Exploring Personality in a One-Act Play: Consequences of Sin

Humanity's rebellion against God's boundaries led to suffering, death, and a selfish, competitive world, as explained in the Christian worldview.

### The Devastating Consequences of Sin in the Christian Worldview
* 🍎 Sin began with the rebellion of Adam and Eve against God's command **not to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil**.
* 💔 As a result of sin, the image of God in humans was damaged, leading to **shame, blame-shifting, and hiding one's wrongdoings**.
* 🚫 Sin caused humanity to lose the **freedom and safety** of living within God's boundaries.
* ⚖ Originally meant to rule over creation harmoniously, humans began to **exploit nature for their own gain**, leading to its **destruction**.
* 💀 The ultimate consequence of sin is death, as humans became **finite beings** and started **killing each other**.
* 🌍 The world transformed from a place of **caring for one another** to a **selfish, competitive, and destructive society**.
* 🌱 Instead of protecting nature, humans now destroy the environment due to **greed**.
* ❓ How can we find our way in a world plagued by **sin and suffering**?
* 📖 Understanding sin in the Christian worldview is crucial, as it differs from societal norms and is considered the **root of human suffering**.

Hello, today let's talk about exploring one's personality in the context of a one-act play. Let's dive right in. In the intro, Jimin was always a student who listened well to his parents. He was good at studying and had many friends. He was the kind of person who received compliments from adults. However, at some point, he began to feel stifled by himself. He didn't know what he truly liked or wanted. He felt like he was just living according to his parents' wishes. One day, he did something he wouldn't normally do - he skipped his academy and went to a game room. But he couldn't even focus on the game. He was anxious about what his mom would say if she found out he was there. As he nervously thought about what he had done, he didn't want to go home at all. Have you ever wanted to escape from your parents? Why was that?

Let's talk freely. Humanity, through the game of promises, escapes from God's bosom. Similarly, when we reflect, it seems like there was something like that. At the smallest unit, when we look back at the community or family, those things come to mind. Like the example of Jimin mentioned here, there is a feeling of wanting to break free from the oppressive parents, wanting to live freely according to one's own will. Sometimes, there are desires like that. It would be nice to open the intro with such a theme. Have you ever wanted to escape from your parents? Since childhood, we have been living under many pressures and constraints from our parents.

I've never had such an experience. If you try asking a question like that, and if you wanted to escape from it, why did you want to do so? Here, I came up with an additional question. It might be good to have a conversation like this, asking what obstacle is blocking me right now. Ultimately, what is oppressing me? Questions in this context would be good. It would be nice to start by dividing it into two questions: What did God allow and forbid to humans? Let's read the content under the subtitle Crossing the Line of Sin. Always read it like reading Genesis, and then read it again, and then let's divide what God allowed and what He forbade. What He allowed was taking care of the Garden of Eden and eating the fruit of all the trees, as mentioned in verses 15 and 16. And what He forbade was eating the fruit that would make them know good and evil.

There are two contents like this. Have you noticed that the snake and Eve are subtly distorting God's word? If you have noticed, you are truly a good reader. Let's fill in the blanks next. Do not eat the fruit of the tree that gives knowledge of good and evil. On the day you eat it, you will surely die, this is what God said. But the snake distorts it here. Did God really say, 'Do not eat the fruit of any tree in the garden'? Distorting it like this. God said not to eat the fruit of the tree that gives knowledge of good and evil, but it's okay to eat the rest. However, the snake cunningly changes it to Do not eat the fruit of any tree.

How can we live without eating the fruit, mixing truth and lies so skillfully to confuse people? That's why in the middle of the garden, God said not to eat or touch the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, warning that they would die if they disobeyed. Eve corrected God, saying they would die if they ate it. The serpent then replied, You will not die; eating this fruit will not cause death. It's just food. Why would you die? This is another distortion. Now, let's look at Genesis 3:3-6. How does the serpent tempt Eve, and how does Eve respond to the temptation? The first temptation of the serpent was, You will not surely die.

And secondly, you will be like God, knowing good and evil, tempting her. At this, Eve's response is to pick the fruit, eat it, and even give some to her husband. By succumbing to this temptation, Eve not only eats the fruit herself but also gives it to her husband, leading to the beginning of this sin. Let's read the connection. God, the ultimate ruler, gave the authority to take care of and rule the world to humans as His representatives and also provided them with all the good things in the Garden of Eden. That is to say, He allowed them to know good and evil through the fruit of the tree, but the mathematician said never to eat it. Humans had to keep this boundary in order to enjoy the freedom and safety given by God. Crossing that line is a rebellion against God, the ultimate ruler, and is like a coup. So, to explain a bit more here, God gave them this safety line.

If we take an analogy of not eating this forbidden fruit, it's like not letting a child play on the road. If we ignore that, the child could cross from the sidewalk to the road. Then, they could get hit by a passing car. In the same way, the safety line that God gave us meant do not cross over from the sidewalk. Kids, the safety line I gave you, not to eat from that line, means do not cross over. If you cross over, the cars of sin will hit you. You will get hurt on that road where cars are speeding. So, it seemed like God was telling us not to cross that safety line. In enjoying freedom on the sidewalk of that safety line, we can enjoy freedom. But when temptation comes, saying, You can be truly free only if you cross the road, that's when humans, just by walking on the sidewalk, start jaywalking to the road.

That's true freedom. Just like how people are tempted to travel on broader roads in India, where they can drive and walk more comfortably, we are able to enjoy freedom and safety within that path. God provided that safe path called India for us. However, the problem arises when we cross that line. God clearly told us to live within the boundaries of India, but we reject God, saying we don't want to live in India, it's too narrow. We want to cross the road, so we cross the road. It's more relatable when put in this analogy. Furthermore, I explained using the example of parents trying to stop their children from crossing over. But here's the issue. Satan appears in the form of a snake, distorting God's good intentions and tempting us to become like God. Adam and Eve.

I disobeyed God's strict command that if I eat the remaining fruit, I will surely die because I want to become like God, the ruler, not satisfied with being a deputy ruler. I trusted the words of the snake and Satan more than God's. It is rebellion against God. Rebelling against God is the sin mentioned in the Bible, and this sin of rebellion has destroyed not only humans but also the order of the entire universe. To give another analogy, following the safety line set by God, following His control, often brings us more stability and freedom. For example, when playing in the sea, it becomes dangerous when entering deep waters. Even in the same sea, shallow waters are safe, but deep waters are dangerous. Also, there are three traffic lights: green, orange, and red. Following them brings safety and freedom.

We shouldn't do it, but if we just run the red light, we might hit someone again, right? And along the mountain course, stairs and paths are made like this. But the moment we deviate from that path, we will get lost in the mountains. If we don't follow the guidelines and control set up, we will be in danger. Just like drunk driving. There is control that says we shouldn't drink and drive, but some might think they can still drive after drinking. By not following that control, not following the law, and driving after drinking, we will put ourselves in danger. Just like that, when we don't follow the control, many dangerous situations occur a lot in our society. Similarly, when we don't follow God's rules and control, many dangerous things happen.

It's about going against God's will, and it is said to be a sin. Within the Christian worldview, it is considered a sin. We will see how humans, going against God's instructions, end up destroying these worlds. Because of sin, the image of God in humans is damaged. Please read this passage carefully. Number 4, as a result of sinning by resisting and rebelling against God's word, how was the appearance of a person as the image of God damaged? Please refer to the table. First of all, sin that is obtained by reflecting God's will causes the image of a person to start deteriorating due to sin. Originally, we were created as beings to rule over creation. However, through rebellion, fig leaves are made to cover up shame, and humans start using nature for their own purposes. So, in the past, humans were meant to rule, but due to sin...

It's broken because of sin. Now, I need to protect myself through nature. No one will protect me. Therefore, I start to use creation for myself. I use nature to hide my shame. Originally, we were in a united relationship where one person was bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh, so we couldn't blame each other. But because of sin, eating the fruit was because of that woman. Now, our united relationship changes into blaming each other and shifting responsibility. We used to love each other and were a united existence. I couldn't be separated from you like my bones and flesh. But now, we have created distance between us, distancing ourselves as humans. Blaming each other, shifting blame, accusing each other, and starting to attack each other all began because of eating this fruit.

People, they were naked and not ashamed. They were built on a truthful and honest relationship, but because of sin, now they are afraid of being exposed. Oh, now, ashamed. Oh my, I was walking around naked like this. Oh, ashamed. Oh, ashamed to hide. In the future, this hiding, the root of any sin in humans is in shame. Shame is hiding. Are they hiding from God that they have eaten from the tree of good and evil? Are they hiding from God? Oh, saying they didn't eat it, that God told them to eat it. Hiding from God. Crying to God, not hiding from God. It was a truthful relationship, a relationship with God without shame, without lies. Hiding the relationship with God. When we were young, if we did something wrong to our parents.

When we make a mistake or do something wrong to a friend, we tend to hide it by saying, It's not my fault, I didn't do that, trying to cover up our wrong or misguided actions. These behaviors are what reveal our sinful nature. Within the Christian worldview, this is why we refer to ourselves as sinners. We try to hide and cover up our wrongdoings, deny them, and refuse to acknowledge them, which reflects human weakness and sin. We are more familiar with such behaviors, and that's why these manifestations come to light due to sin. We blame others, trying to hide our own sins, shifting the blame, and resorting to any means to avoid shame, showing the wicked nature of humanity. Therefore, when we look at the example of Adam and Eve in Genesis chapter 3, we see a reflection of ourselves.

Let's look back. Have you ever tried to avoid responsibility, shift blame to others, or hide your mistakes? When asked to express your feelings in colors, yes, this question leads to that. Haven't we also had such experiences? We have also hidden and tried to conceal our sins, lied to protect ourselves, avoided responsibility, turned away, blamed others, and said, It's not my fault. Have we not had moments like this in our lives? There has never been a time when these sins were absent. It's about talking about these things at least once. Oh, I think I've done that too. Yes, I've been like that too. I've done a lot of things to myself because I didn't want these weak sides of me to show. I've really blamed myself a lot. I've lied to my parents or friends. I haven't revealed my mistakes.

The deputy rulers, who realized the sin of betraying the trust of the people and committing the sin of killing a person, hid from God behind the trees, trembling with guilt and fear. Not only did disharmony arise in their relationship with God, but also among the deputy rulers themselves. The attitude of caring for and taking responsibility for each other disappeared, and they started shifting blame onto one another. Adam, who once regarded Eve as the target of his romantic confession, now resents her, saying, You are bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh, the being I once loved so much is now because of you. This blaming and resentment emerge all because of you. Furthermore, once God, who harmoniously governed nature, named them and said, You are Sarah, you are a sunflower, you are the sun and moon, what are you, what are you.

Pig, what are you? Bird, what are you? By calling each other tails in harmony with nature, they even gave each other names and lovingly ruled nature like this. The delegate rulers who governed nature so harmoniously with each other lose the ability and legitimacy to rule the world. Now they start to use these natures. How can I benefit from nature? How can I make more profits by exploiting these natures, by planting more trees, and producing more goods? How can I destroy these natures and use them for my benefit? As a result of losing the ability to care for nature due to their sin, they begin to destroy it. Were these terrible results waiting for them? What terrible results started to approach humanity? Next subtitle: Losing the authority of delegate rulers and wandering. Read Genesis Chapter 1.

Please, next, what kind of situation did people who ate the fruit of good and evil, which God forbade to eat, end up in? First, they had to work to eat and live. They had to work to eat and live. In the past, God simply provided fruits for humans to eat as He made them bear fruit. We could eat and enjoy within God without the need for our labor. We could eat, drink, and be joyful in God. But now, we have to work and labor to eat. God made the land desolate. Now, in all the earth, the land is no longer abundant. We have to labor to make the fruit bear in all the land. Secondly, we will return to the dust. Just as you came from the dust, you will return to the dust. Ultimately, human beings.

Now we are facing death. God promised at first, The moment you eat from this mountain, you will die. Oh, that promise is being fulfilled. We, as humanity, now face death. In God, we were supposed to live eternally as the original humanity in God. Due to sin, we have now become finite beings who must face death. We were expelled from the third Garden of Eden. The Garden of Eden was a world where God cultivated abundant fruits, rich livestock, and nature and plants frolicked together in a peaceful, truly love-filled space. There, in the Garden of Eden, given by God, we could not coexist with God. Therefore, we could not coexist with God. That's why God...

Because sin itself is a line, God has no choice but to drive the human race, which is broken and defiled by sin, out of the Garden of Eden. So, due to sin that distances us from God, we are driven out of the Garden of Eden and become distant from God. Therefore, humanity loses freedom within God. Also, how did the world with people's rule and care change? The land is cursed. Secondly, thorns and thistles grow. It's no longer an environment where fruits grow abundantly. In the harsh field, humans now have to work and cultivate the land. And now, the fruits, well, in times of famine, they might not bear fruit. So, even if you sow, it's not guaranteed that it will bear fruit. Living in this uncertain land where fruits may or may not bear fruit. No matter how much I...

It doesn't become richer, so now let's take a look at the connection. God's sin of rebellion against God was so great. Adam and Eve could have enjoyed everything, but now they can only obtain it through hard labor. However, the most terrifying result was not that. Death began to threaten the world. Now people not only became finite beings but also started to kill each other. This is truly terrible. Previously, they didn't kill each other. It was so lovely, why would you kill a lovely person? But no longer, because of this sin, people blame each other, criticize, unforgive, hate, and without this love, it leads to death and murder. Okay, you hate me, okay, you no longer love me, okay, I.

I will take revenge on you, somehow I will kill you and just take everything from you. I will take all of your belongings for my benefit, my profit, and my gain. By doing this, we will end up killing each other, and our deaths will be at the hands of humans. This is how it will be, being killed by humans again. Therefore, the story of Cain and Abel from the Bible comes out. After Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden, they had two sons, Cain and Abel. However, now Cain, out of anger and jealousy, terribly kills his brother Abel. This was the first murder in human history. Read the story of Cain and Abel in Genesis Chapter 4 once, and then what did God say to Cain, and what did Cain say? God said, Where is your brother Abel?

Did you feel responsible for being a person? Anyway, we are siblings, and now we are supposed to care for each other as human beings, as beings created by God to care for and love one another. However, the attitude of Am I my brother's keeper? What does it have to do with me? seemed very irresponsible and indifferent. It seemed like, because of this attitude towards his brother, because of these appearances, we started to break the world, to break relationships, and to break the relationship with God. So now, instead of looking at the world, we try to use the world, to use nature and the environment, and even to use people. We have become beings who try to use everything. This is the result of some overall sin in Christian worldview.

By distancing ourselves and by wanting to become like God, we say that we have brought this consequence upon ourselves as we have drifted away from God. Therefore, the Bible says that due to sin, people and society begin to suffer. We transition from a life of caring for the world and each other to a life filled with competition, destruction, death, survival, selfishness, and desire. Christianity teaches that this sinful way of life began, and now let's take a look at the outro. The Riddles were given dominion not only over themselves but also over the water they were supposed to rule. The woman was driven out of Eden and sought righteousness but ended up going astray. It was true that she would die, as the serpent's words were not lies. You won't die, it's just fruit, Satan tempted her, which eventually led to her death.

It was a lie. Joah and Pyeonghwa (peace) were broken, and people are now suffering in a world of survival issues, relationship issues, and death issues. This is the society we live in today. Many people are suffering from the problem of sin. Rather than living healthily and helping others, we compete and strive to win. We often see news about people killing their loved ones, even their families. It has become a common thing. People kill their families for money, kill their beloved neighbors for money, and kill their friends for money. We often see such news. Instead of protecting nature, we destroy the environment. The earth's temperature is rising every summer. Africa is facing water shortages every year.

People are experiencing heat stroke and dying more frequently, and now the environment is starting to change. Even in our country, it is gradually turning into a subtropical climate. Destruction has begun due to human greed, and a world like a jungle, where people die without knowing God properly, has emerged. Now, we each live in a selfish world. There is no one to help us now. We have become a society where we have to compete alone, do everything alone. We have lost the primal appearance of caring for each other, lost the loving gestures. Don't we sometimes feel lost, like we've lost our way in a world like a jungle? Aren't there times when we feel like we are crumbling in loneliness, fear, and worries about the future? How can we find our way in such a world? This is how it concludes with these questions. That's why the Bible talks about the ultimate result of sin being death, in Romans.

In Chapter 6, verse 23, how do you think about death, and have you ever felt death up close? These questions lead to a conclusion, so if we summarize today's content a bit more broadly, ultimately, Christianity states that the world is in such suffering due to human sin. So, study these things, and leaders may come up with additional questions. Members can also try asking questions like, After hearing this story, what do you think about the sin Christianity talks about? It's okay to ask such questions to help understand what Christianity means by sin. Therefore, understanding sin in the Christian worldview is very important.

Before understanding the gospel, it is said that the sin spoken in the world refers to sins as wrongful acts in society, whether norms are followed or not. The criteria for sin are... But in Christianity, sin is not based on that. So, the background knowledge of the differences between the sins spoken in the world's worldview and the sins spoken in Christianity, if understood through this, would be beneficial. That's all for today. Thank you for listening. Goodbye.

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Jimin, a compliant student, feels trapped by his life controlled by his parents' expectations.

He secretly longs to break free and live on his own terms, leading to inner conflict.

The play explores the universal theme of rebelling against oppressive parental control and the desire for personal freedom.

The Consequences of Temptation and Rebellion According to the Bible

Eve succumbs to temptation and leads Adam to sin, rebelling against God's command.

The act of disobeying God is seen as a destructive sin that disrupts the order of the universe.

The text uses various analogies to illustrate that following God's rules brings stability and freedom, while rebellion leads to danger and destruction.

The Impact of Sin on the Human Relationship with God

Going against God's will is considered a sin in the Christian worldview, leading to a damaged image of God in humans.

Sin causes a shift from a united and loving relationship to blaming, hiding, and attacking others, reflecting the wicked nature of humanity.

The tendency to avoid responsibility, hide one's mistakes, and blame others is seen as a manifestation of human weakness and sin, impacting the relationship with God.

The Consequences of Betrayal and Sin in Genesis

Deputy rulers hide in guilt and fear after betraying the trust of the people and committing murder, leading to disharmony with God and among themselves.

The relationship between Adam and Eve deteriorates as blame and resentment arise, while the loss of harmony with nature results in the exploitation and destruction of the environment.

Eating the forbidden fruit leads to the need for labor to eat, the inevitability of death, and expulsion from the Garden of Eden, causing humanity to lose freedom and live in a cursed land.

The Consequences of Sin According to the Christian Worldview

The sin of rebellion against God led to a life of suffering, competition, and selfishness, as described in the Bible.

The story of Cain and Abel illustrates the first human murder, reflecting the breakdown of relationships and the disregard for others.

Christianity teaches that this sinful way of life has led to the suffering of people and society, moving away from a life of care and love towards one of selfishness and desire.

The Current State of Society and the Christian View of Sin

The world is facing issues of survival, relationships, and death, leading to a selfish and competitive society.

Human greed and destruction of the environment are causing suffering and a shift towards a jungle-like world.

The message concludes with a discussion of sin in Christianity, emphasizing the importance of understanding it in the Christian worldview and its differences from societal norms.