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MINISTERIAL ETHICS

MINISTERIAL ETHICS. CLASS 2, Section 1 THE STUDY OF ETHICS. “WHAT IS THE TRUTH?” - Pilot. MINISTERIAL ETHICS. CLASS NUMBER 2 SECTION ONE THE STUDY OF ETHICS WHAT IS TRUTH? RELATIVE ETHICS HOW CAN A CHRISTIAN UNDERSTAND AND PRACTICE GOOD BIBLICAL ETHICS? . MINISTERIAL ETHICS.

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MINISTERIAL ETHICS

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  1. MINISTERIAL ETHICS CLASS 2, Section 1 THE STUDY OF ETHICS “WHAT IS THE TRUTH?” - Pilot

  2. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • CLASS NUMBER 2 • SECTION ONE • THE STUDY OF ETHICS • WHAT IS TRUTH? • RELATIVE ETHICS • HOW CAN A CHRISTIAN UNDERSTAND AND PRACTICE GOOD BIBLICAL ETHICS?

  3. MINISTERIAL ETHICS “THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP ME GOD.”

  4. MINISTERIAL ETHICS Is telling or learning the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, even possible in today’s world of mega media lies? The TRUTH

  5. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • Believers in Jesus Christ are called to not only to declare the TRUTH but to live the TRUTH and to LOVE THE TRUTH, even if it hurts us! The TRUTH

  6. MINISTERIAL ETHICS “The true or actual  state of a matter: He  tried to find out the truth. 2. conformity with  fact or reality.” WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

  7. MINISTERIAL ETHICS TRUE or TRUTH HEBREW = אֱמֶת “ emeth” – faithfulness, firmness, dependable. Deuteronomy 13:14 WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

  8. MINISTERIAL ETHICS TRUE or TRUTH GREEK = ἀληθής= “athalace” – showing truth, presenting actually as it is. Matthew 22:16 WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

  9. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 22:15-17 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16 And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, TRUE , TRUTH and TRUSTED

  10. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 22:15-17 “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men.  TRUE , TRUTH and TRUSTED

  11. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 22:15-17 17 Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” TRUE , TRUTH and TRUSTED

  12. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • The doctrine that no  • ideas or beliefs are  • universally true but that allare, instead, “relative”.That is, their validity  • depends on the  • circumstances in which  • they are applied. RELATIVISM – ETHICS

  13. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • The doctrine of relativism is dangerous, deadly, weak minded, intellectually lazy and a poor excuse for a life philosophy. WITH OUT TRUTH YOU WILL FAIL!!! RELATIVISM – ETHICS

  14. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 7:24-27 24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, TRUE , TRUTH and TRUSTED

  15. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 7:24-27 and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do TRUE , TRUTH and TRUSTED

  16. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 7:24-27 them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” TRUE , TRUTH and TRUSTED

  17. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • There are two characteristics available in the Bible to accurately show the character of God: • HOLINESS and LOVE. THE HOLINESS OF GOD

  18. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • LOVE is the most popular in today’s FEEL-GOOD world. • Love as defined by the secular relativistic mindset is very different from the Biblical realities of LOVE. THE HOLINESS OF GOD

  19. MINISTERIAL ETHICS LEVITICUS 19:17-18 “‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. 18 You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  20. MINISTERIAL ETHICS LEVITICUS 19:17-18 against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.’” MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  21. MINISTERIAL ETHICS DEUTERONOMY 6:4-6 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lordis one! 5 You shall love the Lord your Godwith all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  22. MINISTERIAL ETHICS DEUTERONOMY 6:4-6 6 And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.” MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  23. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 9:35-38 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  24. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 9:35-38 among the people. 36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.  MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  25. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 9:35-38 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.38 Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  26. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 COR. 13:1-7 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  27. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 COR. 13:1-7 and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  28. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 COR. 13:1-7 my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned,but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  29. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 COR. 13:1-7 love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  30. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 COR. 13:1-7 truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  31. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • The Biblically driven person is motivated by the ethical reality of God’s LOVE for HIS people. This LOVE removes all selfish ambition and self-centered aggression. BIBLICAL ETHICS

  32. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 5:43-48 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  33. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 5:43-48 hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  34. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 5:43-48 and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  35. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 5:43-48 47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” MORAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  36. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • The Biblically driven person is motivated by the ethical reality of God’s LOVE for the PEOPLE in this world to find and know Jesus Christ as LORD and Saviour. BIBLICAL ETHICS

  37. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • HOLINESS of God is central to His divine nature and a fixed foundation of His CHARACTER. • HOLINESS and SIN cannot co-exist. THE HOLINESS OF GOD

  38. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ISAIAH 6:1-5 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2 Above it stood seraphim; ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  39. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ISAIAH 6:1-5 each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one cried to another and said: ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  40. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ISAIAH 6:1-5 “Holy, holy, holyis the Lord of hosts;The whole earth is full of His glory!” 4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  41. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ISAIAH 6:1-5 and the house was filled with smoke. 5 So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  42. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ISAIAH 6:1-5 For my eyes have seen the King,The Lord of hosts.” ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  43. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • While it is true that God is LOVE, God is also HOLY. Holiness is key to understanding Biblical ethics. THE HEART OF THE FATHER is a HEART for HOLINESS. GOD IS HOLY

  44. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • God could not LOVE if He was not HOLY. “For God so loved the world that HE gave His Only Begotten SON…” • The atonement for our sin HAD TO BE HOLY. GOD IS HOLY

  45. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ISAIAH 53:10-11 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him;He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  46. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ISAIAH 53:10-11 and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  47. MINISTERIAL ETHICS HEBREWS 5:5-10 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: “You are My Son,Today I have begotten You.” 6 As He also says in another place: ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  48. MINISTERIAL ETHICS HEBREWS 5:5-10 “You are a priest foreveraccording to the order of Melchizedek”; 7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  49. MINISTERIAL ETHICS HEBREWS 5:5-10 with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

  50. MINISTERIAL ETHICS HEBREWS 5:5-10 obedience by the things which He suffered.9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10 called by God as ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE

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