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Unstained, uncontaminated Christian Ethics And Morals James 1:27 “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.” Unblemished Unstained, uncontaminated

Definition Ethics - Greek = habit or custom English = a set of moral principles Morality - Latin = that which ought to be done and ought not to be done Christian Conforming our human activity to the revealed will of God Ethics and morals

Bible Teaching about Ethics “Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.” III John 11 Evil = wicked, injurious, worthless Good = beneficial Romans 12:1-2 Not conformed to this world But transformed 1 Thes. 5:15 “See that none render evil for evil unto any [man]; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all [men].” Diotrephes Demetrius

Bible Teaching about Ethics Romans 13:7-10 “love worketh no ill to his neighbour” Lists the things that love prohibits Matt. 7:12

How to know Right from Wrong Some things are always right -- Some things are always wrong To Tell the Truth Be Honest Love God Love your neighbour Murder Steal Mouth sins God’s name in vain Liars Corrupt Speech Adultery 115 sins listed in NT Two Assumptions Want to do right 2. Bible is standard of authority

Ethics for Christians Many problems in ethics in the world “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.” John 10:10 b God gave us rules for our own good.

Ethics for Christians Honesty Eph. 4:28 “Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.” 1 Pet. 4:15 “But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.” 2 Cor. 8:21 “Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.”

Ethics for Christians Sexual Ethics Pre-marital Heb. 13:4 “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”

Ethics for Christians Works Of The Flesh Sexual Ethics Extra-marital Galatians 5:19 Adultery Fornication Uncleanness Lascivousness Works Of The Flesh

Ethics for Christians Sexual Ethics Divorce and remarriage Matt. 5:31-32 Divorce and remarry = adultery Matt. 19:9 One cause for divorce and remarriage and that cause is fornication

Ethics for Christians Sexual Ethics Pornography “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” Matt. 5:28 “…women adorn themselves in modest apparel” 1 Timothy 2:9

Ethics for Christians Sexual Ethics Homosexuality Romans 1:24-32 dishonour their own bodies vile affections against nature working that which is unseemly

Ethics for Christians Sexual Ethics Abortion Exodus 21:22-25 Woman with child Fruit depart from her If any mischief follow “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand”

And Morals Christian Ethics Romans 13:10 “Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.” Why be good ? God has revealed the best way of life God expects his children to be good

And Morals Christian Ethics Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Proverbs 15:3 ¶ The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Nelson Chapel Church of Christ 5039 Six Mile Road Maryville, Tn. 37803 www.nelsonchapelchurchofchrist.org July 9, 2017 Sermon by Arthur Pigman 2705 Druid Hill Dr. Maryville, Tn. 37804 art65ann@gmail.com CCL11325562