[tag=IN] [word=sin] [lemma=and] □
[tag=IN] [word=sin] [lemma=and] [□]
[tag=IN] [word=sin] [lemma=and] □+
This is brought about in the sacrifice of Christ , by which man redeems the debt of sin and is reconciled to God . A person either embraces sin and is defiled , or struggles against sin and lives righteously . Through the three-fold immersion in the waters of Baptism in the Name of the Holy Trinity , one dies to the old ways of sin and is born to a new life in Christ . To know God as creator is to understand that the world remains good despite the effects of sin and is amenable to creative activity . " I daresay we've heard a bit about original sin , " he writes , " but not nearly enough about original glory , which comes before sin and is deeper to our nature . Conscious of his own weakness and trusting the mercy of God the deacon should regularly approach the Sacrament of Penance , ( 208 ) in which sinful man encounters Christ the Redeemer , receives forgiveness of sin and is impelled towards the fullness of charity . What matters is that the heart understands that all that happened redeems us from sin and opens to us the doors of salvation . God takes what we have ruined by sin and makes it far better , through His Son .