The Problem Solving Analysis states: A man was nearing the end of his life. He bragged about how he rejected God was never baptized and became an athiest. He got cancer and had a change of heart. You heard he met with a priest a few times before he died. What are his redemptive options upon his death?
The Man has two choices: 1)Accept God and Everything that He does for us, and 2)opt to reject or ignore his gift of salvation.
If the man were to choose the first choice, he would enter into the state of Purgatory(if he was in complete holiness with God, he'd go straight to heaven.) Purgatory is not a place, rather a state. Because our body does not enter it, our soul does.
What is Soul? The soul is the spiritual or immaterial part of a human-- regarded as immortal. This is one of the God given aspects as humans.
If we go back into the section about Last Things, we come across the topic of Particular Judgment. Particular Judgment is the Judgement at the moment of death, the soul is judged by God and rewarded with eternal communion with God in Heaven-- Either Immidiately or following purification in Purgatory
Now we have the second Redemptive Option: Rejection of God
To reject God is a spiritual death sentence. By choosing to reject God, you are damned to live a life a suffering after death. At the Time of Particular Judgment and/ or Final judgment, you must commit to God, otherwise you will not find eternal hapiness in heaven. Furthurmore, if the man chose to reject God, his soul would forever remain in Hell. (remember it's a state! not a place!)
How did we recieve this redemptive choice?
First off, God always had a plan for salvation, however it wasn't untill he sent Jesus Christ, his son to save us all.
Through his Passion, Death, and Resurrection, Jesus Christ opened the gates of Heaven, which is an essential part of redemption.
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