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Christian Ethics Reviews Flashcards

1
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What has today’s society largely abandoned?

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Moral and Ethics

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What are the components of the five-step process to implementing good ethics?

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a) Know to or not to
b) Know how to
c) Motivation to want to
d) Will to
e) Follow through

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Complete the statements of FIVE benefits of knowing and practicing ethics.

a) Allows ______ choices before _______ and _______.
b) Creates _______ among ________ by practicing _______, ________ and ______________.
c) Provides ________ for _________ decisions and actions.
d) Results in _______ among _____ and all ___________.
e) Manifests power of _____, _______ ______, that seeks what is best for others.

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a) MORAL, GOD, MAN.
b) TRUST, MEN, HONESTY, HONOUR, TRUSTWORTHINESS.
c) AUTHORITY, STRATEGIC.
d) RESPECT, MEN, RELATIONSHIPS.
e) LOVE, GOOD WILL.

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In the behaviour of man, where did Christian ethics receive its impetus?

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New Testament church doctrines

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The Ministry of Jesus is the __________ ______ of the ages.

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turning point

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Paul wrote in 2 timothy 3:1-17 that in the last days perilous times would come. Name five of the ways this will be evident:

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a) Men shall be LOVERS of their own SELVES.
b) Covetous
c) Boasters
d) Proud
e) Blasphemers

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The millennium is an ethically troubled time because:

a) Deep _______ and potential _______ between religious vision and scientific method continue to _______ the gap between men.
b) Rise of a ________ ________-no _____ of God.
c) Rise of Self-___________.

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a) conflict, changes, widen
b) godless society - no fear
c) navigators

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True or False

Whatever is legal is legitimate for Christians.

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False

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What behaviour are involved in a standard of conduct that draw a person close to God?

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a) Concious ethics

b) Convictions

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What is a very important aspect of ethics?

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Decision Making

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What do most leaders constantly work at?

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Making decisions simple

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What does decision making demand?

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Choice by a free moral agent.

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Choices have ________

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consequences

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14
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What is never the basis for earning salvation?

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Obedience to commandments

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What does genuine Christian love motivate a believer to fulfil? (Rom. 10:13)

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The requirements of the moral law.

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What are the four sources of authority recognised for making ethical decisions?

a) Natural ______
b) _______ prudence
c) _______ mores
d) Divine ______

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a) law
b) Judicial
c) Cultural
d) command

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_________ are the final court of appeal for ethics.

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Scriptures

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Match the correct words to each statement.
general, overall, specific, various
a) it gives ________ commands and precepts
b) It gives ________ principles
c) It gives ________ precedents
d) It gives an _______ worldview

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a) specific
b) general
c) various
d) overall

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What are the two poles between which all Christian decision must be made?

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a) Reality of God on the one hand

b) Concrete contingent situation of the action on the other

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Name three ways that believers can please God.

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a) By asking the right things
b) By living a separated life
c) By doing His will

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Name two ways our conduct must be towards God.

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a) Done in His Name

b) As unto Him

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Name two ways our conduct must be towards others.

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a) Be a good example

b) Worthy of our calling

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Name two ways our conduct must be towards one’s self.

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a) Pure and not lustful

b) Must not defile

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Christianity is not limited to __________ but it is a relationship with God through Christ.

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Morality

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Morality cannot provide __________ and __________.

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salvation, spirituality

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Give a prime source of morality?

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The infilling of the Holy Spirit of Man’s conscience toward God

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There are two necessary features for an issue to be considered an applied ethical issue.

a) The issue needs to be _________. Significant groups of people are both for and _________ the issue at hand.
b) The issue must distinctly be a ______ issue.

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a) controversial, against

b) moral

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The following principles are the ones most commonly appealed to in applied ethical discussions:

a) Consequentialist Principles. these appeal to the ___________ of an action as it affects the _________ or _________.
b) Duty-based Principles are duties we have toward ________.
c) Duty-based Principles are based on moral ________.

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a) consequences, individual, society
b) others
c) rights

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Biomedical ethics focuses on a range of issues which arise in _______ settings. Give two examples:

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CLINICAL

a) Euthanasia
b) Medical experimentation on humans

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Environmental ethics often ________ with business and medical issues: Give two examples:

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OVERLAP

a) Rights of animals
b) Morality of animal experimentation

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Sexual ethics and morality. Give two examples:

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a) Monogamy vs polygamy

b) Sexual relations without love

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Social Ethics and morality. Give two examples:

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a) Capital punishment

b) Nuclear war

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Ethics deal with human ____________ in and out of the ___________.

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relationships, church

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34
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When God _________ to be recognised as God and sovereign, man must search for some other _________ for his morality and ethics.

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ceases, authority

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We can know what God expects when we study the progressive ____________ of His intent and will for ______ through the centuries covered in the Bible.

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revelation, men

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36
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Idolatry is any relationship or _________ that ________ the glory or honour ______ to God because of His _________ and authority.

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behaviour, reduces, due, character

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37
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Ethics is about human ___________ and things that motivates it, reasons or __________, whether an action is right or wrong.

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behaviour, emotions

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Contextual ethics is a Biblical parallel to situation ethics in that this view appeals to _________ understanding and human __________.

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sympathetic, judgement

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Social ethics is concerned with man’s social ____________ as judged by standards in the ___________ _____.

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relationships, Christian faith

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40
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Good is what God _______.

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wills

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41
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What God says _______.

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goes

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42
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The _______ He determines as _______ are good.

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acts, good

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If God wills an ________ to be evil, then it is ________.

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action, evil

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True or False:
The only way we can know God’s will is to know God or have God make His will and command known through the revealed scripture.

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True

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45
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True or False:

God is absolutely morally perfect and we must measure many things by Him.

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False

46
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Ethics deals with what _______ to be, not with what ___.

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ought, is

47
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Deontological means duty _______ to do _______.

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centered, right

48
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Moral ________ that reflect God’s nature are good whether they are _________ or not.

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actions, successful

49
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Four of the ethical views claim to be absolute-isms. They are:

a) ____________ which believes in only one absolute, love; the others believe in two or more absolutes.
b) ___________ absolutism contends that these absolute moral principles never _________.
c) __________ absolutism contends that we are responsible to do the lesser evil but are ________ for whichever one we break.
d) ________ absolutism holds that our responsibility is to obey the greater _______________.

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a) Situationism
b) Unqualified, conflict
c) Conflicting, guilty
d) Graded, commandment

50
Q

Christians who take their name from Jesus Christ need to live their lives by means of ____________ or ___________ normative ethics.

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predictable, prescriptive

51
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Ethics pertain to our __________.

A

behaviour.

52
Q

We must be filled with the ________ and ________ of Jesus Christ living according to His _________.

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mind, Spirit, precepts

53
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True or False:
Christian principles are based on the following four areas:
a) Basic principles of love. ___
b) The disciple’s behaviour must surpass a sinner’s. ___
c) The reward for living right. ___
d) The promise: reciprocal behaviour - you will give what you receive. ___

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a) False
b) True
c) True
d) False

54
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Multiple Choice:
One of these is not a specific behaviour governing human relationships that Jesus touched on.
a) Love, Christians are to love all men, even enemies;
b) Do good to those you love;
c) Pray for others
d) Offer the other cheek

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b) do good to those you love

55
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Multiple Choice:
Jesus touched upon three specific behaviours governing property. Which one of the following was not them:
a) Deprive not
b) Give
c) Demand not
d) Borrow little
A

d) Borrow little

56
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What is the golden rule?

A

As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them.

57
Q

The golden rule reveals the ________ of God.

A

heart

58
Q

____________ in the world is to be one of ______-________.

A

Behaviour, self-denial

59
Q

Jesus lived and taught a ________ ethic.

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covenant

60
Q

What are the characteristics of covenant ethics?

a) God is the sole _________ for decisions and actions.
b) If God is sovereign in the life of a Christian, His Word is ____________ and we must ________.

A

a) authority

b) authoritative, conform

61
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Christian ethics involves personal ______________.

A

relationships

62
Q

Christian ethic is a ___________ ethic because man is a ____________ creature.

A

community, communal

63
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The New Testament epistles are not a code _______ of detailed precepts by which we _______ ethical dilemmas.

A

book, resolve

64
Q

True or False

God is one of many authorities for decisions and actions.

A

False

65
Q

Old Testament ethic is ________ of human ________ to the expressed will of God in the law, what God __________ him to do.

A

conformity, behaviour, commands

66
Q

Man was not meant to _______ alone, but _______ with other men, families, and tribes.

A

exist, coexist

67
Q

Principal Ethical Teachings of Jesus

The love of God is ___________, to all races, classes and types.

A

universal

68
Q

The Jesus ethic of love is a _______ ________that encompasses ______, ______, ________.
a) The soul includes _______, _____, and _______ subject to transformation.

A

total concern, body, soul, spirit

a) mind, will, emotions

69
Q

The Christian ethic is a total ethic since it is lived out in the __________ of ________.

A

consciousness, eternity

70
Q

The Christian ethic is __________.

a) To _______ from doing things is much less ________ to actively seek to do to others what we wish to have done to us.

A

positive

a) abstain, difficult

71
Q

The ethical teaching of Paul, ________ and __________ on the principal ethics of Jesus.

A

overlaps, elaborates

72
Q

Paul in his writings wanted to make sure the _____ _________ knew how to live for God.

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new converts

73
Q

Paul wrote to provide information and arguments explaining the theology of various issues such as __________, redemption, and ________ living.

A

salvation, righteous

74
Q

Paul usually ends the epistle with ________ imperatives showing exactly what Christians ought to do.

A

ethical

75
Q

Never pay back _____ for _____ to any man.

A

evil, evil

76
Q

Do not ______ beyond your _______.

A

live, means

77
Q

Seek to _____ in _______ with all men.

A

live,peace

78
Q

Owe no man anything has nothing to do with owing ________ of _______ and other material things but that Christians owe to each other ________ love.

A

debts, money, mutual

79
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Commands for Christians: (Match words with correct statements)
immoral, jealousies, cast off, lust, light, character
a) _____ ____ the works of the darkness.
b) Put on the armour of _____.
c) Quit all _________ living.
d) Refrain from quarreling, contention, and __________.
e) Clothe selves with the ________ of Jesus Christ.
f) Make no provision for ______.

A

a) cast off
b) light
c) immoral
d) jealousies
e) character
f) lust

80
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Multiple Choice:
Questionable things the weak in faith observed:
a) Idol worship
b) Refusing to eating meats
c) Judging servants
d) Holy days
A

a) Idol worship

81
Q

A universal absolute: We are ________ and will be _______ by Him.

A

Christ’s, judged

82
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Name 5 of the ethical exhortations/instructions in Galatians 6:1-10:

A

a) Restore a sinning brother
b) Burden-bearing and sharing of others
c) Consider self not above falling
d) Test your own work
e) Test your own responsibility

83
Q

Paul’s Christian ethic is a __________ ethic.

A

community

84
Q

Love, service, and __________ are impossible to practice outside of a society of ________ people.

A

forgiveness, involved

85
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True or False:

a) Christians are first called to be different, dedicated, and consecrated to God. ___
b) Christians are called to be conformed to the world. ___
c) A christian lives in the world but, as a child of God without blemish, lights shining in a dark and perverse society. ___
d) A Christian cannot live as if he belongs to the world. ___
e) Christians must live as do Gentile pagans.___

A 
True
False
True
True
False
86
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No man should ___________ go into company that would _________ his life as a Christian.

A

voluntarily, endanger

87
Q

It is not __________ the church is called on to judge; it is her own __________.

A

outsiders, members

88
Q

The community ethic is bound to be an ethic of ____________.

A

responsibility

89
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Name the two areas where a Christian must be characteristically responsible.

a) To the ________ of which he forms a part.
b) To the ________ brother.

A

a) society

b) weaker

90
Q

Christians must also be characteristically responsible to the _______ (government).

A

state

91
Q

Did Jesus have a responsibility to the religious leaders and the state? Yes/No

A

Yes

92
Q

Christians have a responsibility to the man who is overtaken with a ________ and is _______ astray.

A

fault, going

93
Q

according to Romans 1, what are the three things God gave them up to?

a) _________ their bodies.
b) ______ affections in their _______.
c) ____________ minds.

A

a) Dishonour
b) Vile, souls
c) Reprobate

94
Q

The Christian ethic is an ethic that goes beyond this _______ and beyond ______.

A

world, time

95
Q

The Christian ethic is a ____________ ethic.

A

resurrection

96
Q

The Christian is called upon to imitate _______.

A

Christ

97
Q

all Christians should not only accept an _________ to imitate, but should also _________an example to ________.

A

example, provide, imitate

98
Q

Christians should live at _________ together.

A

peace

99
Q

Paul’s basic ethic and also that of the New Testament is an ethic of ______.

A

love

100
Q

Christian love is the ________ and _________ of Christian freedom.

A

control, condition

101
Q

The Christian is free, but that freedom is controlled by ____________ and ___________ by love.

A

responsibility, conditioned

102
Q

The Christian ethic is of honourable personal ___________ social relationships.

A

submitted

103
Q

The New Testament epistles deal with relationships that turned the ethics of the social world of A.D. 70 upside down, What are they?

a) Between _________ and wife.
b) Between _______ and child.
c) Between master and ________.

A

a) husband
b) parent
c) servant

104
Q

In the New Testament family ethic, no _________ is ever given without a corresponding ____________.

A

privilege, responsibility

105
Q

What most humans need more than anything else is _____________.

A

encouragement

106
Q

Four fear once held premarital sex in check:

a) Shame, Fear of __________.
b) Fear of ___________.
c) Fear of ___________.
d) Fear of _____.

A

a) detection
b) infection
c) conception
d) God

107
Q

What will keep men and women morally pure and ethical in all their behaviour?

a) A total ______ for God and _____________ to the ways of Jesus Christ.
b) An awe or ______ of God.
c) A means of mutual _________ to bind them to unity and _________.

A

a) love, commitment
b) fear
c) support, purpose

108
Q

_______ ______ is shed abroad by the Holy Ghost.

A

Agape love

109
Q

Fear of God comes from understanding His __________ nature and His work to redeem and to save __________.

A

sovereign, mankind.

110
Q

A statement of _________ is needed to ________ and __________ to act as a constant reminder of who they are, what they are to be doing and how it is to be done.

A

purpose, uphold, practice

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