Ethical Issues Flashcards
Divorce and Remarriage
Matthew 19
1 Corinthians 7
Mark 10
Women in Ministry
1 Timohty 2:11-15
Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. 12I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13For Adam was formed first, then Eve; 14and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 15Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
Titus 1 (Elder Qualifications) 1 Timothy 3
Wealth and Poverty
Acts 2 Early Church Sharing their belongings as others had need
Matthew 8:19-20
And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.
1 Peter 1:16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.
Matthew 6:19-24
Do not lay up treasures… no one can serve two masters.
Homosexuality
Leviticus 18:22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Romans 1:26-27: For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Race and Ethnicity
Gen 1:27 - Image of God
Deuteronomy 7:3 You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons
Deuteronomy 10:18 He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19 Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Galatians 3:28-29
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
Just War Theory
Murder is clearly Wrong (Exodus 20:13)
Government is called to restrain Evil and protect it’s people (Romans 13)
Luke 3:14 (Acts 10 - Cornelius)
Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”
Yet…
Matthew 5:9“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Psalms 68:30
Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight in war.
Does God cause sin?
James 1:13-14
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire
Why God allows sin?
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Abortion
Luke 1:41 (John the Baptist)
the baby leaped in her womb.
Genesis 25:22-23 (Jacob & Esau) 22 The children struggled together within her… And the LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb…
Ps. 139.13-15 (David) 13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 15
My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Exod. 21.22-25 (a legal passage of special significance) Exodus 21:22 “When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman… if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life…
Justice & Injustice
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Is it ever right to lie?
Ex 20:16: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor”
Num 23:19: “God is not man, that he should lie”
Prov 30:5 “every word of God proves true”
Heb 6:18: “it is impossible for God to lie”
