Religion for children of Educational applications

6. Creation of man

1. God created man

ааа As is written in the Old Testament, God created all the beings from earth and sky. Lower beings are the inanimate ones (lifeless), as the stones; later are the plants(which grow, reproduce and don't move), later are the animals(which can move), and last is the man, who has a body and a soul, with a superior dignity than the rest. The man is the king of creation. Over man there are the angels.

аа Man is a:

аа - RATIONAL or intelligent being:. Animals can't think, but man can think and use language. He has understanding.

аа - FREE. Animals are impulsed by instinct, but men are free to choose their way. Man can choose between good or evil. Man has free will, but he is also in charge of his own acts. Man has the will to choose.

аа Our fathers are part of God's plan to give us a body. Our soul has been created only by God. Our soul is spirit and can't dead, it is inmortal.

аа Man has been created to know, love and obbey God while in Earth andto love him in Heaven later .

A. Choose an answer.

Creation was mentioned in the Testament
Beings which have no life are called
The ones which grow, reproduce and don't move are the
The being with superior dignity thn the rest is the
The being without intelligence is the
Man can speak and think because he is
He can choose between different options because he is
Man has understanding because he is
He is in charge of his own acts because he is
Our body was given to us by our
Our soul was created by

2. We are the sons of God

As we can see in the picture, after the confession and without deadly sin, the grace invades our soul and become sons of God. Then in the man we can separate body, soul and grace, wich dignifies us as sons of God. Without grace, man is an incomplete being.

аа It is written in the Psalm II:Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.Ф These words are refered to Christ, but also to every one of us, christians, because we are adopted sons of God by the Baptism.

B. Answer with a word

By the grace we become sons of
From God Father, Jesus is son
A man in grace of God is
We become sons of God by the

3. Questions from the catechism

1. What is a man? A man is a rational, free being, composed by a body and a soul, and created by God in his own image.

2. From who have we received our soul? We receive our soul from God, who created it from nothing to join it with the body.

3. How is our soul? Our soul is spiritual and inmortal, with understanding and will.

4. From who have we received our body? We received our body from God, by means of our parents.

5. Why God created men? Man has been created to know, love and obbey God while in Earth and later to love Him in Heaven.

6. Are we christians sons of God? Yes, christians are sons of God by the grace.

7. When do we become adopted sons of God? We became adopted sons of God when we are baptized.

C. Choose the correct answers from below.

QUESTIONS	ANSWERS
1. What is a man?
2. From who we received our soul?
3. How is our soul?
4. From who we received our body?
5. Why God created men?
6. Are we christians sons of God?
7. When we started to be sons of God?

	ANSWERS
A	From God, who created it from nothing to join it with the body.
B	By the grace.
C	He is a rational, free being, composed by a body and a soul, and created by God in his own image.
D	From God, by means of our parents.
E	When we are baptized.
F	To know, love and obbey Him while in Earth and to love Him in Heaven.
G	Spiritual and inmortal, with understanding and will.

Intentions for a Christian life

- To thank God, because He created us and take care of us with love.

оArturo Ramo Garcэa.-Record of intellectual property of Teruel (Spain) No 141, of 29-IX-1999
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