Christian Morality Unit 1

What is the process to achieve eternal happines (joy and glory of Heaven)?

True happiness: draw near to Jesus through baptism → Follow Christ as a disciple → Eternal happiness in Heaven

What power does God give you? What comes with this power?

To act or not to act (free will). With freedom comes responsibility for acts that you make freely and deliberately.

Morality: what are the three sources to discern right and wrong?

Human reason, human experience, and divine revelation

What is Christian Morality?

A response to God. It is more than just obeying rules. It is having a personal relationship with God.

Why do we respond morally?

To become fully the person that God wants us to be.

Why be good?

Goodness is connected to God. By doing good we grow closer to God.

What does living a moral life mean?

Acting according to God’s plan, and being responsible and cooperating with God’s grace to live a fully human life.

Why does God want to communicate to you his own divine life?

So that you become “capable of responding to him, and of knowing him, and of loving him far beyond your own natural capacity”.

Your human nature is…

A religious one. You fulfill it only when you freely choose to accept and live your bond with God.