Key Terms
An inner knowledge of right and wrong that all people possess
Moral Awareness
The two places we find moral awareness
1. Conscience
2. God’s words
As a perfect moral being, God is _______
Perfect love
“Love the lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. Love your neighbor as yourself”
Jesus called this
The first and greatest commandment
True or false
Our conscience is imperfect, so we are not responsible For the things we do
False
The behaviors and attitudes that are right and good and valuable for our lives
Moral values
The author of this passage,
“Even gentiles who do not have God’s law, show that they know it instinctively - they demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, because their own conscience tells them what is right”
The apostle Paul
A statement referring to fact vs. a statement referring to opinion or bias
Objective vs. Subjective
”Do not push, and do not cut in line” are not in scripture as God’s laws, so how do we know that those things are wrong?
Asking
Does it honor God / is it loving my neighbor
What does it mean to say
“God’s laws, and all of scripture is living“
They are inspired by the Holy Spirit,
they speak to us,
they convict us and comfort us
they inspire transformation
Pure, perfect, unchangeable, and unquestionable
Absolute
Our conscience is perfect, true or false
False
An example of a non-absolute law from American History
Answers vary (a law that has changed as the culture changes)
“If someone says, ‘I love God’ then hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?”
The prophet John
Not by ourselves and not by works but ‘by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ’ (Hebrews 10:10)
Including / applying to everyone at all times
Universal
The author of this passage,
“your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path”
King David
True or False
Universally, most people believe in and obey God’s laws
True
List the first laws, in order
no other gods, no idols of Yahweh, do not misuse the Lord’s name, remember the sabbath day, honor your father and mother, do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not lie, do not covet
“Above all, clothe yourselves with ______, which binds us all together in perfect harmony“ (Colossians 3:14)
LOVE