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r el ati o n s hi p t h at s h o ul d e xi st b et w e e n p e o pl e a n d G o d. T hi s o ri gi n al si n h a s aff e ct e d e v e r y h u m a n b ei n g b o r n si n c e t h e n. C h ri sti a n s b eli e v e t h at b e c a u s e of o ri gi n al si n, h u m a n b ei n g s ti n d it a c h all e n g e t o d o t h e ri g ht t hi n g. C h ri sti a n s a r e a w a r e of t hi s p r o bl e m w h e n t h e y c o m e t o c o n si d e r h o w t h e y c a n li v e a g o o d lif e.
T h e r e a r e t w o ki n d s of a ct u al si n: si n s of o mi s si o n ( w h e n y o u d o n't d o s o m et hi n g y o u k n o w y o u s h o ul d d o) a n d si n s of c o m mi s si o n ( w h e n y o u d o s o m et hi n g y o u k n o w y o u s h o ul d n’t d o). C h ri sti a n s b eli e v e t h at a ct u al si n c o m e s u s u all y f r o m o u r p ri d e a n d s el ti s h n e s s. A ct u al si n d a m a g e s o u r r el ati o n s hi p wit h G o d, ot h e r p e o pl e a n d t h e n at u r al w o rl d. T hi s d a m a g e st a n d s i n t h e w a y of a h u m a n b ei n g li vi n g a g o o d lif e.
B e c a u s e of it s h a r mf ul eff e ct s o n t h e si n n e r (i. e. t h e p e r s o n w h o si n s) a n d o n ot h e r s, C h ri sti a nit y t a k e s si n v e r y s e ri o u sl y. H o w e v e r, C h ri sti a nit y d o e s n o t o nl y f o c u s o n si n. It al s o off e r s a w a y t o o v e r c o m e it a n d m a k e a f r e s h st a rt. C h ri sti a n s b eli e v e t h at: •
I N V E S TI G AT E
T h e r e i s n o h u m a n a n s w e r t o si n. T h e a n s w e r t o si n c a n b e f o u n d o nl y of G o d’ s f o r gi v e n e s s.
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• G o d s e nt hi s o nl y s o n, J e s u s C h ri st, t o f r e e hi s b eli e v e r s f r o m t h e p o w e r of si n. T HI N K P AI R S H A R E
D u ri n g hi s p u bli c mi ni st r y, J e s u s a n n o u n c e d t h e f o r gi v e n e s s of si n s. H e d e m o n st r at e d hi s p o w e r o v e r all t h e h a r mf ul eff e ct s of si n i n t h e w o rl d, s u c h a s di s e a s e, l o n eli n e s s a n d st a r v ati o n.
J e s u s s ai d t h at G o d h a s u nli mit e d l o v e, e v e n f o r t h e w o r st of u s. G o d f o r gi v e s si n s w h e n t h e si n n e r r e all y w a nt s t o r ef o r m hi s o r h e r lif e.
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A m aj o r o c c a si o n of f o r gi v e n e s s i n t h e C at h oli c t r a diti o n of C h ri sti a nit y i s t h e S a c r a m e n t of R e c o n cili a ti o n ( al s o c all e d C o nf e s si o n). If a b eli e v e r i s t r ul y s o r r y f o r hi s o r h e r si n s a n d i s willi n g t o m a k e u p f o r d a m a g e d o n e, t h e p ri e st i s a ut h o ri s e d t o f o r gi v e t h e s e si n s. O nl y G o d c a n f o r gi v e si n, b ut i n t hi s c o nt e xt t h e p ri e st i s a ut h o ri s e d t o a ct i n G o d’ s pl a c e.
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C H E C K Y O U R U N D E R S T A N DI N G 1.
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Ex pl ai n t h e m e a ni n g of ( a) ori gi n al si n ( b) t h e t w o ty p es of act u al si n. For C hristi a ns, w h at is t h e a ns w er t o t h e pr o bl e m of si n ?
Ex pl ai n w h at h a p p e ns d uri n g t h e C at h olic S acr a m e nt of R ec o ncili ati o n. I N T H E Z O N E
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