Moral
AUTHORITY
CRISIS
•THE WORD “ETHICS”
“…a system of moral
principles: the ethics of a
culture. The rules of
conduct recognized in
respect to a particular
class of human actions or
a particular group,”
•THE WORD “MORAL”
“…of, pertaining to, or
concerned with the
principles or rules of right
conduct or the
distinction between right
and wrong; ethical”
•WHAT WE WILL STUDY
•Part 1:
•The basis for Christian
ethics. The morality and
ethics of Jesus Christ.
•The basis for Biblical
morality. The Ten
Commandments, etc.
•WHAT WE WILL STUDY
•Part 1:
•The translation from LAW
to GRACE.
•The Ethics and Moral
doctrine of the early
Church and its traditions.
•WHAT WE WILL STUDY
•Part 2:
•The REAL work of the
HOLY SPIRIT to change
the lifestyles of God’s
leaders and ministers.
•Morality with an
ETERNAL VIEW.
•WHAT WE WILL STUDY
•Part 2:
•Situational Ethics and the
new contemporary Moral
world view.
•Divorce and remarriage.
•Homosexuality.
•Governmental honour.
•WHAT WE WILL STUDY
•Part 3:
•Moral leadership for God’s
congregation.
• Practical moral
leadership using practical
and real principles.
•WHAT WE WILL STUDY
•Part 3:
•Ministers and their
PEERS. Maintaining good,
healthy MORAL and HOLY
relationships.
•WHAT WE WILL STUDY
•Part 3:
•MONEY, MONEY,
MONEY! It’s a rich man’s
world. Pastors and leaders
justifying great wealth in a
starving world.
•WHAT WE WILL STUDY
•Part 3:
•MORAL LEADERSHIP
and SEX. Sex is God’s
idea! How can we keep
from dishonouring it?
•WHAT WE WILL STUDY
•Part 3:
•The Minister and moral
failure. God’s M.A.S.H.
units.
•Handling POWER and
AUTHORITY. How to
remain authentic.
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:1-7
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and
she conceived and bore Cain, and
said, “I have acquired a man from
the LORD.” 2 Then she bore again, this
time his brother Abel.
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:1-7
Now Abel was a keeper of sheep,
but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 And in the process of time it came
to pass that Cain brought an
offering of the fruit of the ground to
the LORD.
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:1-7
4 Abel also brought of the firstborn of
his flock and of their fat. And the
LORD respected Abel and his
offering, 5 but He did not respect
Cain and his offering.
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:1-7
And Cain was very angry, and his
countenance fell. 6 So the LORD said
to Cain, “Why are you angry? And
why has your countenance fallen?
7 If you do well, will you not be
accepted?
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:1-7
And if you do not do well, sin lies at
the door. And its desire is for you, but
you should rule over it.”
•THE BIBLE ON MORAL
ETHICS
•How we view God and
His authority shows the
foundations of our ethics
and our morals.
•Offerings are a tool that
exposes our ethics and
morals.
•THE BIBLE ON MORAL
ETHICS
•God expects us to
overcome our own
selfishness and through His
power, achieve a lifestyle
of “BLAMELESSNESS”.
•THE BIBLE ON MORAL
ETHICS
•When we refuse to
surrender our natural
ideas of morality to God,
we will become abusers,
destroyers and murderers.
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:16-24
And the LORD said to him, “Therefore,
whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall
be taken on him sevenfold.” And the
LORD set a mark on Cain, lest anyone
finding him should kill him.
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:16-24
Then Cain went out from the
presence of the LORD and dwelt in
the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife, and she
conceived and bore Enoch.
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:16-24
And he built a city, and called the
name of the city after the name of
his son—Enoch. 18 To Enoch was born
Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael, and
Mehujael begot Methushael,
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:16-24
and Methushael begot Lamech.
19 Then Lamech took for himself two
wives: the name of one was Adah,
and the name of the second was
Zillah. 20 And Adah bore Jabal.
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:16-24
He was the father of those who
dwell in tents and have livestock.
21 His brother’s name was Jubal. He
was the father of all those who play
the harp and flute.
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:16-24
22 And as for Zillah, she also bore
Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every
craftsman in bronze and iron. And
the sister of Tubal-Cain was
Naamah.
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:16-24
23 Then Lamech said to his wives:
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
Wives of Lamech, listen to my
speech! For I have killed a man for
wounding me, even a young man
•MORAL ETHICS FROM
THE BIBLE
GENESIS 4:16-24
for hurting me. 24 If Cain shall be
avenged sevenfold,
then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
•THE BIBLE ON MORAL
ETHICS
•SIN BEGETS SIN. Good
and righteous ethics and
moral living are a
STANDARD, a WALL, a
BULWARK against
destruction. When it is
breached it flows fast.
•THE BIBLE ON MORAL
ETHICS
•SIN creates streams of
decay in relationships.
First, there was murder
between family then
there was unfaithfulness
among husband and
wife.
•ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL
ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE
GENESIS 9:1-11
So God blessed Noah and his sons,
and said to them: “Be fruitful and
multiply, and fill the earth. 2 And the
fear of you and the dread of you
shall be on every beast of the earth,
•ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL
ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE
GENESIS 9:1-11
on every bird of the air, on all that
move on the earth, and on all the
fish of the sea. They are given into
your hand. 3 Every moving thing that
lives shall be food for you.
•ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL
ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE
GENESIS 9:1-11
I have given you all things, even as
the green herbs. 4 But you shall not
eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
5 Surely for your lifeblood I will
demand a reckoning;
•ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL
ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE
GENESIS 9:1-11
from the hand of every beast I will
require it, and from the hand of man.
From the hand of every man’s
brother I will require the life of man.
6 Whoever sheds man’s blood,
•ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL
ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE
GENESIS 9:1-11
by man his blood shall be shed;
For in the image of God He made
man. 7 And as for you, be fruitful and
multiply; Bring forth abundantly in
the earth and multiply in it.”
•ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL
ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE
GENESIS 9:1-11
8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his
sons with him, saying: 9 “And as for
Me, behold, I establish My covenant
with you and with your descendants
after you, 10 and with every living
•ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL
ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE
GENESIS 9:1-11
creature that is with you: the birds,
the cattle, and every beast of the
earth with you, of all that go out of
the ark, every beast of the earth.
11 Thus I establish My covenant with
•ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENTAL
ETHICS FROM THE BIBLE
GENESIS 9:1-11
you: Never again shall all flesh be
cut off by the waters of the flood;
never again shall there be a flood to
destroy the earth.”
•THE BIBLE ON MORAL
ETHICS
•The believer in Jesus
Christ, who is truly a
committed Christian,
understands that Ethics
and Moral code goes well
beyond human opinion
and societies of man.
•THE BIBLE ON MORAL
ETHICS
•Good, moral, life-giving
ethics comes from
HEAVEN NOT FROM
EARTH.
•Without God, where can
man possibly derive his
MORAL foundations?
•What do you think is a
better world to live in:
one in which man
makes all the rules or
one in which man is
accountable to a
higher power?
•Does the government
of DEMOCRATIC or
REPUBLICS of men
affect MORAL life or
REFLECT moral codes of
society?
•Do the laws of a
society change the
society or does the law
of a society reflect the
society in which they
are made?
•Who is in the best position
to EFFECTIVELY teach an
ethical, moral lifestyle to
our children:
•GOVERNMENT?
•CHURCH?
•SCHOOLS?
•FAMILIES?