good.
Use a Bible or the internet to Read the account of The Fall of Man: Gen:2:16, Gen3:1-13, Gen 3:17-19, Gen 3:23-24
What trick does the serpent use to persuade Eve to eat the fruit? Gen 3:1
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What promise does the serpent make? Gen 3: 4-5
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Why does Eve decide to eat the forbidden fruit? Gen 3:6
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What consequence does the breaking of this commandment have on the relationship between God and Man? Gen 3:7-8, 23-24
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What consequence does the breaking of the commandment have on the relationship of men with one another? Gen 3:12-13, 16
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What are the consequences of the Fall for the whole of Creation? Gen 3:17-19
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Read YouCat 68 (yellow book) What does the term "original sin" refer to?
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It is man who separates himself from God through sin (and not the other way around, because God is angry, for instance, or offended) see the image below of Man destroying his relationship with God.
Just as original sin did, so too every sin we consciously commit separates us once again from God. In this way, man destroys his relationship with God, separates himself from God. This gulf, created by man, is one that man can no longer overcome by his own strength. Read YouCat 162 (yellow book)
God yearns for
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even with the worst sinner; he wants everyone to
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and be saved.
In order to overcome the gulf we have created, he has sent us his own Son to free us from sin. Pray this prayer out loud to conclude your session:
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