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Oct 1, 2024 · Biblical Morality: Morality in Scripture is grounded in God’s character, with the Ten Commandments providing essential ethical guidelines (Exodus 20). Objective Truth: Truth in the Bible is portrayed as objective, positioning Jesus as the embodiment of truth (John 14:6) and guiding philosophical understanding.
- Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 128 helpful votes. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.
- Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 113 helpful votes. Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 103 helpful votes. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
- Mark 7:20-23 ESV / 93 helpful votes. And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.
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A Christian view of morality is based upon the assumption that God exists and has revealed Himself to the human race. He has chosen to reveal Himself in nature (Psalm 19, Romans 1) and in human conscience (Romans 2:14-15). He has also revealed Himself through the Bible (Psalm 119, 2 Timothy 3:16) and in the person of Jesus Christ (John 10:30, Hebre...
How do we make proper moral choices based upon biblical principles? The Bible does provide biblical guidelines on a vast array of issues. Christians also have the liberty to make individual moral choices in areas of moral neutrality. Ultimately, making moral choices involves discerning the will of God in one’s life. Whole books have been written on...
What about times when the Bible does not clearly seem to speak to a particular action? These areas of moral neutrality are still governed by biblical principles that guide our Christian liberty. Even though a particular action may not be prohibited in Scripture, it still may be offensive to others because of their social, ethnic, or religious backg...
Although the Bible admonishes us to be honest and to tell the truth, honesty seems to be at an all-time low. One study of high school students found that 71 percent of them admitted to cheating on an exam at least once in the last twelve months. And 92 percent of them said they lied to their parents in the last twelve months while 79 percent said t...
What the Bible says about Immorality. (From Forerunner Commentary) The result of idolatry in our culture has been immorality on a scale unparalleled in the history of the United States. This will never change until the values, the system of morality that people use to determine right from wrong, change. This change will not occur until a ...
Jan 18, 2024 · 4. The Spiritual Effects of Immorality. 5. How Can We Overcome The Temptation To Immorality. The Bible defines immorality as “sexual immorality”, which means any form of sexual relationship between two people who are not married. This could include premarital or extramarital sexual relations, adultery, sexual intercourse between two people ...
Philosophy and vain deceit--i.e. (like "the knowledge falsely so called" of 1Timothy 6:20), a philosophy which is inseparably connected with vain deceit. The warning implied here seems to be two-fold:--(1) First, against considering Christianity primarily as a "philosophy," i.e., a search for and knowledge of speculative truth, even the highest.
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Righteousness is what is right with God: "For all Your commandments are righteousness" (Psalm 119:172). It is the cultivation of correct moral principles within ourselves. As a nation we should cultivate morality to produce spiritual and social growth. Righteousness—morality—is therefore the foundation of justice.
