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Sin & Its Consequences

Sin & Its Consequences. Sin the Old Testament. Salvation History History of God’s saving action that focuses on how God saves us from sin and death. Culminates in Jesus and the Paschal Mystery Rebelling against God

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Sin & Its Consequences

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  1. Sin & Its Consequences

  2. Sin the Old Testament • Salvation History • History of God’s saving action that focuses on how God saves us from sin and death. • Culminates in Jesus and the Paschal Mystery • Rebelling against God • Begins with the disobedience of God’s command not to “eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” • Grumble against God in the desert and build the golden calf • Passages speak of the Israelites as a “rebellious and stiff-necked people” • We rebel because we want to be in control

  3. Sin the Old Testament • “Missing the Mark” • Missing the goal of holiness • Gideon worships a golden idol • Samson marries a foreign woman • Sons of Samuel take bribes and pervert justice • David commits adultery and murder • Solomon oppresses the people and worships false gods • Consequences of Sin-OT thought • Sin affects ones children and the community • God directly punishes them for their sin • God withdraws his support

  4. Sin in the New Testament • Missing the Mark or falling short of God’s will • Crossing a boundary established by God • Breaking the Natural Moral law • Everyone, except Jesus and Mary, is affected by original sin and, therefore, is subject to death and a weakened nature, prone to evil • Contrasts of light/ dark, truth/ lies

  5. Consequences of Sin • “The wages of sin is death” • “The eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels” • Hell is the ultimate consequence • Hell is the absence of God who is love, goodness, beauty, truth, peace, and justice • God does not directly punish sinners or their descendants. • God lets the sun shine on both the good and the evil; He lets the rain fall on the good and the evil.

  6. What is a Sin? An offense against God as well as a fault against reason, truth, and right conscience A deliberate thought, word, action or omission contrary to the Eternal Law of God The gravity of sin can be classified as venial or mortal

  7. How do we Sin? • Object • The act, word or thought that is chosen • Intention • The goal of the person choosing the action In order for an action to be moral, both the object and intention must be good • Circumstance • The situation, condition or facts affecting the decision. This can either increase or decrease the goodness or evil of the action

  8. Types of Sin • Commission/ Omission • Commission: A direct result of a freely chosen thought, word or deed • Omission: A result of a failure to do something required by God’s Moral Law • Mortal/ Venial • Venial: a less serious offense that damages our relationship with God. • Related to vices, habits of bad actions • Virtues are the opposite of vices; they are habits of good actions • Mortal: A offense so contrary to the will of God that it results in a complete separation from God and his grace.

  9. Criteria for Mortal Sin • Grave matter • Against the commandments • Knowledge of the evil of the offense • Knows the action is wrong • Full consent • Commits the action of his/her own free will, without coercion, real or imagined

  10. Capital Sins • Sven sins that are particularly harmful because they lead to and reinforce other sins and vices. • Pride • Believing you are better than someone else • Avarice • Greediness toward material things, and money • Envy • Uncontrolled resentment toward another’s success • Wrath • Anger that prevents reconciliation and promotes vengeance • Lust • Uncontrolled desire for self-enjoyment of a sexual nature • Gluttony • Excessive eating or drinking or an obsession with either • Sloth • Habitual laziness that hinders fulfilling obligations

  11. Social Sin • “Isms” • Racism • Anti-Semitism • Ageism • sexism • Right to life issues • Abortion • Euthanasia • Capital punishment • Oppression • Slavery • Institutionalized poverty • A collective effect of many personal sins over time, which corrupts society and institutions by creating structures of sin

  12. Human Dignity • All persons are created in God’s image and likeness therefore every human being has infinite worth and dignity. • Social Justice • The defense of human dignity by ensuring that essential human needs are met and that essential human rights are protected: fight against social sin • Common Good • Social conditions that allow for all citizens of the earth, individuals and families, to meet basic needs and achieve fulfillment

  13. Forgiveness Jesus teaches that we need to practice generous forgiveness. He teaches the importance of forgiveness through the parables of the Lost Sheep, the Unforgiving Servant, and the Prodigal Son. In the Sermon on the Mount he teaches that we must also practice loving forgiveness, explaining that we will be judged in the same way we judge others. Jesus tells Peter that we must forgive seventy-seven times—by which he means an unlimited number of times. Above all, Christ wants us to understand that God is primarily waiting to forgive us, not to condemn us.

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