Lesson 1&2 Flashcards
(10 cards)
What has today’s society largely abandoned?
Morale and Ethics
What are the components of the five-step process to implementing good ethics?
a) Know to or not to
b) Know how to
c) Motivated to want to
d) Will do
e) Follow through
What are the nine benefits of knowing and practising ethics?
a) Allows moral choices before God and man, to please God and glorify him
b) Creates trust among men by practising honesty, honour and trustworthiness
c) Provides authority for strategic decisions and actions, and answers the question of “what is the ethical and moral thing to do?”
d) Results in respect among men and all relationships, shall not the judge of the Earth do right?
e) Manifests the power of love (agape) and goodwill, that seeks what is best for others
f) Kingdom ethics assure righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost
g) Promotes stewardship role of leaders with 1) human resources, 2) natural resources and 3) spiritual resources
h) Establishes the model for relationships among followers, “follow me as I follow Christ”
i) Meets the eternal purpose of God, to glorify him. It fulfils the divine cause to build his church, advances the kingdom will of God to evangelise and disciple every generation, and provides a means to establish the assigned course for my life
In the behaviour of man, where did Christian ethics receive its impetus?
New Testament church doctrines
The ministry of Jesus is the _____ of the ages
Turning point
Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 3:1-17 that in the last days perilous times would come. Name the ways this will be evident:
a) Men shall be lovers of their own selves
b) Covetous
c) Boasters
d) Proud
e) Blasphemers
f) Disobedient to parents
g) Unthankful
h) Unholy
i) Without natural affection
j) Truce breakers
Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 3:1-17 that in the last days perilous times would come. Name further ways this will be evident:
a) False accusers
b) Incontinent
c) Fierce
d) Despisers of those who are good
e) Traitors
f) Heady
g) High minded
h) Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God
i) Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof
The millennium is an ethically troubled time because:
a) Deep conflict and potential changes between religious vision and scientific method continue to widen the gap between men.
b) Rise of a godless society - no fear of God.
c) Rise of self-navigators.
Whatever is legal is legitimate for Christians? (True/False)
False
What behaviours are involved in a standard of conduct that draw a person close to God?
a) Conscience ethics
b) Convictions
