Lesson 3&4 Flashcards
(17 cards)
What is a very important aspect of ethics?
Decision making
What do most leaders constantly work at?
Making decisions simple
What does decision making demand?
Choice by a free moral agent
Choices have _____
Consequences
What is never the basis for earning salvation?
Obedience to commandments
What does genuine Christian love motivate a believer to fulfil? (Romans 10:13)
The requirements of the moral law
What are the four sources of authority recognised for making ethical decisions?
a) Natural law
b) Judicial prudence
c) Cultural mores
d) Divine command
_____ are the final court of appeal for ethics.
Scriptures
In what four ways does the bible function in evangelical ethics?
a) It gives specific commands and precepts
b) It gives general principles
c) It gives various precedents
d) It gives an overall worldview
What are the two poles between which all Christian decision must be made?
a) The reality of God on the one hand
b) The concrete contingent situation of the action on the other
Name six (6) ways that believers can please God (and give a scriptural reference):
a) By asking for the right things (I Kings 3:9-10)
b) By living a seperated life (II Timothy 2:4)
c) By doing his will (Hebrews 13: 20-21)
d) Walking in fellowship with him (Hebrews 11:5, Genesis 5:24)
e) By praising God (Psalm 69: 30-31)
f) By resting by faith in Gods provision (Hebrews 11:6)
Name four (4) ways our conduct must be towards God (and give a scriptural reference):
a) Done in his name (I Timothy 6:1)
b) As unto him (Colossians 3:23)
c) For his glory (I Corinthians 10:31)
d) To be worthy of him (I Thessalonians 2:12, II Thessalonians 1:5)
Name eleven (11) ways our conduct must be towards others (and give a scriptural reference):
a) Be a good example (Romans 14:7, I Timothy 4:12)
b) Worthy of our calling (Ephesians 4:1)
c) Honest (II Corinthians 8:21)
d) Free from the appearance of evil (I Thessalonians 5:22)
e) Helpful to a neighbour (Romans 12:8, 15:2)
f) Not a cause of stumbling (Romans 14:13)
g) Honouring one’s parents (Colossians 3:20)
h) Honouring to the government (Titus 3:1)
i) Must not entail unequal yoking (II Corinthians 6:14)
j) Not to judge others (Romans 14: 10-13)
k) Not to cause others to stumble by our actions (Romans 14:15, 14:21-23)
Name four (4) ways our conduct must be towards oneself:
a) Pure and not lustful (I Timothy 5:22, I Peter 2:11)
b) Must not defile (I Corinthians 3:17, Titus 1:15)
c) Must not condemn (Romans 14:22)
d) Must do good works (Titus 3:8)
Christianity is not limited to _____ but it is a relationship with God through Christ.
Morality
Morality cannot provide _____ or _____
a) Salvation
b) Spirituality
Give two (2) prime sources of morality:
a) The infilling of the Holy Spirit
b) The area of strength in and of the sinful nature man’s conscience toward God
