Definitions
The Latin word meaning “Let it be” referring to God’s work in creation.
Fiat
True or False:
Creational norms are no longer observable in our world today due to the fall.
False
An ethical system rooted in anything other than God will always be _________
Subjective
What is the Latin phrase for “Image of God”
Imago Dei
Truly ethical behavior can only come from submission to God and His word
Authority
Pure and set apart
Holiness
Creational norms reflect what attribute of God?
His wisdom
___________ is the ultimate basis for ethics
God Himself (His character)
All other _________ ________ make sense in light of one primary one, the image of God in man.
creational norms
The ability to discern creational norms revealed in the Bible and apply them to situations the Bible doesn’t clearly address
Wisdom
The Hebrew phrase “tob meod” refers to?
After God created humans He stated that everything was very good, or, the best it could ever possibly be.
Creational norms can be defined as God’s _________ built into the __________ of the world.
Wisdom
Design
For people to live ethically, they must be conformed to attributes or character, the _________ patterned after God’s character.
Virtues
Being created in the image of God should guarantee the _______ and ________ of all humans
Dignity
Value
God created the moral norms by which this world and His people must function; Christian ethics makes better sense of the world than the alternatives
Creational Order
God’s authority over the entire universe
Christians need the lens of ___________ to discern creational norms
Special Revelation
Three major benefits of studying ethics are:
Expanded ___________
Personal ___________
Improved ___________
Knowledge
Growth
Testimony
Being transformed into Christ’s image is the same thing as becoming ______
Virtuous
Humans were created with the ultimate goal of glorifying God, which should be at the center of all their motives.
Man’s Chief End
God’s gift of mercy reflects this attribute…
His goodness
Creational norms can be discovered by:
Observing the design built into the world
Reading statements in Scripture
Because of God’s _________
Common Grace
The following are foundations for Christian ethics:
God and His _________
____________ ___________
The ________ __ _____ in man
Character
Creational Norms
Image of God
The image of God in man is foundational to ethics because all people are _________ ________, and the image of God is what gives all people _______ and _______ as we _________ to one another
Relational beings
DignityValue
Relate
People must not only do the right things, but also be the right kind of people. This can happen only through regeneration and sanctification
Virtue