The aim of this lesson is for your children to understand that God is the Creator of everything that is, including everything we can see and everything we cannot see. God is the source of all life, and everything good comes from Him. Your children will also begin to understand that God communicates invisible, spiritual realities to us through visible, material signs and symbols in creation.
God is love and He made us out of love.
Truth is knowable, and the search for it is worthwhile.
We can know God’s love from the beauty of creation.
The story of creation in Genesis is not meant to be science, but rather it communicates important truths about God and humanity.
The world was made for the glory of God, to show it forth and communicate it.
We listen to and talk with God when we pray.
The three artifacts of the Fall are darkened intellect, weakened will, and inclination toward sin.
To be made in God’s image and likeness means that we possess an intellect, free will, and a capacity for love.
God made Adam and Eve in His image and likeness to live out the roles of priest, prophet, king, son or daughter of God, and spouse.
The mystery of the Holy Trinity is that God is three Persons in one God.
The world was made for the glory of God, to show it forth and communicate it.
Human beings image God not only as individual persons, but most perfectly as male and female in a common union (communion) of love.
To love God means to love our neighbor, which is a sign of being a disciple of Christ.
Cain and Abel both fulfilled their priestly role given to them through Adam by offering sacrifice to God. Cain’s sacrifice, however, was unacceptable as it did not represent a true spiritual sacrifice.
