fall of man lecture 1

8/3/2019 Fall of Man Lecture 1

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temptation...


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The story attempts to explain

the origin of sin and evil. It isnor clear what kind of sin Adam

and Eve committed. Nor does

the story tell how the first sin was

committed.

However, the message is clear. It

tells us that man was tempted,

his free will was tempted. Man failed;he made the wrong choice. He was

disobedient to Gods order, maybe

because he wanted to be like God.

This would point to mans pride.


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Evil can be presented as

very attractive and good:

the woman saw that the tree was

good for food, pleasing to the

eyes, and desirable for gaining

wisdom. So she ate, and she

also gave some to her husband

and he ate it.

When man stops listening to Godand entertains temptations, his fall is very near.

This illustrates how easily

man can pull along his

fellowman in his fall.


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Most of all, he presents the outcome of disobedience as

something beautiful, desirable, and pleasing to man:

Your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods.

The serpent is the

tempter in the story.

The Bible

often uses

the symbolof the

serpent to

speak of the

devil.

The serpent

questions

the wisdom

and validity

of Gods

order.


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The author says: They

realized that they were naked.

They were afraid of God, theyhid themselves. But knows

everything. He called Adam

and asked him why he had

done it. Adam put the blameon eve, Eve on the serpent.

After the first sin was committed,

Adam and Eve realized that they

did wrong. They felt guilty andashamed.

Man always tries to justify or excuse his shortcomings and

failures. But every person is responsible for his own acts.The Love story of God and His People, 1984, Fr. Luc Colla CICM, Vera Reyes, Inc.


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It makes light of the real

personal harm caused by sins topersons, families and whole

communities.

Usually we Filipinos are

ever ready to excuse our own

and others' faults: "Sapagkattayo'y tao lamang."

We often interpret our mis-

fortunes as punishment from Godfor our sins (tadhana), or as a test

from God (pagsubok). But this can lead us to

concentrate on the

punishment rather than

the real evil of sin itself.


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What really bothers most of us

is not so much the moral evil of sinas the feeling of shame (hiya),

of losing face before others.

The exclamation "Sorry!"

is used so frequently in

common speech to mean

something like "pasensiya"that it no longer expresses any

genuine sorrow or contrition,

with firm intention of

changing one's ways.


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But perhaps the more common obstacle

to living as outgoing, charitable,

forgiving Christians in daily life is theintense concern we normally feel for

family, friends and relatives

"kamag-anak".

Unfortunately, this often is combined with

complete unconcernfor others. Another

common problem arises when, with the

familiar bayanihan spirit, some sociallyoriented project is begun. Too often it fails

because of the "ningas-kugon"defect of

not following through when the initial

enthusiasm wanes.


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= the couples awareness of theirnakedness after they sinned

suggests that a change took

place in their consciousness

= they were no longer at ease with themselves

= sin had worked a profound change in them

1. It alienatesor divides people

from themselves


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the first couple felt unconformable with Godspresence hence they hide

2. It alienates peoplefrom God


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two ways we can observe:

a. As a result of sin, nature pictured as being at warwith the couple. The soil brings forth weeds and

thorns. It causes them to labor and sweat

b. As a result of sin, the 1stcouple's bodies is also at

war against them. Their bodies are no longer under

their control. They are controlled by pain and death.

3. It alienates peoplefrom nature


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= in Gen 4:1-10,16 the story of Cains violence

= the storys main purpose basically is to teach that

when people break faith with God, they soon break

faith with one another.

4. It alienates peoplefrom each other.


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= the flood

story [Gen 6-9]

5. Leads to destructionof ourselves and our

world


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= the story of the tower of Babylon [Gen 11.1-10]

6. It alienates nationfrom nation

[Gen 11:1-10]


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Finally, since man and his wife were nowexcluded from partaking of the fruit of the tree

of life (cf. Gn 3:22-24), death will be theirs, "For

you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

(Gen 3:19). Catechism for Filipino Catholics chapter 8, context 372-373


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also:

Notes coming from Mr. N. Benter

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