God's love & creation
Why did God create everything else before creating man?
To prepare the world for mankind, showing His love and care.
What gift did God give mankind?
free will
According to the lesson, what is the wage of sin?
Death
Why did the Redeemer have to be human?
Because man was the one who sinned.
For the wages of ------- is --------.
(Romans 6:23)
For the wages of sin is death.
(Romans 6:23)
What is the significance of God breathing into Adam rather than simply speaking him into existence?
It shows man's unique relationship with God, and that man was created for communion with Him.
God gave Adam and Eve one commandment. What was it and why?
Do not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God wanted to give them free will while also testing to see if they would obey his commandments.
Through a redeemer
Why did the Redeemer have to be sinless?
Otherwise He would need salvation Himself.
Of every tree of the garden you may ------------, but of the ------------------- you shall not eat, for in the day you eat of it you shall --------.” (Genesis 2:16-17)
1. freely eat
2.tree of the knowledge of good and evil
3. surely die
How did God create us? What does it mean? (characteristic)
God created us in his own image. We were created to reflect God's characteristics and have a relationship with Him.
According to Genesis 2:16-17, what consequence would come from eating the forbidden fruit? What does it mean?
"You shall surely die."
What two things did mankind inherit because of Adam's sin?
Death and a corrupted nature.
According to the lesson, how/what can we do to remain in union with Christ
Through the sacrament of the eucharist
Complete the quote from the Liturgy of St. Gregory:
"He resembled us in everything, except ______."
sin alone
How does God's creation of man differ from His creation of animals?
Man was created in God's image and received the breath of life directly from God.
How did Adam and Eve feel directly after disobeying God?
They felt naked and exposed
Why couldn't mankind save itself from sin?
Because everyone shared the same fallen nature. A sinner cannot save himself or another sinner.
What is the incarnation and what does it mean?
The Incarnation is when God the Word, our Lord Jesus Christ, took on human nature and became man without ceasing to be God. Through the Incarnation, He came to save mankind from sin, death, and corruption.
And the ......... of Jesus Christ his son ......... us from all sin (1 John 1:7)
And the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7)
If God knew man would fall, what does creation still reveal about God?
His unconditional love for mankind.
Complete the sequence:
Disobedience → Sin → ______ → Need for a Savior
death
What happened to Adam and Eve when they sinned? What does it symbolize?
They got kicked out of the Garden of Eden. This also symbolized the connection that was destroyed between them and God. When walking in the right path with Christ, we are given blessings we aren't aware of til they're gone.
Name the 5 characteristics of a redeemer
He is fully God and fully man, sinless, Creator, able to die for mankind, and unlimited.
What is (Genesis 2:7)
Then the LORD God formed a man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
(Genesis 2:7)