The Big Lie

Our first parents said “No” to God, refusing to love him by doing his will.

By this act they separated themselves from God, casting away His presence from their souls, losing the gift of being adopted children of God and dong irreparable damage to themselves.

With original sin, the powers of the human soul have been wounded. And this wounded human nature is passed down to the children of Adam and Eve to all people.

We have received a soul that is inclined to distrust God and disobey him. We are inclined to say “No!” to God. That is why all subsequent sin, the Catechism states, follows the same pattern, a failure to trust the goodness of God that results in disobedience toward him. (397)

Humanity separated itself from God by a resounding “No!” That “No!” has been repeated by every individual human throughout human history because every human inherited a fallen and wounded human nature inclined to this “No!” to God, inclined to turn away from him in disobedience and sin. 

Receiving a human nature inclined toward sin and away from God, all people have followed suit, we have all sinned, we have all turned away from God placing ourselves on a trajectory away from him, unable to turn ourselves around. We found ourselves in a state helplessly headed to eternal destruction.

We need someone who could save us and reconcile us to God. We needed a mediator. Someone who could reconcile and reunite humanity to God. 

Jesus Christ saves us and reconciles us to God.