sinful not fully good fully loving Why not Lying to your friend to save their feelings do I look good in this cursing Gods name Harbouring a grudge Putting others ID: 657105
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What is Sin?
Which of these actions is sinful - not fully good/ fully loving? Why not? Lying to your friend to save their feelings (do I look good in this?)cursing God’s nameHarbouring a grudgePutting others downCohabiting, refusing marriageTurning a blind eye to a muggingGiving into peer pressure to shopliftDisobeying your parents when they tell you to be home by 11pmIgnoring/ blanking a homeless personHaving an abortion
To sin, is to do something that is not fully good or fully loving, so it goes against God’s laws.
To define sin
To explain the need for reconciliation
To reflect on guiltSlide2
Sin: doing something that is not fully good/ fully loving, & therefore goes against God. We do it
freely, knowing that it is wrong.Copy out the definition of sin above.Why are these examples of sin? Match it to the reasons on the right. cursing God’s nameHarbouring a grudge or putting others downCohabiting (refusing marriage) or abortionTurning a blind eye to a muggingGiving into peer pressure to shoplift**Why does a sin have to be done knowingly and freely to be a sin?It is a deliberate choice to go against God’s willIt is a sin of omission – not doing something when you shouldIt goes against Jesus’ teachings about loveIt is a sin of weaknessIt breaks God’s Law/ 10 CommandmentsSlide3
Why is sin bad?
Even a sin that is “fun” to do, and doesn’t hurt anyone?venialmortalVenial Sin: SMALL not serious, not knowingly done, not completely deliberate eg someone dies from food poisoning because of problems with food storage you did not know aboutMortal Sin: SERIOUSserious, deliberate, knowingly done. (Mortal= death-dealing.)IN a table, give examples of 2 of each.Explain the difference between venial and mortal sins.Slide4
Sorrow & Guilt.
Sorrow – recognising that you have done wrong, being& are sorry. You genuinely want things to be different. Guilt – an heavy sense of regret, failure, low self-worth. Can lead to depression, moving away from God & others. Forgiveness makes the person free to live in peace again.Reconciliation means healing divisions (re-concile) - between yourself, God, people, the Church.After sinning, which do you need to feel more - sorrow or guilt? Why?What does experiencing forgiveness do for someone?Write down a definition of Reconciliation, & who needs to be reconciled.*Reflect on a time you hurt someone, & really felt bad about it. Did you go and seek forgiveness, from God or from them? Did it help? Slide5
Are sins defined by random rules that God has made up?
Or does sin go deeper than that?