Ethics Course #1

8/12/2019 Ethics Course #1

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THE NEW YORK SCHOOL OF THE BIBLE

SYLLABUS

260 Ethics and Moa! "#$stions

INSTRUCTOR% &ANIEL MANN' S(in) II* Th#s 6 +M

REQUIREMENTS:

1. READ BOOK:Evangelical Ethics, John J. Davis and summari! "hr!! #ha$"!rs o% &our

#hoi#!. Summari! "h! ar'um!n"s a'ains" "h! (hris"ian $osi"ion and "h! (hris"ian ar'um!n"s"ha" addr!ss "h!s! #ha))!n'!s. *ou #an )is", #har" or ou")in!. +and ri""!n is OK. Ma-! i"

#on#is! and #om$r!h!nsiv! *ou shou)d hav! a" )!as" "h! !/uiva)!n" o% a "&$!d $a'! %or

!a#h #ha$"!r. Du! )as" #)ass. 060 points)

. No E2AM

3. E4"ra r!adin' o% ar"i#)!s i)) 5! r!/uir!d %or in%orm!d #)ass dis#ussion 020 points6.

7. On! visi" "o 8ashin'"on S/uar! 9ar- 0Tim!s TBA6 or B)o' 9ar"i#i$a"ion or summari! an

!4"ra #ha$"!r 020 points6

0A""!ndan#! a%%!#"s "h! s"ud!n"s 'rad!. S"ud!n"s i"h s"a"us o% ;%or #r!di"; ho miss mor! "han"hr!! hours o% #)ass "im! #anno" r!#!iv! a $assin' 'rad! un)!ss s$!#ia) arran'!m!n"s hav! 5!!n

mad! i"h "h! ins"ru#"or. In su#h a #as!, ma-!u$ or- i)) 5! assi'n!d. Tardin!ss i)) a)so

a%%!#" "h! 'rad!. I% &ou %ai) "o '!" &our or- in 5& "h! %ina) #)ass and &ou hav!na#!5oo- 9a'!: =A$o)o'!"i#s %or Toda&?

1C Jora)!mon S". F1CA, Broo-)&n, N* 11C1

I ho$! "his #ours! i)) 5! a 5)!ssin' "o &ou a))

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Doing Ethics: Whats Required

2 Tim. 2:14-16G8arn "h!m 5!%or! Hod a'ains" /uarr!)in' a5ou" ords i" is o% no va)u!, andon)& ruins "hos! ho )is"!n. 1Do &our 5!s" "o $r!s!n" &ours!)% "o Hod as on! a$$rov!d, a

or-man ho do!s no" n!!d "o 5! asham!d and ho #orr!#")& hand)!s "h! ord o% "ru"h. 1Avoid

'od)!ss #ha""!r, 5!#aus! "hos! ho indu)'! in i" i)) 5!#om! mor! and mor! un'od)&.

Philip. 1:9-10And "his is m& $ra&!r: "ha" &our )ov! ma& a5ound mor! and mor! in -no)!d'!

and d!$"h o% insi'h", 1Cso "ha" &ou ma& 5! a5)! "o dis#!rn ha" is 5!s" and ma& 5! $ur! and

5)am!)!ss un"i) "h! da& o% (hris",

John @:17: J!sus said "o "h!m, =I did on! mira#)!, and &ou ar! a)) ama!d. *!", 5!#aus!

Mos!s 'av! &ou #ir#um#ision 0"hou'h a#"ua))& i" did no" #om! %rom Mos!s, 5u" %rom "h!$a"riar#hs6, &ou #ir#um#is! a 5o& on "h! Sa55a"h. 3 No i% a 5o& #an 5! #ir#um#is!d on "h!

Sa55a"h so "ha" "h! )a o% Mos!s ma& no" 5! 5ro-!n, h& ar! &ou an'r& i"h m! %or h!a)in' a

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Ephes. 4:24-25and "o $u" on "h! n! s!)%, #r!a"!d "o 5! )i-! Hod in "ru! ri'h"!ousn!ss and

ho)in!ss. Th!r!%or! !a#h o% &ou mus" $u" o%% %a)s!hood and s$!a- "ru"h%u))& "o hisn!i'h5or, %or ! ar! a)) m!m5!rs o% on! 5od&.

Ephes. 4:29Do no" )!" an& unho)!som! "a)- 0=#orru$" #ommuni#a"ion? NKJ6 #om! ou"o% &our mou"hs, 5u" on)& ha" is h!)$%u) %or 5ui)din' o"h!rs u$ a##ordin' "o "h!ir n!!ds, "ha"i" ma& 5!n!%i" "hos! ho )is"!n. 08hi"! )i!s6

o Ha)a"ians : ;A )i"")! &!as" or-s "hrou'h "h! ho)! 5a"#h o% dou'h.; 0Ta/i&&a6

Job 42:7-+! said "o E)i$ha "h! T!mani"!, ;I am an'r& i"h &ou and &our "o %ri!nds,

5!#aus! &ou hav! no" s$o-!n o% m! ha" is ri'h", as m& s!rvan" Jo5 has. So no "a-!

s!v!n 5u))s and s!v!n rams and 'o "o m& s!rvan" Jo5 and sa#ri%i#! a 5urn" o%%!rin' %or

&ours!)v!sG*ou hav! no" s$o-!n o% m! ha" is ri'h", as m& s!rvan" Jo5 has.; 0Ananias,San"a K)aus Midiv!s Raha5 8h!n "h! "ru"h #)!ar)& s!rv!s !vi)6

Giving?

D!s#ri$"ion vs. 9r!s#ri$"ion: A#"s :777 A)) "h! 5!)i!v!rs !r! "o'!"h!r and had

!v!r&"hin' in #ommon. P7 S!))in' "h!ir $oss!ssions and 'oods, "h!& 'av! "o an&on! as h!had n!!d.

Ma""h! :7 Hiv! "o "h! on! ho as-s &ou, and do no" "urn aa& %rom "h! on! ho an"s

"o 5orro %rom &ou.

T+ERE ARE 9RIORITIES: 1 Tim. : I% an&on! do!s no" $rovid! %or his r!)a"iv!s, and

!s$!#ia))& %or his imm!dia"! %ami)&, h! has d!ni!d "h! %ai"h and is ors! "han an un5!)i!v!r.

1 Tim. :1 I% an& oman ho is a 5!)i!v!r has idos in h!r %ami)&, sh! shou)d h!)$

"h!m and no" )!" "h! #hur#h 5! 5urd!n!d i"h "h!m, so "ha" "h! #hur#h #an h!)$ "hos! idosho ar! r!a))& in n!!d.

Th!s. 3:1C >or !v!n h!n ! !r! i"h &ou, ! 'av! &ou "his ru)!: ;I% a man i)) no"

or-, h! sha)) no" !a".;

1 John 3:1@ I% an&on! has ma"!ria) $oss!ssions and s!!s his 5ro"h!r in n!!d 0hoard!rs6 5u"

has no $i"& on him, ho #an "h! )ov! o% Hod 5! in him

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Evidences and Focus for Doing Ethics

Evidences &

Reasons

Focus

9!rsona) 0Rom.

17:36

(hris"ians 0(hur#h6

(ha$"!r !rs!

Non(hris"ians

So#i!"& 0as6

S#ri$"ur!

0(ommon a6

Hivin', &in',

A5or"ion

>or'ivin'

Ha& Marria'!

A5or"ion

(hur#h Dis#i$)in!

9ra'ma"i#,

Em$iri#a) S"udi!s

0S#i!n#!

An!#do"!6,

iva5i)i"&

O$!n Marria'!

>irs" Am!ndm!n"

Forgiveness

1. !"#e 17:3So a"#h &ours!)v!s. I% &our 5ro"h!r sins, r!5u-! him, and i% h! r!$!n"s, %or'iv!

him.

. $a%# 11:25And h!n &ou s"and $ra&in', i% &ou ho)d an&"hin' a'ains" an&on!, %or'iv! him,so "ha" &our >a"h!r in h!av!n ma& %or'iv! &ou &our sins.;

3. Romans 13:3-4>or ru)!rs ho)d no "!rror %or "hos! ho do ri'h", 5u" %or "hos! ho do ron'.Do &ou an" "o 5! %r!! %rom %!ar o% "h! on! in au"hori"& Th!n do ha" is ri'h" and h! i))

#omm!nd &ou. 7>or h! is Hods s!rvan" "o do &ou 'ood. Bu" i% &ou do ron', 5! a%raid, %or h!

do!s no" 5!ar "h! sord %or no"hin'. +! is Hods s!rvan", an a'!n" o% ra"h "o 5rin'$unishm!n" on "h! ron'do!r.

Three Areas of Forgiveness

9riva"!In"!r$!rsona) E4"!rna)R!s"ora"iv! (our"(ivi)

(ondi"ion Non!0!rs! F6

R!$!n"an#!0F16

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Forgiveness of the Cross

(ondi"ion Non! R!$!n"an#! =

Abortion

&en. 9:6=8ho!v!r sh!ds human 5)ood, 5& humans sha)) "h!ir 5)ood 5! sh!d %or in "h! ima'! o%Hod has Hod mad! man-ind.

'"mbe%s 35:33; Do no" $o))u"! "h! )and h!r! &ou ar!. B)oodsh!d $o))u"!s "h! )and, anda"on!m!n" #anno" 5! mad! %or "h! )and on hi#h 5)ood has 5!!n sh!d, !4#!$" 5& "h! 5)ood o% "h!

on! ho sh!d i". 0H!n. 1:@6

E(o"s 21:22-23;I% m!n ho ar! %i'h"in' hi" a $r!'nan" oman and sh! 'iv!s 5ir"h$r!ma"ur!)& 5u" "h!r! is no s!rious inLur& P"o "h! %!"us, "h! o%%!nd!r mus" 5! %in!d ha"!v!r "h!

omans hus5and d!mands and "h! #our" a))os. 3Bu" i% "h!r! is s!rious inLur& P"o "h! %!"us,

&ou ar! "o "a-! )i%! %or )i%!,

HOD +AS 9RO>OUND INTEREST IN T+E >ETUS:

Psalm 139:13-14>or &ou #r!a"!d m& inmos" 5!in' &ou -ni" m! "o'!"h!r in m& mo"h!rs

om5. 17I $rais! &ou 5!#aus! I am %!ar%u))& and ond!r%u))& mad! &our or-s ar!

ond!r%u), I -no "ha" %u)) !)).

Je%emiah 1:5;B!%or! I %orm!d &ou in "h! om5 I -n! &ou, 5!%or! &ou !r! 5orn I s!" &ou

a$ar" I a$$oin"!d &ou as a $ro$h!" "o "h! na"ions.;

!"#e 1:44As soon as "h! sound o% &our 'r!!"in' r!a#h!d m& !ars, "h! 5a5& in m& om5

)!a$!d %or Lo&.

Job 31:15Did no" h! ho mad! m! in "h! om5 ma-! "h!m Did no" "h! sam! on! %orm us

5o"h i"hin our mo"h!rs

*+,RT,' ,'/E$'E/ + TE E*R! R:

=ov! &our n!i'h5or as &ours!)%G*ou sha)) no" murd!r a #hi)d 5& a5or"ion nor sha)) &ou

-i)) a n!5orn.? 0Dida#h!6

=*ou sha)) )ov! &our n!i'h5or mor! "han &our on )i%!. *ou sha)) no" murd!r a #hi)d 5&

a5or"ion nor sha)) &ou -i)) a n!5orn.? 0Barna5us6

PIn a vision o% +!)) =I saGom!nGho $rodu#!d #hi)dr!n ou" o% !d)o#- and ho

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Euthanasia (Good Death!

Humanist concern for quality of life and respect for personal autonomy lead to the view that inmany circumstances voluntary euthanasia is the morally right course. People should have the

right to choose a painless and dignified end, either at the time or beforehand, perhaps in a

living will. !o postpone the inevitable with no intervening benefit is not a moral act."ndividuals should be allowed to decide on such personal matters for themselves. #o humanists

generally support voluntary euthanasia$

/E'T,':

1. ol"nta%0=assis"!d sui#id!?6: Su5L!#" ma-!s "h! #hoi#!.

. nol"nta%: O"h!rs ma-! "h! #hoi#!

3. *8tie0Dir!#"6: !"ha) InL!#"ionG

7. Passie: R!mova) o% )i%!su$$or"s.

. ni%e8t: D!a"h is a 5&$rodu#" o% a $osi"iv! in"!rv!n"ion$ain m!ds $rovidin' r!)i!% 5u"

"!rmina"in' )i%! $r!ma"ur!)&.

ol"nta% %eeom o hoi8e;) nol"nta% 'o 8onsent %om patient)

*8tie

9AS:%ethal "n&ection ' 0Unassis"!d6 9AS:(efective )ewborn, *omatose+

Passie

R!%usa) o% Tr!a"m!n" *hemo+- 8i"hho)din' Tr!a"m!n": #urgery, eeding

!ube, /edical Pro0y+

ni%e8t

D!a"hR!su)"in' %rom som!"hin' mor!im$or"an": 1arfare, 2ohn 34536, #amson,

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1 o%. 15:548h!n "h! $!risha5)! has 5!!n #)o"h!d i"h "h! im$!risha5)!, and "h! mor"a)

i"h immor"a)i"&, "h!n "h! sa&in' "ha" is ri""!n i)) #om! "ru!: ;D!a"h has 5!!n sa))o!d

u$ in vi#"or&.;

+UMAN I>E +AS HREAT AUE 0=San#"i"& o% i%!?6

&enesis 1:26-27 Th!n Hod said, ;!" us ma-! man in our ima'!, in our )i-!n!ss, and )!"

"h!m ru)! ov!r "h! %ish o% "h! s!a and "h! 5irds o% "h! air, ov!r "h! )iv!s"o#-, ov!r a)) "h!

!ar"h, and ov!r a)) "h! #r!a"ur!s "ha" mov! a)on' "h! 'round.; @So Hod #r!a"!d man in his

on ima'!, in "h! ima'! o% Hod h! #r!a"!d him ma)! and %!ma)! h! #r!a"!d "h!m.

&enesis 9:6;8ho!v!r sh!ds "h! 5)ood o% man, 5& man sha)) his 5)ood 5! sh!d %or in "h!

ima'! o% Hod has Hod mad! man.

(ONSEQUENT*, 8E DONr!! i)) #hoi#! mus" 5! 5a)an#!d 5& #ommuna) #onsid!ra"ions6:

1 o%. 6:19-20 Do &ou no" -no "ha" &our 5od& is a "!m$)! o% "h! +o)& S$iri", ho is in

&ou, hom &ou hav! r!#!iv!d %rom Hod *ou ar! no" &our onC

&ou !r! 5ou'h" a" a$ri#!. Th!r!%or! honor Hod i"h &our 5od&.

1 o%. 7:4-5 Th! i%!s 5od& do!s no" 5!)on' "o h!r a)on! 5u" a)so "o h!r hus5and. In "h!

sam! a&, "h! hus5ands 5od& do!s no" 5!)on' "o him a)on! 5u" a)so "o his i%!. Do no"d!$riv! !a#h o"h!r !4#!$" 5& mu"ua) #ons!n" and %or a "im!, so "ha" &ou ma& d!vo"!

&ours!)v!s "o $ra&!r. Th!n #om! "o'!"h!r a'ain so "ha" Sa"an i)) no" "!m$" &ou 5!#aus! o%

&our )a#- o% s!)%#on"ro).

1 o%. 12:12 Th! 5od& is a uni", "hou'h i" is mad! u$ o% man& $ar"s and "hou'h a)) i"s

$ar"s ar! man&, "h!& %orm on! 5od&.

*ET SUI(IDE IS AO8ABE TO A(+IEE A HREATER HOOD 0(ross6:

o John 15:13Hr!a"!r )ov! has no on! "han "his, "ha" h! )a& don his )i%! %or his %ri!nds.

o J"=es 16:29-31 Th!n Samson r!a#h!d "oard "h! "o #!n"ra) $i))ars on hi#h "h!

"!m$)! s"ood. Bra#in' hims!)% a'ains" "h!m, his ri'h" hand on "h! on! and his )!%" hand on

"h! o"h!r, 3CSamson said, ;!" m! di! i"h "h! 9hi)is"in!s; Th!n h! $ush!d i"h a)) his

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mi'h", and don #am! "h! "!m$)! on "h! ru)!rs and a)) "h! $!o$)! in i". Thus h! -i))!d

man& mor! h!n h! di!d "han hi)! h! )iv!d.

IS IT EER OUNTAR*

1. (ra!d 5& 9ain. On! s"ud& %ound "ha" a%"!r $ain as m!di#a))& #on"ro))!d, @ i"hdr!

"h!ir d!a"hr!/u!s".

. Surr!nd!rin' "o %!!)in's o% r!L!#"ion, s!)%#on"!m$" and an'!r. 9o"!n"ia))&, "h! d&in' $ro#!ss#an 5!#om! an o##asion "o m!nd o)d ounds and "o $sho)o'i#a))& =mov! on? as o$$os!d

"o 5ur&in' "h!m in a #o%%in.

3. !'is)a"ion in %avor o% !u"hanasia ou)d $r!ssur! u$on d!va)u!d individua)s "o $u" an !nd "o

"h!ir )iv!s. Shi%" "o =/ua)i"& o% )i%!? $hi)oso$h& ou)d d!'rad! )i%! and in#)in! $!o$)! "o

#hoos! d!a"h. Su#h )!'is)a"ion ou)d a)so in%rin'! u$on $a"i!n"$h&si#ian "rus".

7. Th! m!r#i%u) r!s$ons! ou)d 5! "o a%%irm "h! va)u! o% "h!ir )iv!s, no" "o dismiss i".

. Dia'nos!s o% "!rmina) i))n!ss< #an 5! mis"a-!n.

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h!r %rom his hous!, or i% h! di!s, 7"h!n h!r %irs" hus5and, ho divor#!d h!r, is no" a))o!d "o

marr& h!r a'ain a%"!r sh! has 5!!n d!%i)!d. Tha" ou)d 5! d!"!s"a5)! in "h! !&!s o% "h! ORD.

H71 (7 1E :E*7)*"%E !HE#E !17 !E;*H") 19:3-9Som! 9haris!!s

#am! "o him "o "!s" him. Th!& as-!d, ;Is i" )a%u) %or a man "o divor#! his i%! %or an& and !v!r&

r!ason;7;+av!n" &ou r!ad,; h! r!$)i!d, ;"ha" a" "h! 5!'innin' "h! (r!a"or mad! "h!m ma)! and

%!ma)!, and said, >or "his r!ason a man i)) )!av! his %a"h!r and mo"h!r and 5! uni"!d "o his

i%!, and "h! "o i)) 5!#om! on! %)!sh So "h!& ar! no )on'!r "o, 5u" on!. Th!r!%or! ha"Hod has Loin!d "o'!"h!r, )!" man no" s!$ara"!.;

@;8h& "h!n,; "h!& as-!d, ;did Mos!s #ommand "ha" a man 'iv! his i%! a #!r"i%i#a"! o% divor#!

and s!nd h!r aa&;J!sus r!$)i!d, ;Mos!s $!rmi""!d &ou "o divor#! &our iv!s 5!#aus! &our h!ar"s !r! hard. Bu"

i" as no" "his a& %rom "h! 5!'innin'. I "!)) &ou "ha" an&on! ho divor#!s his i%!, !4#!$" %or

mari"a) un%ai"h%u)n!ss, and marri!s ano"h!r oman #ommi"s adu)"!r&.;

H71 (7 1E =)(E:#!;)( !HE >E:#E# 1HE:E !HE:E "# )7 E?*EP!"7)*%;=#E+$!"#e 16:1An&on! ho divor#!s his i%! and marri!s ano"h!r oman #ommi"s

adu)"!r&, and "h! man ho marri!s a divor#!d oman #ommi"s adu)"!r&.

ONE OT+ER E2(E9TION: 1 o%. 7:10-16

BEIEINH (OU9E: To "h! marri!d I 'iv! "his #ommand 0no" I, 5u" "h! ord6: A i%!mus" no" s!$ara"! %rom h!r hus5and. 11Bu" i% P"h!r! is an ov!rridin' issu! and sh! do!s

Ps!$ara"!, sh! mus" r!main unmarri!d or !)s! 5! r!#on#i)!d "o h!r hus5and. And a

hus5and mus" no" divor#! his i%!.

SE9ARATION:

E(o"s 21:10-11I% h! marri!s ano"h!r oman, h! mus" no" d!$riv! "h! %irs"on! o% h!r %ood, #)o"hin' and mari"a) ri'h"s. 11I% h! do!s no" $rovid! h!r i"h"h!s! "hr!! "hin's, sh! is "o 'o %r!!, i"hou" an& $a&m!n" o% mon!&.

E(o"s 21:26-27;I% a man hi"s a mans!rvan" or maids!rvan" in "h! !&! and

d!s"ro&s i", h! mus" )!" "h! s!rvan" 'o %r!! "o #om$!nsa"! %or "h! !&!. @Andi% h! -no#-s ou" "h! "oo"h o% a mans!rvan" or maids!rvan", h! mus" )!" "h!

s!rvan" 'o %r!! "o #om$!nsa"! %or "h! "oo"h. 0A i%! shou)d hav! no )!ss

$ro"!#"ion6

MI2ED (OU9E: 1To "h! r!s" I sa& "his 0I, no" "h! ord6: I% an& 5ro"h!r has a i%! ho

is no" a 5!)i!v!r and sh! is i))in' "o )iv! i"h him, h! mus" no" divor#! h!r.13

And i% aoman has a hus5and ho is no" a 5!)i!v!r and h! is i))in' "o )iv! i"h h!r, sh! mus"no" divor#! him. 17>or "h! un5!)i!vin' hus5and has 5!!n san#"i%i!d "hrou'h his i%!, and

"h! un5!)i!vin' i%! has 5!!n san#"i%i!d "hrou'h h!r 5!)i!vin' hus5and. O"h!ris! &our

#hi)dr!n ou)d 5! un#)!an, 5u" as i" is, "h!& ar! ho)&.1Bu" i% "h! un5!)i!v!r )!av!s, )!" him do so. A 5!)i!vin' man or oman is no" 5ound

P5& "h! marria'! #on"ra#" in su#h #ir#ums"an#!s Hod has #a))!d us "o )iv! in $!a#!.


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1+o do &ou -no, i%!, h!"h!r &ou i)) sav! &our hus5and Or, ho do &ou -no,

hus5and, h!"h!r &ou i)) sav! &our i%!

o +i'h!r divor#! ra"! %or "h! s!#ond marria'!

Remarriage

HOD BESSES EEN SIN>U UNIONS 0David and Ba"hsh!5a6

I> DIOR(E IS 9ERMISSABE, SO TOO REMARRIAHE: Romans 7:1-3Do &ou no" -no,5ro"h!rs%or I am s$!a-in' "o m!n ho -no "h! )a"ha" "h! )a has au"hori"& ov!r a man

on)& as )on' as h! )iv!s >or !4am$)!, 5& )a a marri!d oman is 5ound "o h!r hus5and as )on'

as h! is a)iv!, 5u" i% h!r hus5and di!s, sh! is r!)!as!d %rom "h! )a o% marria'!. 3So "h!n, i% sh!marri!s ano"h!r man hi)! h!r hus5and is s"i)) a)iv!, sh! is #a))!d an adu)"!r!ss. Bu" i% h!r

hus5and di!s, sh! is r!)!as!d %rom "ha" )a and is no" an adu)"!r!ss, !v!n "hou'h sh! marri!s

ano"h!r man.

ABOE A: Romans 14:14As on! ho is in "h! ord J!sus, I am %u))& #onvin#!d "ha" no

%ood is un#)!an in i"s!)%. Bu" i% an&on! r!'ards som!"hin' as un#)!an, "h!n %or him i" is un#)!anG

14:22-23So ha"!v!r &ou 5!)i!v! a5ou" "h!s! "hin's -!!$ 5!"!!n &ours!)% and Hod. B)!ss!d is"h! man ho do!s no" #ond!mn hims!)% 5& ha" h! a$$rov!s. 3Bu" "h! man ho has dou5"s is

#ond!mn!d i% h! !a"s, 5!#aus! his !a"in' is no" %rom %ai"h and !v!r&"hin' "ha" do!s no" #om!

%rom %ai"h is sin.

o'ose)ua$it&

!eiti8"s 1:22-24:;Do no" )i! i"h a man as on! )i!s i"h a oman "ha" is d!"!s"a5)!. Do no"hav! s!4ua) r!)a"ions i"h an anima) and d!%i)! &ours!)% i"h i". A oman mus" no" $r!s!n"h!rs!)% "o an anima) "o hav! s!4ua) r!)a"ions i"h i" "ha" is a $!rv!rsion. 7Do no" d!%i)!

&ours!)v!s in an& o% "h!s! a&s, 5!#aus! "his is ho "h! na"ions "ha" I am 'oin' "o driv! ou"

5!%or! &ou 5!#am! d!%i)!d.

!eiti8"s 20:13-16:I% a man )i!s i"h a man as on! )i!s i"h a oman, 5o"h o% "h!m hav! don!

ha" is d!"!s"a5)!. Th!& mus" 5! $u" "o d!a"h "h!ir 5)ood i)) 5! on "h!ir on h!ads.


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Romans 1:21-27A)"hou'h "h!& -n! Hod, "h!& did no" ')ori%& +im as Hod, nor !r! "han-%u),

5u" 5!#am! %u"i)! in "h!ir "hou'h"s, and "h!ir %oo)ish h!ar"s !r! dar-!n!dG 7Th!r!%or! Hoda)so 'av! "h!m u$ "o un#)!ann!ss, in "h! )us"s o% "h!ir h!ar"s, "o dishonor "h!ir 5odi!s amon'

"h!ms!)v!s, ho !4#han'!d "h! "ru"h o% Hod %or "h! )i!, and orshi$!d and s!rv!d "h! #r!a"ur!

ra"h!r "han "h! (r!a"or, ho is 5)!ss!d %or!v!r. Am!n. >or "his r!ason Hod 'av! "h!m u$ "ovi)! $assions. >or !v!n "h!ir om!n !4#han'!d "h! na"ura) us! %or ha" is a'ains" na"ur!.

@i-!is! a)so "h! m!n, )!avin' "h! na"ura) us! o% "h! oman, 5urn!d in "h!ir )us" %or on!

ano"h!r, m!n i"h m!n #ommi""in' ha" is sham!%u), and r!#!ivin' in "h!ms!)v!s "h! $!na)"& o%"h!ir !rror hi#h as du!.

=i)! $assions? V sam!s!4 $assions, 5o"h #ommi""!d and un#ommi""!d.

=Na"ura)? V +!"!ros!4ua) s!4 0v!rs! @6, no" homos!4ua) s!4. 0(ommi""!d homos!4ua)i"&

as alsounna"ura) An&"hin' unna"ura) as "h! r!su)" o% r!5!))ion6

o%. 6:9-11Do &ou no" -no "ha" "h! i#-!d i)) no" inh!ri" "h! -in'dom o% Hod Do no" 5!d!#!iv!d: N!i"h!r "h! s!4ua))& immora) nor ido)a"!rs nor adu)"!r!rs nor ma)! $ros"i"u"!s nor

homos!4ua) o%%!nd!rs 1Cnor "hi!v!s nor "h! 'r!!d& nor drun-ards nor s)and!r!rs nor sind)!rs

i)) inh!ri" "h! -in'dom o% Hod. 11And "ha" is ha" som! o% &ou !r!. Bu" &ou !r! ash!d,&ou !r! san#"i%i!d, &ou !r! Lus"i%i!d in "h! nam! o% "h! ord J!sus (hris" and 5& "h! S$iri" o%

our Hod.

E$PR*! E/E'E R,$ *'*/*' &* *TT? &ens ell@"ist:

=8! hav! hi'h!r ra"!s o% ana) #an#!r in "h! 'a& ma)! #ommuni"&, )!s5ians hav! hi'h!r ra"!s o%

5r!as" #an#!rG"h! r!a)i"& is "h!r! is mor! HBT $!o$)! in "his #oun"r& ho di! o% sui#id! !a#h&!ar "han di! %rom AIDS, "h!r! ar! mor! ho di! !ar)& d!a"hs %rom su5s"an#! a5us! "han di! o%

+IWAIDS.?

T*T R,$ &* ,$$'T ,RE:

i%! !4$!#"an#& o% 'a&W5is!4ua) m!n in (anada is C &!ars )!ss "han "h! av!ra'! "ha" is

&!ars.

HB $!o$)! #ommi" sui#id! a" ra"!s %rom "o 13. "im!s mor! o%"!n "han av!ra'!.

HB $!o$)! hav! smo-in' ra"!s 1.3 "o 3 "im!s hi'h!r "han av!ra'!.

HB $!o$)! hav! ra"!s o% a)#oho)ism 1.7 "o @ "im!s hi'h!r "han av!ra'!.

HB $!o$)! hav! ra"!s o% i))i#i" dru' us! 1. "o 1 "im!s hi'h!r "han av!ra'!.

HB $!o$)! sho ra"!s o% d!$r!ssion 1. "o 3 "im!s hi'h!r "han av!ra'!.

Ha& and 5is!4ua) m! #om$ris! @.1 o% AIDS #as!s

Ha& and 5is!4ua) m!n #om$ris! 7 o% n! +I in%!#"ions !a#h &!arG "im!s hi'h!r

"han "h! av!ra'!. 0.Ha&T!s"imon&.#omV David Ma#Dona)d6

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,/,$A ': ,$,EB*!T ,R R*PE;

9!"!r Hom!s, Th! Hood Boo-, sa&s J!sus was under the impression that #odom was destroyedbecause it lac@ed hospitality$5

Matthew 1!1"#1$"f anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, sha@e the dustoff your feet when you leave that home or town. 34" tell you the truth, it will be more

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Christian Ethics: Range of A**$ication

+hou$d We "e Concerned a#out Changing +ociet&?

DPolitical engagement is culturally impotent in dealing with the depraved hearts, minds and

souls of a pagan world. #atan is pleased when any discourse designed for *hrist and His gospel

is turned into a political rally to pacify unsaved people in their sin while at the same timecreating a superficial morality that is not based upon the salvific wor@ of *hrist aloneF !he

tragic result is unredeemed people are left to feel comfortable and safe in a *hristian

moralityGyet they are still lost, still dead in their sins.$

:eal power doesnt reside in 1ashington. :eal power is *hrist within you. #urely the


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*&*'T T '*RR,C P,T,':

1. 8E +AE A RES9ONSIBIIT* TO OE SO(IET* AND (+AM9ION JUSTI(E

Amos :171 S!!- 'ood, no" !vi), "ha" &ou ma& )iv!. Th!n "h! ORDHod A)mi'h"& i))5! i"h &ou, Lus" as &ou sa& h! is. +a"! !vi), )ov! 'ood main"ain Lus"i#! in "h! #our"sG

Isaiah 1:11@ G(!as! "o do !vi), !arn "o do 'ood S!!- Lus"i#!, r!5u-! "h! o$$r!ssord!%!nd "h! %a"h!r)!ss, $)!ad %or "h! ido.

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Iut fighting these culture wars has been counter8productive. #ociety has come to disdain the

evangelical because of our involvement in politics and social issues.$

!HE 17:%( "# or I hav! no" h!si"a"!d "o $ro#)aim "o &ou "h! ho)! i)) o% HodG. No I

#ommi" &ou "o Hod and "o "h! ord o% his 'ra#!, hi#h #an 5ui)d &ou u$ and 'iv! &ou aninh!ri"an#! amon' a)) "hos! ho ar! san#"i%i!d.

7. (+AENHES ARE NOT SIM9* AHAINST 9ERI>ERA ISSUES:

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0A, 9harma#is"s r!/uir!d "o s!)) Da&A%"!r $i)), (hris"ian Do#"ors r!/uir!d "o ins!mina"!

)!s5ians, 9as"ors r!/uir!d "o -!!$ si)!n" r!'ardin' homos!4ua)i"& 0(anada6, (hris"ians

%ir!d %or s$!a-in' o%% "h! Lo5 0Mar&)and, A))s"a"!6, (hris"ians r!/uir!d "o ma-! us! o%"h!ir %a#i)i"i!s %or un!"hi#a) r!asons 0O#!an Hrov!6, dis#rimina"ion a'ains" s#hoo) $ro)i%!

'rou$s, sui" a'ains" Bi5)! $u5)ish!r 0homo$ho5i# $assa'!s6

Jud! 1:37 D!ar %ri!nds, a)"hou'h I as v!r& !a'!r "o ri"! "o &ou a5ou" "h! sa)va"ion ! shar!, I

%!)" I had "o ri"! and ur'! &ou "o #on"!nd %or "h! %ai"h "ha" as on#! %or a)) !n"rus"!d "o "h!sain"s.

. I> T+E (+RISTIAN >AIT+ S+OUD 9ROIDE US 8IT+ A ROADMA9 >OR A

I>E: 2 o%. 10:4-5Th! !a$ons ! %i'h" i"h ar! no" "h! !a$ons o% "h! or)d. On "h!#on"rar&, "h!& hav! divin! $o!r "o d!mo)ish s"ron'ho)ds. 8! d!mo)ish ar'um!n"s and

!v!r& $r!"!nsion "ha" s!"s i"s!)% u$ a'ains" "h! -no)!d'! o% Hod, and ! "a-! #a$"iv! !v!r&

"hou'h" "o ma-! i" o5!di!n" "o (hris".

,assivit&- .uietis'- and the Churchs Res*onse to /ounting 0n1ustice

(hris"ians ar! v!r& divid!d r!'ardin' our r!s$ons! "o inLus"i#!, !s$!#ia))& "h! moun"in' inLus"i#!sdir!#"!d "oards (hris"ians and "h! #hur#h. *!s, ! '!n!ra))& a'r!! "ha" ! shou)d )ov! and $ra&

%or our !n!mi!s. 8! !v!n a'r!! "ha" ! shou)d r!Loi#! in "h! mids" o% )oss and hardshi$, as J!sus

"au'h":

B)!ss!d ar! &ou h!n m!n ha"! &ou, h!n "h!& !4#)ud! &ou and insu)" &ou and r!L!#"

&our nam! as !vi), 5!#aus! o% "h! Son o% Man. R!Loi#! in "ha" da& and )!a$ %or Lo&,5!#aus! 'r!a" is &our r!ard in h!av!n. >or "ha" is ho "h!ir %a"h!rs "r!a"!d "h! $ro$h!"s.

0u-! :36

+o!v!r, do!s r!Loi#in' $r!#)ud! a#"iv! invo)v!m!n" 8! '!n!ra))& ou)d sa& "ha" i" shou)dn


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A5ou" midni'h" 9au) and Si)as !r! $ra&in' and sin'in' h&mns "o Hod, and "h! o"h!r

$rison!rs !r! )is"!nin' "o "h!m. 0A#"s 1: 6

As a r!su)", a $o!r%u) !ar"h/ua-! s$ran' o$!n a)) o% "h! $rison doors. Th! Lai)-!!$!r, "hin-in'

h! had )os" his $rison!rs, as a5ou" "o -i)) hims!)%. 9au) in"!rv!n!d and "h! Lai)!r r!#!iv!d (hris".+o!v!r, "his isn


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" thin@ that today many *hristians are afraid of appearing chauvinistic K a focus on me and

mine 8 in their concern for their brethren. However, it seems that this is the very posture that2esus would have us ta@e5

A; new command " give you5 %ove one another. ;s " have loved you, so you must loveone another. Iy this all men will @now that you are my disciples, if you love one

another.A 2ohn 3656L864-

1hen the brethren loose their &obs, buildings and even lives to discrimination, we have a

responsibility to combat the in&ustice and to stand beside them, even in protest, even as we

encourage them to re&oice in our %ord. "f we are neglectful of this central responsibility, the

world will not see our mutual love and will be deprived of the witness of our oneness. !hey willconclude, 1e do not see their love for one another. *hrist therefore seems irrelevant to them.$

" dont thin@ that our passivity will win hearts. (uring my brief period as a teacher in a public

school, " too thought that 2esus had been teaching passivity K to turn the other chee@ at themisbehavior of the students. !his only won me the deserved contempt of the teachers. !hey

didnt find anything virtuous in passivity but rather, a clear display of folly. "nstead of bringingglory to my %ord, " had briefly demonstrated that the teachings of 2esus wrongly understood-

had no place in the real world.

"nstead, " have found that the teachings of the Iible display great wisdom (eut. L5N8O- that willimpress others with the %ight of wisdom. "f we simply re&oice while we allow our homes to burn

and our brethren to be murdered, we will only earn scorn of others. However, if we show them

another way and " thin@ that its the Iiblical way- of re&oicing in the confidence of our %ord, aswe proceed in wisdom, people may be drawn to this wisdom.

ou admit that the children of these schools will suffer loss as the churches are banished fromtheir midst. 1ell, arent these children worth our efforts to stand our ground+ /ustnt we plead

for them+ /ustnt we e0pose the wor@s of dar@ness Eph. 4533-+

Please forgive my unsolicited advice. " thin@ that we are entering increasingly troubled times K

times through which the brethren must stand together in worship but also in word and in deed. "

pray that you will reconsider.

Ethics and the 2se of the 3T

Romans 12:19-21B!)ov!d, do no" av!n'! &ours!)v!s, 5u" rather'iv! $)a#! "o ra"h %or i" is ri""!n, A>engeance is /ine, " will repay,Asa&s "h!

ord. CTh!r!%or!

A"f your enemy is hungry, feed himC"f he is thirsty, give him a drin@C

or in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.A09rov!r5s

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his wife, and the two shall become one fleshB+ So "h!n, "h!& ar! no )on'!r "o 5u" on! %)!sh. Th!r!%or! ha" Hod has Loin!d

"o'!"h!r, )!" no" man s!$ara"!.; @Th!& said "o +im, ;8h& "h!n did Mos!s #ommand "o 'iv! a #!r"i%i#a"! o% divor#!, and "o $u"

h!r aa&; +! said "o "h!m, ;Mos!s, 5!#aus! o% "h! hardn!ss o% &our h!ar"s, $!rmi""!d &ou "o divor#! &our iv!s, 5u" %rom

"h! 5!'innin' i" as no" so.

9O*HAM*: E4odus 1:1C I% h! "a-!s ano"h!r i%!, h! sha)) no" diminish h!r %ood, h!r #)o"hin', and h!r marria'! ri'h"s.

Ha& Marria'!

3. Sam!n!ss in Im$or"an#! vs. 9riori"isa"ion

&in' "o hid! J!s %rom Nais

$atthe> 23:238o! "o &ou, s#ri5!s and 9haris!!s, h&$o#ri"!s >or &ou $a& "i"h! o% min" and anis! and #ummin, and hav!

n!')!#"!d "h! !i'h"i!r matterso% "h! )a: Lus"i#! and m!r#& and %ai"h. Th!s! &ou ou'h" "o hav! don!, i"hou" )!avin' "h!

o"h!rs undon!.

E(o"s 1:15-17Th!n "h! -in' o% E'&$" s$o-! "o "h! +!5r! midiv!s, o% hom "h! nam! o% on! wasShi$hrah and "h! nam!

o% "h! o"h!r 9uah 1and h! said, ;8h!n &ou do "h! du"i!s o% a midi%! %or "h! +!5r! om!n, and s!! themon "h!

5ir"hs"oo)s, i% i" isa son, "h!n &ou sha)) -i)) him 5u" i% i" isa dau'h"!r, "h!n sh! sha)) )iv!.; 1@Bu" "h! midiv!s %!ar!d Hod,

and did no" do as "h! -in' o% E'&$" #ommand!d "h!m, 5u" sav!d "h! ma)! #hi)dr!n a)iv!.

James 2:25i-!is!, as no" Raha5 "h! har)o" a)so Lus"i%i!d 5& or-s h!n sh! r!#!iv!d "h! m!ss!n'!rs and s!n" themou"

ano"h!r a&

7. 8!)%ar! o% "h! S"a"! vs. >r!!dom o% S$!!#hWR!)i'ion

Ca*ita$ ,unish'ent

*ontradiction between pro8life position and *PF$

&enesis 9:5Sur!)& %or &our )i%!5)ood I i)) d!mand a rec@oningC%rom "h! hand o% !v!r& 5!as" I

i)) r!/uir! i", and %rom "h! hand o% man. >rom "h! hand o% !v!r& mans 5ro"h!r I i)) r!/uir! "h!)i%! o% man.9:68ho!v!r sh!ds mans 5)ood, 5& man his 5)ood sha)) 5! sh!d %or in "h! ima'! o%Hod +! mad! man.

Iut the )! is about forgiveness, not punishmentF$

$atthe> 15:4>or Hod #ommand!d, sa&in', BHonor your father and your motherBCand, BHe who

curses father or mother, let him be put to death.B

John 19:11J!sus ans!r!d P"o 9i)a"!, ;*ou #ou)d hav! no $o!r a" a)) a'ains" M! un)!ss i" had

5!!n 'iv!n &ou %rom a5ov!. Th!r!%or! "h! on! ho d!)iv!r!d M! "o &ou has "h! 'r!a"!r sin.;

*8ts 25:11>or i% I P9au) am an o%%!nd!r, or hav! #ommi""!d an&"hin' d!s!rvin' o% d!a"h, I dono" o5L!#" "o d&in' 5u" i% "h!r! is no"hin' in "h!s! "hin's o% hi#h "h!s! m!n a##us! m!, no on!

#an d!)iv!r m! "o "h!m. I a$$!a) "o (a!sar.;

eb%e>s 10:29-31+o mu#h mor! s!v!r!)& do &ou "hin- a man d!s!rv!s "o 5! $unish!d ho

has "ram$)!d "h! Son o% Hod und!r %oo", ho has "r!a"!d as an unho)& "hin' "h! 5)ood o% "h!

#ov!nan" "ha" san#"i%i!d him, and ho has insu)"!d "h! S$iri" o% 'ra#! 3C>or ! -no him ho

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said, ;I" is min! "o av!n'! I i)) r!$a&,; and a'ain, ;Th! ord i)) Lud'! his $!o$)!.; 31I" is a

dr!ad%u) "hin' "o %a)) in"o "h! hands o% "h! )ivin' Hod.

or h! is Hods minis"!r "o &ou %or 'ood. Bu" i% &ou do !vi), 5! a%raid %or h! do!sno" 5!ar "h! sord in vain %or h! is Hods minis"!r, an av!n'!r "o e0ecutera"h on him ho

$ra#"i#!s !vi). PA)so OT

1 Pete% 2:13-15Th!r!%or! su5mi" &ours!)v!s "o !v!r& ordinan#! o% man %or "h! ords sa-!,

h!"h!r "o "h! -in' as su$r!m!, 17or "o 'ov!rnors, as "o "hos! ho ar! s!n" 5& him %or "h!

$unishm!n" o% !vi)do!rs andfor the$rais! o% "hos! ho do 'ood. 1>or "his is "h! i)) o% Hod,"ha" 5& doin' 'ood &ou ma& $u" "o si)!n#! "h! i'noran#! o% %oo)ish m!n

1 o%. 6:2-3Do &ou no" -no "ha" "h! sain"s i)) Lud'! "h! or)d And i% "h! or)d i)) 5!

Lud'!d 5& &ou, ar! &ou unor"h& "o Lud'! "h! sma))!s" ma""!rs 3Do &ou no" -no "ha" ! sha))

Lud'! an'!)s +o mu#h mor!, "hin's "ha" $!r"ain "o "his )i%!

Problem of convicting the innocentF

Warfare

9A(I>ISM

John 1:33@ J!sus ans!r!d P9i)a"!, ;M& -in'dom is no" o% "his or)d. M& -in'dom

!r! o% "his or)d, M& s!rvan"s ou)d %i'h", so "ha" I shou)d no" 5! d!)iv!r!d "o "h! J!s5u" no M& -in'dom is no" %rom h!r!.;

Ma""h! :33 ;*ou hav! h!ard "ha" i" as said, B;n eye for an eye and a tooth for a

tooth. Bu" I "!)) &ou no" "o r!sis" an !vi) $!rson. Bu" ho!v!r s)a$s &ou on &our ri'h" #h!!-,

"urn "h! o"h!r "o him a)so.

E4odus C:13 *ou sha)) no" murd!r.

Romans 1:1@1 R!$a& no on! !vi) %or !vi)GDo no" 5! ov!r#om! 5& !vi), 5u" ov!r#om!

!vi) i"h 'ood.

Romans 13:1C ov! do!s no harm "o a n!i'h5or "h!r!%or! )ov! is "h! %u)%i))m!n" o% "h! )a.

*E ,R * JT C*R

BEIEERS (OMMENDED >OR (OURAHE IN 8AR: +!5r!s 1):337 Hid!on and Bara-

and Samson and J!$h"hah, a)so oWDavid and Samu!) and "h! $ro$h!"s: ho "hrou'h %ai"h

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su5du!d -in'doms, or-!d)ri'h"!ousn!ss, o5"ain!d $romis!s, s"o$$!d "h! mou"hs o% )ions,

/u!n#h!d "h! vio)!n#! o% %ir!, !s#a$!d "h! !d'! o% "h! sord, ou" o% !a-n!ss !r! mad! s"ron',

5!#am! va)ian" in ha""i!, "urn!d "o %)i'h" "h! armi!s o% "h! a)i!ns.

I> ;8RAT+; IS MANDATED NATIONA*, 8+* NOT INTERNATIONA* Romans

13:7 >or h! is Hods minis"!r "o &ou %or 'ood. Bu" i% &ou do !vi), 5! a%raid %or h! do!s no" 5!ar"h! sord in vain %or h! is Hods minis"!r, an av!n'!r "o e0ecute ra"h on him ho $ra#"i#!s!vi).

DOESNT SEEM TO BE AN*T+INH EIABOUT BEINH A SODIER:

u-! 3:17 i-!is! "h! so)di!rs as-!d him, sa&in', ;And ha" sha)) ! do; So h! said

"o "h!m, ;Do no" in"imida"! an&on! or a##us! %a)s!)&, and 5! #on"!n" i"h &our a'!s.;

u-! @: 8h!n J!sus h!ard "h!s! "hin's, +! marv!)!d a" him 0Roman (!n"urion6, and

"urn!d around and said "o "h! #rod "ha" %o))o!d +im, ;I sa& "o &ou, I hav! no" %ound su#h 'r!a"

%ai"h, no" !v!n in Isra!);

9!"!r "a)-in' a5ou" (orn!)ius: A#"s JC:3 Bu" in !v!r& na"ion ho!v!r %!ars +im and

or-s ri'h"!ousn!ss is a##!$"!d 5& +im.

JESUS 8ASNT A 9A(I>IST: John :1 8h!n +! PJ!sus had mad! a hi$ o% #ords, +!

drov! "h!m a)) ou" o% "h! "!m$)!, i"h "h! sh!!$ and "h! o4!n, and $our!d ou" "h! #han'!rs

mon!& and ov!r"urn!d "h! "a5)!s.

8AR>ARE AND 9UNIS+MENT ARE (ONSISTENT 8)T+ HOD:

R!v. 1: 11No I sa h!av!n o$!n!d, and 5!ho)d, a hi"! hors!. And +! PJ!susho sa"on him was #a))!d >ai"h%u) and Tru!, and in ri'h"!ousn!ss +! Lud'!s and ma-!s ar.

Th!s. 1: it is a ri'h"!ous "hin' i"h Hod "o r!$a& i"h "ri5u)a"ion "hos! ho "rou5)!

&ou, and to give &ou ho ar! "rou5)!d r!s" i"h us h!n "h! ord J!sus is r!v!a)!d %rom

h!av!n i"h +is mi'h"& an'!)s, Sin %)amin' %ir! "a-in' v!n'!an#! on "hos! ho do no"

-no Hod, and on "hos! ho do no" o5!& "h! 'os$!) o% our ord J!sus (hris". Th!s! sha))

5! $unish!d i"h !v!r)as"in' d!s"ru#"ion %rom "h! $r!s!n#! o% "h! ord and %rom "h! ')or&o% +is $o!r,

(OM9I(ATIONS Ma""h! :7 ;No on! #an s!rv! "o mas"!rs %or !i"h!r h! i)) ha"! "h! on!

and )ov! "h! o"h!r, or !)s! h! i)) 5! )o&a) "o "h! on! and d!s$is! "h! o"h!r. *ou #anno" s!rv!Hod and mammon.

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Civil Disobedience

*&*'T:

$a%# 12:17And J!sus ans!r!d and said "o "h!m, ;R!nd!r "o (a!sar "h! "hin's "ha" ar!(a!sars, and "o Hod "h! "hin's "ha" ar! Hods.;

Romans 13:1-!" !v!r& sou) 5! su5L!#" "o "h! 'ov!rnin' au"hori"i!s. >or "h!r! is no au"hori"&!4#!$" %rom Hod, and "h! au"hori"i!s "ha" !4is" ar! a$$oin"!d 5& Hod. Th!r!%or! ho!v!r r!sis"s

"h! au"hori"& r!sis"s "h! ordinan#! o% Hod, and "hos! ho r!sis" i)) 5rin' Lud'm!n" on

"h!ms!)v!s. 3>or ru)!rs ar! no" a "!rror "o 'ood or-s, 5u" "o !vi). Do &ou an" "o 5! una%raid o%

"h! au"hori"& Do ha" is 'ood, and &ou i)) hav! $rais! %rom "h! sam!. 7>or h! is Hodsminis"!r "o &ou %or 'ood. Bu" i% &ou do !vi), 5! a%raid %or h! do!s no" 5!ar "h! sord in vain %or

h! is Hods minis"!r, an av!n'!r "o !4!#u"! ra"h on him ho $ra#"i#!s !vi). Th!r!%or! &ou mus"

5! su5L!#", no" on)& 5!#aus! o% ra"h 5u" a)so %or #ons#i!n#! sa-!. >or 5!#aus! o% "his &ou a)so$a& "a4!s, %or "h!& ar! Hods minis"!rs a""!ndin' #on"inua))& "o "his v!r& "hin'GO! no on!

an&"hin' !4#!$" "o )ov! on! ano"h!r, %or h! ho )ov!s ano"h!r has %u)%i))!d "h! )a.

1 Pete% 2:13-14Th!r!%or! su5mi" &ours!)v!s "o !v!r& ordinan#! o% man %or "h! ords sa-!,h!"h!r "o "h! -in' as su$r!m!, 17or "o 'ov!rnors, as "o "hos! ho ar! s!n" 5& him %or "h!

$unishm!n" o% !vi)do!rs and %or "h! $rais! o% "hos! ho do 'oodG 2:1-21 S)av!s, su5mi"&ours!)v!s "o &our mas"!rs i"h a)) r!s$!#", no" on)& "o "hos! ho ar! 'ood and #onsid!ra"!, 5u"

a)so "o "hos! ho ar! harsh. 1 >or i" is #omm!nda5)! i% a man 5!ars u$ und!r "h! $ain o% unLus"

su%%!rin' 5!#aus! h! is #ons#ious o% Hod. CBu" ho is i" "o &our #r!di" i% &ou r!#!iv! a 5!a"in'

%or doin' ron' and !ndur! i" Bu" i% &ou su%%!r %or doin' 'ood and &ou !ndur! i", "his is#omm!nda5)! 5!%or! Hod. 1To "his &ou !r! #a))!d, 5!#aus! (hris" su%%!r!d %or &ou, )!avin'

&ou an !4am$)!, "ha" &ou shou)d %o))o in his s"!$s.

*PPR,*! , /,+E/E'E:

*8ts 5:29Bu" 9!"!r and "h! o"h!r a$os")!s ans!r!d and said: ;8! ou'h" "o o5!& Hod ra"h!r"han m!n.? 07:16

J"=es 2:16Th!n "h! ORDrais!d u$ Lud'!s, ho sav!d "h!m ou" o% "h! hands o% "h!s! raid!rs.

E4am$)!s o%Private,Non#o!r#iv! Diso5!di!n#!: Mord!#ai, 9uah, Raha5, Dani!) eb%e>s

11:32-34And ha" mor! sha)) I sa& >or "h! "im! ou)d %ai) m! "o "!)) o% Hid!on and Bara- and

Samson and J!$h"hah, a)so o% David and Samu!) and "h! $ro$h!"s: 33ho "hrou'h %ai"h su5du!d

-in'doms, or-!d ri'h"!ousn!ss, o5"ain!d $romis!s, s"o$$!d "h! mou"hs o% )ions, 37/u!n#h!d "h!vio)!n#! o% %ir!, !s#a$!d "h! !d'! o% "h! sord, ou" o% !a-n!ss !r! mad! s"ron', 5!#am!

va)ian" in 5a"")!, "urn!d "o %)i'h" "h! armi!s o% "h! a)i!ns.

P%oe%bs 24:11-12D!)iv!r "hos! ho ar! dran "oard d!a"h, and ho)d 5a#- "hos! s"um5)in'

"o "h! s)au'h"!r. 1I% &ou sa&, ;Sur!)& ! did no" -no "his,; do!s no" +! ho !i'hs "h! h!ar"s

#onsid!r i" +! ho -!!$s &our sou), do!s +! no" -no i" And i)) +! no" r!nd!r "o !a#h mana##ordin' "o his d!!ds

Do an& o% "h! a5ov! 'iv! Lus"i%i#a"ion %or #o!r#iv! (D or vio)!n#!

Do I #ommi" "h! 'r!a"!r sin 5& no" doin' (D 8h!r! do!s m& r!s$onsi5i)i"& !nd

1. Sim$)& no" "a-in' $ar" in "h! inLus"i#!

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. S$!a-in' ou" a'ains" i"

3. 9o)i"i#a) A#"ionWO5s"ru#"in' "h! inLus"i#!

7. Thr!a"s and vio)!n#!

Re*roductive Techno$ogies (0n %itro- Rent a Wo'#6!

HOD 8ANTS >RUIT>UNESS: &enesis 1:2And Hod 5)!ss!d "h!m and Hod said "o "h!m,;B! %rui"%u) and mu)"i$)&, and %i)) "h! !ar"h, and su5du! i" and ru)! ov!r "h! %ish o% "h! s!a and

ov!r "h! 5irds o% "h! s-&, and ov!r !v!r& )ivin' "hin' "ha" mov!s on "h! !ar"h.;

ES9E(IA* HOD* >RUIT>UNESS: $ala8hi 2:14-16G"h! ORDis a#"in' as "h!

i"n!ss 5!"!!n &ou and "h! i%! o% &our &ou"h, 5!#aus! &ou hav! 5ro-!n %ai"h i"h h!r, "hou'hsh! is &our $ar"n!r, "h! i%! o% &our marria'! #ov!nan". 1+as no" "h! ORDmad! "h!m on! In

%)!sh and s$iri" "h!& ar! his. And h& on! B!#aus! h! as s!!-in' 'od)& o%%s$rin'. So 'uard&ours!)% in &our s$iri", and do no" 5r!a- %ai"h i"h "h! i%! o% &our &ou"h. 1;I ha"! divor#!,; sa&s

"h! ORDHod o% Isra!), ;and I ha"! a mans #ov!rin' hims!)% i"h vio)!n#! as !)) as i"h his'arm!n",; sa&s "h! ORDA)mi'h"&. So 'uard &ours!)% in &our s$iri", and do no" 5r!a- %ai"h.

UNHOD* 9ARENTS 8I (AUSE T+EIR (+IDREN TO SU>>ER:

/e"t. 12:2B! #ar!%u) "o o5!& a)) "h!s! r!'u)a"ions I am 'ivin' &ou, so "ha" i" ma& a)a&s

'o !)) i"h &ou and &our #hi)dr!n a%"!r &ou, 5!#aus! &ou i)) 5! doin' ha" is 'ood andri'h" in "h! !&!s o% "h! ORD&our Hod. 0as %or#in' (hris"ian ado$"ion a'!n#i!s "o

$rovid! #hi)dr!n "o 'a&s6

E(o"s 20:5;*ou sha)) no" orshi$ "h!m or s!rv! "h!m %or I, "h! ORD&our Hod, am a

L!a)ous Hod, visi"in' Pna"ura))& "h! ini/ui"& o% "h! %a"h!rs on "h! #hi)dr!n, on "h! "hird and

"h! %our"h '!n!ra"ions o% "hos! ho ha"! M!,

+E EEN DESIRES ONENESS AND >RUIT>UNESS >ROM ESS T+AN IDEA

MAT(+ES:

&enesis 3:-10Th!n Judah said "o Onan, ;Ho in "o &our 5ro"h!rs i%!, and $!r%orm &our

du"& as a 5ro"h!rin)a "o h!r, and rais! u$ o%%s$rin' %or &our 5ro"h!r.; And Onan -n!

"ha" "h! o%%s$rin' ou)d no" 5! his so i" #am! a5ou" "ha" h!n h! !n" in "o his 5ro"h!rs

i%!, h! as"!d his s!!d on "h! 'round, in ord!r no" "o 'iv! o%%s$rin' "o his 5ro"h!r. 1CBu"ha" h! did as dis$)!asin' in "h! si'h" o% "h! ORD so +! "oo- his )i%! a)so.

/e"t. 25:5-10I% 5ro"h!rs ar! )ivin' "o'!"h!r and on! o% "h!m di!s i"hou" a son, his ido

mus" no" marr& ou"sid! "h! %ami)&. +!r hus5ands 5ro"h!r sha)) "a-! h!r and marr& h!r and%u)%i)) "h! du"& o% a 5ro"h!rin)a "o h!r. Th! %irs" son sh! 5!ars sha)) #arr& on "h! nam! o%

"h! d!ad 5ro"h!r so "ha" his nam! i)) no" 5! 5)o""!d ou" %rom Isra!). +o!v!r, i% a man

do!s no" an" "o marr& his 5ro"h!rs i%!, sh! sha)) 'o "o "h! !)d!rs a" "h! "on 'a"! and sa&,

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;M& hus5ands 5ro"h!r r!%us!s "o #arr& on his 5ro"h!rs nam! in Isra!). +! i)) no" %u)%i)) "h!

du"& o% a 5ro"h!rin)a "o m!.; Th!n "h! !)d!rs o% his "on sha)) summon him and "a)- "o

him. I% h! $!rsis"s in sa&in', ;I do no" an" "o marr& h!r,; his 5ro"h!rs ido sha)) 'o u$"o him in "h! $r!s!n#! o% "h! !)d!rs, "a-! o%% on! o% his sanda)s, s$i" in his %a#! and sa&,

;This is ha" is don! "o "h! man ho i)) no" 5ui)d u$ his 5ro"h!rs %ami)& )in!.; 1CTha"

mans )in! sha)) 5! -non in Isra!) as Th! >ami)& o% "h! Unsanda)!d.

(+IDREN ARE A BESSINH 0Ev!n h!n "h!& #om! %rom ar"i%i#ia) m!ans6 Psalm 127:3Sons ar! a h!ri"a'! %rom "h! ORD, #hi)dr!n a r!ard %rom him.

HOD EEN E2ATS (+IDREN ORIHINATINH >ROM SIN>U (IR(UMSTAN(ES:So)omon, 1 sons o% Isra!)

SO(IET* 9RO>ITS >ROM ONENESS AND (+IDREN: 1 Tim. 5:11-15As %or &oun'!ridos, do no" $u" "h!m on su#h a )is". >or h!n "h!ir s!nsua) d!sir!s ov!r#om! "h!ir d!di#a"ion

"o (hris", "h!& an" "o marr&. 1Thus "h!& 5rin' Lud'm!n" on "h!ms!)v!s, 5!#aus! "h!& hav!5ro-!n "h!ir %irs" $)!d'!. 13B!sid!s, "h!& '!" in"o "h! ha5i" o% 5!in' id)! and 'oin' a5ou" %rom

hous! "o hous!. And no" on)& do "h!& 5!#om! id)!rs, 5u" a)so 'ossi$s and 5us&5odi!s, sa&in'

"hin's "h!& ou'h" no" "o. 17So I #ouns!) &oun'!r idos "o marr&, "o hav! #hi)dr!n, "o mana'!"h!ir hom!s and "o 'iv! "h! !n!m& no o$$or"uni"& %or s)and!r. 1Som! hav! in %a#" a)r!ad& "urn!d

aa& "o %o))o Sa"an.

Same-Sex Marriage: Coerced to Participate in Sin

Christians have been placed on collision-course with anti-discrimination legislation,requiring them to participant in practices that they regard as sinful. Theologian AlbertMohler has written that in order to protect the constitution right of freedom of religion:

everal states are now considering legislation that would provide e!plicit

protections to citi"ens whose consciences will not allow an endorsement ofsame-se! marriage# Millions of American citi"ens are facing a direct collisionbetween their moral convictions and the demands of their government.

$or e!ample, the %cean &rove Camp Meeting Association was fined and required to

rent their boardwal' pavilion to a lesbian couple who had brought a lawsuit against thisChristian association for refusing to rent them the pavilion for their marriage. (owever,)irsten *owers and +onathan Merritt deny that forcing Christian participation in a same-se! ceremony is a violation of conscience:

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believe. This is why the first line of analysis here has to be whether society reallybelieves that ba'ing a wedding ca'e or arranging flowers or ta'ing pictures /orproviding any other service0 is an affirmation. This case simply has not beenmade, nor can it be, because it defies logic. 1f you lined up 233 married couplesand as'ed them if their florist affirmed4 their wedding, they would be baffled by

the question.4

*owers and Merritt want to limit the violation simply to instances where the tatecoerces Christians to verballyaffirm something in which they dont believe.4 (owever,coercion is not simply a matter of being forced to saysomething. 1t is also a matter ofbeing forced to dosomething.

Mohler astutely observed another problem with their reasoning. 5hether violatingconscience4 has occurred should not be determined by the public. 1nstead, religiousfreedom has always been recogni"ed as an issue between usand &od:

5ell, the issue is really not what society really believes4 about ba'ing a weddingca'e, but what the ba'er believes. 6eference to what society really believes4 isa way of dismissing religious liberty altogether. 1f the defining legal or moralprinciple is what society really believes,4 all liberties are eventually at sta'e.http:77www.albertmohler.com783297387897caesar-coercion-and-the-christian-conscience-a-dangerous-confusion7

Mohler is correct 5ho is to decide whether or not a Christian violates his conscience ;whether hiring a practicing gay as the pastor is a violation of conscience< whether beingcoerced to ba'e a ca'e reading, 5e are glad you stood up for gay rights4 is a violation=1f it is the state, then all rights depend on their whim, ma'ing our constitutional

guarantees irrelevant.

There are certain things in which we cannot participate, even if this participation loo'sbenign to the tate. The Apostle *aul had warned that our participation in various ritualscan powerfully impact upon our relationship with our >ord:

1s not the cup of than'sgiving for which we give than's a participation in the

blood of Christ= And is not the bread that we brea' a participation in the body ofChrist= #?o not those @(ebrews who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar=?o 1 mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol isanything= Bo, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to &od,

and 1 do not want you to be participants with demons. ou cannot drin' the cupof the >ord and the cup of demons too< you cannot have a part in both the >ordstable and the table of demons. Are we trying to arouse the >ords Dealousy= /2Cor. 23:2E-820

>i'ewise, we cannot be participants in the >ord and sin at the same time. *aul reasonedthat even though the sacrifices are nothing in themselves, ourparticipationin them isnot morally neutral. 1nstead, it carries weighty relational implications. Consequently, we
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are not free to participate in activities that are offensive to our >ord. They arouse (isprotective and loving Dealousy over our well-being. Although we can and should assistsinners, we cannot assist them in their sinfulactivity or promote their cause.

*aul warned that even when we simply ordain people, we are morally responsible and

participatein fruits of their ministry:

?o not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others.

)eep yourself pure. /2 Tim. F:880

This certainly doesnt mean that we cant love people who dont believe as we do.(owever, we cannot do anything that will directly endorse sin. 1 would suspect that%cean &rove understood that hosting a lesbian marriage represented an endorsement,at least in the eyes of &od. Glsewhere, *aul warned:

Therefore do not be partners with them. $or you were once dar'ness, but now

you are light in the >ord. >ive as children of light /for the fruit of the light consistsin all goodness, righteousness and truth0 and find out what pleases the >ord.(ave nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of dar'ness, but rather e!pose them./Gph. F:H-220

(owever, the secular tate is now demanding that we participate in the deeds ofdar'ness.4 *owers and Merritt insist that our reasoning defies logic4 and thatparticipation in a gay marriage does not violate conscience. (owever, this 'ind ofparticipation violates the 5ord of &od.

The Apostle +ohn warned a certain unnamed woman that by merely e!tending

hospitality to false teachers she would be participating in their evil wor'4 /8 +ohn 220.

1s this reasoning really so illogical= 5ould *owers and Merritt have sold petrol to fuel(itlers tan's or provisions to build his death camps= 5ouldnt they have been complicitin his deeds= Arent we also complicit in gay marriage if we agree to support it byba'ing for it or by photographing it=

They might argue, 5hat harm does this form of involvement bring=4 %n a pragmaticlevel, this participation promotes a lifestyle that not only violates cripture but alsodestroys people. +ust loo' at the stats

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