We fail to love others because we think o f ourselves. SELF - CENTERE DNESS . PERSONAL LEVEL SOCIAL LEVEL Tempted to act Selfishly. Individualistic att itude influence our own actions
CREATION ACCOUNT ( Gen. 1 ) Story of the fall of man. (gen. 3) God’s Creation is GOOD. Man and Woman , enjoy dominion over the earth equality with each other and intimacy with their Creator. The ORIGIN of evil in the world is depicted (represent) as Adam and Eve’s sin of DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD’S COMMAND not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and bad. ( Gn 2:17) …which means to reject any dependence on God and to decide completely on one’s one what is good and bad
ORIGINAL SIN The ORIGIN of evil in the world is depicted (represent) as Adam and Eve’s sin of DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD’S COMMAND not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and bad. (Gn. 2:17) …which means to reject any dependence on God and to decide completely on one’s one what is good and bad. From the PERSONAL SIN of Adam and Eve (DISOBEDIENCE) The CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR SIN , START of the SPREAD of EVIL which we experience as the sinful condition into which we are born (SIN OF THE WORLD) and the weakening of our human nature to do good and resist evil ( concupiscence or a tendency to do evil which is an inner “disorder” of our basic drives) “ Kasalanang mana ” What we have inherited is the sinful condition which was the consequences of the fist sinful act. The condition which we experience within ourselves and in the world.
ORIGINAL SIN - CONSEQUENCE SEVEN DEADLY/CAPITAL SINS SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS SEPARATE US FROM OURSELVES OTHER GOD
ORIGINAL SIN Human : Loss of the Original Holiness and justice which God had created them. GOD IN HIS LOVE AND MERCY PROMISES TO SEND A SAVIOR WHO WOULD RESTORE US TO GOD’S LIFE OF GRACE. PROMISED OF SAVIOR
TO OVERCOME THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS
SACRAMENTS BAPTISM RECONCILIATIONS Wash away Original Sin And restores the sanctifying Grace.