Christian Ethics ~ Lesson 6 The Ethics of Jesus ~ Part1&2 Essay

Lesson 6 ~ Christian Ethics ~ The Ethics of Jesus Part 2 ~ Essay

By:  Rev. Trent Murman

 

LESSONS V & VI

Test 3

                           I.          For whom, did Jesus come as a gift for?  All mankind from God.

                          II.          State five (5) things that Jesus taught. a) Jesus taught an ethic completely integrated with his religion.  b) Jesus laid primary stress on ethical and spiritual inwardness. c) Jesus set forth a clear pattern of the demands of the God-centered life. d) Jesus had a realistic knowledge both of human sin and of the possibilities of the redeemed life. e) Jesus declared the supreme worth of every person to God.

                         III.          Regarding ceremonial acts or correct outward behavior for humble obedience to God and loving one's neighbor, what was Jesus completely opposed to?  Jesus was completely opposed to the substitution of either ceremonial acts or correct outward behavior for humble obedience to God and loving concern for one's neighbor.

                        IV.          Did Jesus condemn ceremonial tithing or making clean the "outside of the cup" as illustrated in Matthew 23:23, 25-26?  Note that he does not condemn ceremonial tithing or making clean the "outside of the cup"; what he condemns is the substitution of these for something more basic. In gentler tones this is also the burden of the Sermon on the Mount where, without any abrogating of the Ten Commandments, the emphasis is shifted away from legalism to those inner attitudes that determine the nature of a man, and hence his acts.

                         V.          What are the two (2) primary qualities found in the Beatitudes?  To put it simply….they guide and they point.

                        VI.          In the Synoptic Gospels, did Jesus, like Paul, look upon sin as an enveloping state of evil resulting from Adam's fall and corrupting man's whole being? They saw sin within a spiritual domain rather than a biological one. 

                      VII.          What are the four (4) requirements for sin's conquest? And for sin, repentance, forgiveness, faith, and obedience in love were the answer.

                     VIII.          State three (3) matters most directly related to the practical requirements of the Christian life. 

It is motivated by love.

It is progressive.

It is accordance with God's revealed will.

It is set forth in His divinely inspired Word.

IX        Define "Eschatology." Eschatology is the doctrine of the "last things." The eschaton means the end, and eschatology has to do with what happens at the end of human history and beyond it.

X.        According to Jesus, why did Moses permit divorce?  Yes.