Spirit of Truth, Classic Edition > Grade 8 > Unit 1
Lesson 5: Relationships Build the Kingdom
Relationships founded on justice, love, and mutual respect build up the Church and the Kingdom of God.
Relationships founded on justice, love, and mutual respect build up the Church and the Kingdom of God.
If we love God, we will take care of His creation.
The family is a communion of persons, a sign and image of the Holy Trinity.
Morality is the quality of our actions whereby they are right or wrong.
Friendship is necessary for us as persons.
There is no freedom except in service of what is good and just; because we are free to make choices, we are responsible for those choices.
The works of mercy give us a framework to build a better society and treat everyone as we would treat Christ Himself.
Society is a group of persons bound together organically by a principle of unity that goes beyond each one of them.
The Church is like a family: God is our Father, the Church is our mother, and Christ is our brother.
Authority is the quality of exercising power over others and expecting obedience from them, and comes from God.
The world was made for the glory of God, to show it forth and communicate it.
The world was made for the glory of God, to show it forth and communicate it.
We can know God’s love from the beauty of creation.
We can know God’s love from the beauty of creation.
We can know God’s love from the beauty of creation.