Studies in Christian Ethics: The Biblical Basics for Ethics
Basics of Christian Ethics
God, seeking God and is kingdom is the highest good and to then also do this God’s will
The character and the word of Gods is the final authority
God righteousness
God is the eternal rock unchanged
Are we capable of in our freedom to be ethical and moral.
Our nature since Adam has been sinful.
Apart from God we do nothing righteous
The law shows us apart from God we cannot do good
The old and new Testaments
Old testament- Geek, Babylonian based on reason and social duties
In contracts God’ law from God and his will for man
OT law is incomplete- God Revelation as applicable to time.
O.T. Law NT. Grace
Many question why things were allowed in the OT that seem contradictory
The Bible is of God redeeming his people so just because it happened doesn’t mean that God approved it.
Murder and killing in war the Bible views them differently
Rahab- the question of Lying and how I was justified.
Rahab was justified by her faith.
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Principles of NTE
- Ethics given by a Savior.
- Principles not laws with eternal value
- These Ethics only are for those under grace, Christians
- Ethics is not like Greek or Egyptian something external our way we think and the way we act should be cohesive.
Motives of focus of glorifying God and with faith.
“Conduct is ethically right when it is the outcome of a good motive carried out by the right means and results in biblically acceptable consequences.”( studies in Christian ethics pg 33)
Christian Ethics is marriage of heart and soul.
Christian Ethics is an act of service of love of worship
The philosopher Immanuel Kant duty as a motivation or ethics. He based this on a deity outside of ourselves credit us all equally so we should respect each other.
Duty that is easy I hardly useful, duty is valued in doing what is hard when we do not want to do it.
He was missing that this comes from development of Character.
Evolutionary view
We have these ethics through evolution to keep ourselves alive.
How do we determine what is of value because we are all matter.
Evolutionary view
God and his design and creation is the base for mortality.
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Kan The Duty Ethic, Evolutionary Ethics, and God as the Foundation for Morality
The philosopher Immanuel Kant duty as a motivation or ethics. He based this on a deity outside of ourselves credit us all equally so we should respect each other.
Duty that is easy I hardly useful, duty is valued in doing what is hard when we do not want to do it.
He was missing that this comes from development of Character.
We have these ethics through evolution to keep ourselves alive.
How do we determine what is of value because we are all matter.
Why would we respect each other if we are all just matter?
God and his design and creation is the base for mortality.
Foundational Considerations on Sexuality and the Purposes of Marriage God, Chapter 14
God’s Law of sexual fidelity shows purpose of God’s law is for human welfare
Follow the instruction provided, provides the greatest Joy
God created human's male and female in the image of God
God is a non-sexual being, yet God is, God the father
Some try to say that God is he/she not so Scripture God the father – yet the loves the church as mother.
We see God’s characters of his personal are a reflection what a marriage is a blend of God’s character.
Biologically different #1 – each has a biological purpose in fruitful and multiply
Does society put the rest of the characteristics. - God says our external should express what we are biologically created to be.
Biology is different in more ways than thrower and catcher/ carrier- bone density, brain structure, hormones.
Yet in Christ we are asked to be Christ/ Jesus like in character. Strong and understanding.
1 Peter 1: 3 Our minds are to be strong for God
Galatians speak to in Christ we are “no male and female”
Scripture speaking to the equality of woman and men in their character, as standing before God.
Marriage is about connection
Singleness – Jesus was single-
More time to devote to relation with God and serving God
Some are given the gift of Singleness- one can be self-controlled and not a strong desire to be married
Singles still need a community to not be alone.
Singleness is not considered a more Holy state a higher calling/ idea mixed in the gnostic idea of the physical word is less important and even evil.
Marriage as a d
Procreation
Demonstration of Love
Most marriage problems stem from on a personal level sin – having nothing to do with marriage but the invididual live of integrety and opennedss nefroe God.
To leave family
The focus should be what is our identity, all our identity is in Christ.
Commitment – fidelity and duty. Nurturing of one relation ship
Oneness of Body
Unity in Christ- when we close of God we close of the other person. For we are unity in Christ.
The Question of Homosexuality Biblical and Scientific Considerations
Homosexuality against the law threw most of history. Parliament in 1996 changed it as no longer illeg
Al, us followed in 2013.
Pop culture was already leading the charge that we are just born in our natural way.
The church must learn how to respond humbly, as we all are sinners.
The church in UK started changing it’s Christian churches to have a stance with society
We then see the US to mirror this.
Helping people integrate sexuality and faith This can not be
What the Bible say
The error in reaching people was focusing on morality argument.
The focus should be on who Christ and that he loves and forgives- his Character, the reason universally that we need Christ.
The church is harder on sin outside the church than inside the church. Hypocritical.
Homosexually come out of adverse experiences in life with peer or parents or abuse.
Major Christin leaders using scripture to support homosexual lifestyles
You have to do know how to study the word and meanings
There is a difference between sexual attraction and homosexuality
God designed our brain in create new path ways. New though patters can be created.
No matter what kind of sin, the first step is to stop
We have all sinned a fallen short of God
Realist expectation of Change new brain paths take time to build
The church needs to be the place where people can come that need Christ identity.
Oneness – sex is rooted in physical and phycologal oness- for fulenss of the given if of sexuality is when we follow God’s order. To be one is hard to do with more than one person.
The incorrect treatment of women throughout history.
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Grace
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Faith in God
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Why would we respect each other if we are all just matter?
Marriage is designed by God
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Knowing the word of God
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Apart frem God we can not make good choices
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Duty
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Kan The Duty Ethic, Evolutionary Ethics, and God as the Foundation for Morality
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God is unchanging
His forgivness and love not bound by humans labels of what is bad right now.
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Change comes from internal Change threw God. The law show us we need God.
God comes in and loves the church by giving himself for the church, this is a mystery like marriage
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God law for life
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