LDR 150 Test 2 - Character and Service Flashcards
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Galatians 5:25
Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To better obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:22
The place in scripture that teaches “Simply let your ‘yes’ be ‘yes’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.”
Matthew 5:37
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if people claim to have faith but have no deeds? Can such a faith save them?
James 2:14
God created us with an intricate design in a fearful and wonderful manner
Psalm 139
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”
1 Peter 4:10
“So in everything, do unto others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”
Matthew 7:12
Which Biblical character was used to teach us that responsibility to service mean that serving someone in need is NOT optional?
The Good Samaritan
The place in scripture that describes the confusion one experiences when finding direction while having two incompatible ways of thinking in their lives.
James 1
The place in scripture that clearly describes our struggle related with the attempt to align out faith, action, and words.
Romans 7:21-25
The place in scripture that contracts the perspective of pursing God’s Will or the pattern of the world.
Romans 12
The place in scripture that describes David’s struggle with sin.
Psalm 51
Who stated “all men caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny….. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought it be until I am what I ought it be.”?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who stated “a man is but a product of his thoughts….what he thinks, he becomes”?
Ghandi
What are the three-fold manners of congruence that the text advises to live in?
Faith
Action
Words
Making over-hyped promises to God when you’re struggling, like “God if you help me, I promise to never miss church again” or “never do that again” is an example of…?
A burnt offering
When you compartmentalize your morality. For instance, in one area of your life you will seek out God and His direction, while in another your feelings/emotions determine your direction, or saying one thing and doing another. These are an example of:
Morals à la carte
The book of James describes how our minds often leads to a strange condition as: “Quite often the two incompatible ways of thinking become a driving force that compels our minds to acquire or invent new thoughts or beliefs to minimize the amount of disagreement between our beliefs and actions.”
Being double-minded
When we seek to honor, rather than demean, those we serve our goal is ________.
Mutual edification
Our hope is in the deliverance from the struggle of finding congruency in our lives can come only through:
The saving grace of Jesus
When we have an attitude of service, we value others around us in a spirit of _______.
Community
Service implies that our actions of character are carried out with a sense of ______ to others.
Responsibility
Having a self-centered perspective towards the needs of others will result in the _______ that “I know how it to live their lives better than they do.”
Judgement
Having a God-centered perspective towards the needs of others will allow you to have _______ and recognize that “but by the grace of God, there go I.”
Empathy