1828. The practice of the moral life animated by charity gives to the Christian the spiritual freedom of the children of God. He no longer stands before God as a slave, in servile fear, or as a mercenary looking for wages, but as a son responding to the love of him who “first loved us”:106
If we turn away from evil out of fear of punishment, we are in the position of slaves. If we pursue the enticement of wages, . . . we resemble mercenaries. Finally if we obey for the sake of the good itself and out of love for him who commands . . . we are in the position of children.107
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
253. How is Baptism prefigured in the Old Covenant?
268. What is the effect of Confirmation?
143. What is the relationship between the Spirit and Christ Jesus in his earthly mission?
520. By what is love for the poor inspired?
167. Is the particular Church catholic?
208. What is the particular judgment?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is the role of church leaders according to Ephesians 4:11-12?
What do the passages in Daniel 7 and 11 teach us about the rise of the antichrist?
What is the role of spiritual gifts in building up the church, according to Ephesians 4:7-16?
What is the example of faith that the poor widow gives us in Luke 21:1-4?
What does the image of the river of life in Ezekiel (Ezekiel 47) represent?
What does Malachi 4:1 say about the punishment of the wicked?
