Key Moral Principles Flashcards
Give a quote from the Old Testament on the Love of God.
“Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully…” (Samuel 12:24).
Give a quote from the New Testament on the Love of God.
“We love becuase He first loved us.” (John 4:19).
Give a quote from the Old Testament on the love of others.
“Love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.” (Leviticus 19:34).
Give quotes from the New Testament on Love for others.
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:13)- Jesus’ sacrafice.
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.” (Colossians 3:12).
Give a quote from the Old Testament on Forgiveness/ Mercy.
“He graciously loves thousands and forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin. But he does not leave the guilty unpunished, punishing the sins of the ancestors on their children, and on their children’s children.” (Exodus 34:6-7, God appears to Moses on Mount Sinai).
Give quotes from the New Testament on Forgiveness/ Mercy.
“For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” (Matthew 6:14-15)
“Forgive us our trespasses” (Lord’s prayer)
70 x 7 (Matthew 18:22)
Give the Old Testament view on Justice.
God always considers the poor and needy, demanding that His people show concern for them. (Social justice)
Give quotes from the New Testament on Justice.
You will be forgiven “if you forgive those who sin against you.”- Parable of the unmerciful servant.
“Give and it will be given to you.” (Luke 6:38)
Expectations to be fruitful in measure of how much God has gifted us with.- Parable of the Talents.
Give a quote from the Old Testament on Truthfulness.
As God appears to Moses on Mount Sinai, he is “filled with gracious love and truth.”
Give the New Testament view on truthfulness.
God in the NT is more truthful to His character than in the OT. Jesus teaches the truth of God as love and the meaning/ purpose of life is found in Him.
Give the Old Testament view on Conscience.
God appears to be one who changes His mind in response to human actions. He appears to be anthropocentric.
Give the New Testament view on Conscience.
A mature conscience is necessary for humans to prosper and comes from allowing the Bible to shape our perspective.
“The aim of such instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscious, and sincere faith.” (1 Timothy 1:5)
Give a quote from the Old Testament on anger.
“The Lord is a jealous and vengeful God. The Lord is vengeful and full of wrath.”
God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, first born of Egypt diedin 10th plague, Israelites complaining against God in the desert swallowed up in an earthquake.
Give a quote from the New Testament on Anger.
God is not wrathful but warns against sin.
“If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off.” (Mark 9:43)
Explain God as saving from the Old Testament.
Acts of Exodus- marks the liberation of Jewish people in Israel to be God’s people and to follow His laws. Psalms references Exodus, reminding Jewish people of how God is their creator and led them out of Egypt, drowning the Pharoah’s army and giving them the promised land of Canaan and increased their tribe.
Explain God as Saving in the New Testament.
Through Jesus, God heals diseases (blindness, lepers, deafness, dumbness, lame), exorcises evil and accepts death for our forgiveness and eternal life. Jesus’ moral teachings require belief in saving God who will award humanity where the world will not (Beatitudes, New Law, unconditional love of neighbour and enemies).
Explain God as Just in the Old Testament.
10 Commandments and other Levitical laws and Prophetic Books (Jeremiah, Amos, Micah, Isaiah, etc.) emphasise concern for the poor and oppressed.
Micah 6:8- “What does the Lord demand of you O man? Only this: to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your Lord.”
Explain God as Just in the New Testament.
Sins are forgiven “if you forgive those who sin against you”
Parable of the unmerciful servant
“Give and it will be given to you.” (Lk 6:38)
Parable of the Talents- expectations to be fruitful in measure of how much God has given us.
Explain God’s care/ compassion in the Old Testament.
God’s mercy necessitates care and compassion for the poor. Every 7 years Israel would declare a Sabbath year when property sold in repayment of debts would be returned to its original owners and equality restored. God only willing to forgive sin if repentance includes justice for the poor.
Explain God’s care and compassion in the New Testament.
God as saving through Jesus. God’s acts are greater here than the OT as they reflect his greatness, faithfulness and love, concerning the salvation and restoration of all in God.
Explain God’s forgiveness and mercy in the Old Testament.
(Exodus 34: 6-7) God appears to Moses on Mount Sinai (“the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger”, “He forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin.”)
Explain God’s forgiveness and mercy in the New Testament.
“For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not… neither will your heavenly Father forgive you yours.” (Mt. 6:14-15).
God as saving through Jesus.
Explain God as wrathful against sin.
(Exodus 34: 6-7) “Forgives iniquity… But he does not leave the guilty unpunished, punishing the sins of the ancestors on their children, and on their children’s children.”
“The Lord is a jealous and vengeful God; the Lord is vengeful and full of wrath.” (Nahum 1:2)
Explain God as wrathful against sin in the New Testament.
God as warning against sin- adulterous woman “Go and sin no more”
Warning to the blind man healed in Jerusalem “Go and do not sin, lest something worse should happen to you”
“If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off…” (Mark 9:43)
