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Lesson 3: Grace Is the Gift of God's Life
Grace is the free and undeserved gift of God’s life within us that makes us adopted sons and daughters of God.
Grace is the free and undeserved gift of God’s life within us that makes us adopted sons and daughters of God.
The sacraments are signs of grace that give us God’s divine life.
When we love unselfishly, we live as the Lord lives.
Learning to know and choose the good is a habit we can develop.
A well-formed conscience helps us make good decisions, in spite of how we might initially feel.
God speaks to us in our consciences, helping us make good choices.
We need to learn and practice how to make good moral choices.
The first three commandments show us how to be faithful to God and honor Him.
Baptism is necessary for salvation from sin.
We must speak, act, and uphold the truth, and so we should not lie in word, thought, or deed.
Sin leads us away from God and the plan of happiness He has for us and leads us closer to eternal separation from Him in Hell.
Conscience is not a feeling but an ability of mans reason to judge whether an action is moral or immoral.
Grace is the expression of Gods love that not only makes us His adopted children but also makes us good.
Original Sin is a wounded human nature transmitted to all the children of Adam and Eve, causing suffering and the tendency to sin even today.
Living a life of holiness as a disciple of Christ requires us to live a life of witness to Him by sharing with the world our love for Christ by our words and actions.