1.3 Selfishness, Greed, Ignorance, Sin

Question 1

What is Sin

Answer 1

Rejection of God and his ways

Question 2

What is Selfishness

Answer 2

Put themselves first at the expense of others

Question 3

What is ignorance

Answer 3

Lacking knowledge of difference between right and wrong

Question 4

Greed

Answer 4

Excessive desire for things, when no actual need for it

Question 5

Original Sin

Answer 5

Adam and Eve banished from God because they ate from the tree of knowledge against God’s will

Question 6

John 3:16

Answer 6

‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him shall not die but have eternal life’

Question 7

What is the Golden Rule-Matthew 7

Answer 7

Selfishness is wrong and we should show concern for others

Question 8

Parable of the Good Samaritan

Answer 8

At the time, Jews and Samaritans did not get along
A Jew beaten up by robbers was on the street, and many passed but nobody helped him. A Samaritan stopped to help him.
Agape

Question 9

Non - Christians beliefs on selfishness

Answer 9

For evolution to occur, selfishness is needed

Question 10

Greed: Matthew 6:24

Answer 10

‘You cannot serve both God and money’

Question 11

Matthew 19:26

Answer 11

‘It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God’

Question 12

Non - Christian views Greed

Answer 12

Positive aspects of greed:
Many developments in society are a result of greed
Scientific discoveries are for greed -> profiit