ETHICS CHRISTIAN BEFORE ETHICS MEN
INTRODUCTION
Understanding what is right and what is wrong in a world in which they are inverted moral values recorded by God in the conscience of human beings and at the same time formally recorded (recorded) in the Book of the Lord is no easy task. Thank God we have the biggest and best ethical reference that the world has ever known: the Word of God. She is a lamp and light divine, both to our inner being and to our living abroad. This quarter, we will present an overview of the ethical part of the biblical view on which Christianity bases its values. We hope to contribute to the understanding of the subject, commenting on some typical ethical cases, considering the limited space of the comments that does not permit a broader approach.
I. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS
1. Ethics as a secular science. Ethics is one aspect of philosophy. Philosophy is segmented into six traditional systems: Politics, Logic, Gnosiology, Aesthetics, Metaphysics and Ethics which is the object of study of our study this quarter. To understand better the meaning of ethics, see, in summary form, which are other aspects to which it is aggregated in the philosophical context. Among its many meanings, philosophy is knowledge about things, direction or orientation to the world and life and, finally, consists of speculations on the ideal way of life. In short, is the history of ideas. All this under the human ethics. We assess the human thought with the dictates (what is said) the Word of God that are plump, peremptory (decisively), end. The man, whoever he is, is the creature, but God is the Creator (The 11.9; Nm 23:19, Rom 1:25; Job 38.4). All fields of thought and activities have their respective philosophies. There is a philosophy of biology, education, religion, sociology, medicine, history, science etc.. Consider however, the six systems mentioned above which were organized by three ancient thinkers: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
a) Policy - This word comes from the Greek polis, meaning "city". The policy seeks to determine the optimal management of the State, it would be a social ethic. It seeks to define what are the character, nature and government targets. It is the study of the ideal government.
b) Logic - A system that addresses the principles of reasoning, their capabilities, their errors and their exact ways of expression. This is a normative science, which investigates the principles of valid reasoning and correct inferences either starting from the deductive logic of inductive either.
c) Gnosiology - It is the discipline that studies the knowledge in their nature, origin, limits, possibilities, methods, objects and goals.
d) Aesthetics - It is used to describe the philosophy of fine arts: music, sculpture and painting. This system seeks to define what the purpose or guiding ideal of the arts, presenting descriptions of activity that point to certain targets.
e) Metaphysics - Refers to the considerations and speculations concerning the entities, agencies and non-material causes. Addresses issues such as God, the soul, free will, destiny, freedom, immortality, the problem of evil, etc..
f) Ethics - Is the research in the field of ideal conduct, as well as on rules and theories that govern it. Ethics, the man separated from God for their unbelief and sins, to study, understand and even offers to watch her, but not by being subdued by your self, the vices, the world by sin (Rom. 2:15 -19). Already the servants of God, the Holy Spirit who dwells in them, triumph over sin (Rom. 8.2).
There are numerous arguments and considerations about this subject to be treated here from the standpoint of biblical ethics which exposes God as the foundation and goal of ideal conduct.
2. Origin of the word. Ethics comes from the Greek ethos, meaning "custom", "disposition", "habit." In Latin, comes from mos (mores), with the sense of will, custom, usage, rule.
3. Definition. Ethics is, in practice, the ideal and upright conduct expected of each individual. In theory, the study of the duties of the individual, isolated or in groups, aiming at the exact conceptualization of what is right and what is wrong. Reiterating, Christian Ethics is the set of rules of conduct for the Christian, the ground of the Word of God. For us believers in Jesus, right and wrong should be based on the Holy Bible, our "rule of faith and practice."
The term ethics, ethos, appears several times in the New Testament, meaning conduct, behavior, poise and composure (usual). Christian ethics must be based on knowledge of God as revealed in the Bible, especially in the teachings of Christ so that "... he died for all, those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who for their died and rose again "(2 Cor 5:15, Eph 2:10).
II. OVERVIEW OF SECULAR ETHICS AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS
1. Antinomianism. This erroneous teaching is humanistic and secular. Everything depends on the people and circumstances. The awe and existentialist philosopher Jean Paul Sartre, one of its promoters, says that man is entirely free. In one of his texts, he writes: "I am my freedom, I am my own law."
- Positioning a Christian. This theory is not for the Christian. In it, man becomes his own god. The Bible says: "There is a way that seems right to man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" (Proverbs 14:12). "From what we have heard, the end is: Fear God and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecclesiastes 12:13). The antinomianism is relativistic, that is, each acts as you want. That is what happened to the people of Israel when it was diverted, leaderless and without a shepherd (Judges 17.6 and 21.25).
2. Generalism. This false doctrine teaches that there must be general standards of conduct, but not universal. The conduct of someone to be called right or wrong depends on your results. Is what he taught in the fifteenth century, the unbeliever, Italian political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli: "The ends justify the means."
- Positioning a Christian. The generalism is not consistent with Christian ethics, therefore, for the believer in Jesus, not the purpose nor the means, which indicate whether a behavior or action is right or wrong. The Word of God, he is the absolute rule that defines whether an act is right or wrong. It has universal application. The whole duty of man is to fear God and keep His commandments (Ecclesiastes 12:13). The Word of God does not change according to circumstances, the means or the results. Candle for God to fulfill (1.12b Jr, Mark 13.31).
There are other methods, forms and expressions of secular ethics, such as the Situationist, absolutism and hierarchy, but nothing fits or fits the biblical ethic, both the declarative, as typological and illustrative. We mention these forms here because the world speaks a lot about them, but not complying.
The Orthodox Christian in his faith, and faithful to his Lord, will always have the stock of the Word of God all that is needed on ethics in its practical expression in the form of behavior, composure, customs, mores, habits and practices of our Diel life to please God and give Him a good testimony before men.
CONCLUSION
Approaches human ethics are all contradictory. Like their authors, human and flawed. One, as we saw, seeking to redress the shortcomings of others. The ethical approaches conflict with each other, leaving a trail of doubt and confusion in its application. Therefore, we should stay with the Word of God, which does not confuse the believer, nor can it be set aside at the whim of the media, the purposes or situations. The Word of God fully satisfies.
National Baptist Church in Maraba
EBD - 27 October 2002
INTRODUCTION
Understanding what is right and what is wrong in a world in which they are inverted moral values recorded by God in the conscience of human beings and at the same time formally recorded (recorded) in the Book of the Lord is no easy task. Thank God we have the biggest and best ethical reference that the world has ever known: the Word of God. She is a lamp and light divine, both to our inner being and to our living abroad. This quarter, we will present an overview of the ethical part of the biblical view on which Christianity bases its values. We hope to contribute to the understanding of the subject, commenting on some typical ethical cases, considering the limited space of the comments that does not permit a broader approach.
I. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS
1. Ethics as a secular science. Ethics is one aspect of philosophy. Philosophy is segmented into six traditional systems: Politics, Logic, Gnosiology, Aesthetics, Metaphysics and Ethics which is the object of study of our study this quarter. To understand better the meaning of ethics, see, in summary form, which are other aspects to which it is aggregated in the philosophical context. Among its many meanings, philosophy is knowledge about things, direction or orientation to the world and life and, finally, consists of speculations on the ideal way of life. In short, is the history of ideas. All this under the human ethics. We assess the human thought with the dictates (what is said) the Word of God that are plump, peremptory (decisively), end. The man, whoever he is, is the creature, but God is the Creator (The 11.9; Nm 23:19, Rom 1:25; Job 38.4). All fields of thought and activities have their respective philosophies. There is a philosophy of biology, education, religion, sociology, medicine, history, science etc.. Consider however, the six systems mentioned above which were organized by three ancient thinkers: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
a) Policy - This word comes from the Greek polis, meaning "city". The policy seeks to determine the optimal management of the State, it would be a social ethic. It seeks to define what are the character, nature and government targets. It is the study of the ideal government.
b) Logic - A system that addresses the principles of reasoning, their capabilities, their errors and their exact ways of expression. This is a normative science, which investigates the principles of valid reasoning and correct inferences either starting from the deductive logic of inductive either.
c) Gnosiology - It is the discipline that studies the knowledge in their nature, origin, limits, possibilities, methods, objects and goals.
d) Aesthetics - It is used to describe the philosophy of fine arts: music, sculpture and painting. This system seeks to define what the purpose or guiding ideal of the arts, presenting descriptions of activity that point to certain targets.
e) Metaphysics - Refers to the considerations and speculations concerning the entities, agencies and non-material causes. Addresses issues such as God, the soul, free will, destiny, freedom, immortality, the problem of evil, etc..
f) Ethics - Is the research in the field of ideal conduct, as well as on rules and theories that govern it. Ethics, the man separated from God for their unbelief and sins, to study, understand and even offers to watch her, but not by being subdued by your self, the vices, the world by sin (Rom. 2:15 -19). Already the servants of God, the Holy Spirit who dwells in them, triumph over sin (Rom. 8.2).
There are numerous arguments and considerations about this subject to be treated here from the standpoint of biblical ethics which exposes God as the foundation and goal of ideal conduct.
2. Origin of the word. Ethics comes from the Greek ethos, meaning "custom", "disposition", "habit." In Latin, comes from mos (mores), with the sense of will, custom, usage, rule.
3. Definition. Ethics is, in practice, the ideal and upright conduct expected of each individual. In theory, the study of the duties of the individual, isolated or in groups, aiming at the exact conceptualization of what is right and what is wrong. Reiterating, Christian Ethics is the set of rules of conduct for the Christian, the ground of the Word of God. For us believers in Jesus, right and wrong should be based on the Holy Bible, our "rule of faith and practice."
The term ethics, ethos, appears several times in the New Testament, meaning conduct, behavior, poise and composure (usual). Christian ethics must be based on knowledge of God as revealed in the Bible, especially in the teachings of Christ so that "... he died for all, those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who for their died and rose again "(2 Cor 5:15, Eph 2:10).
II. OVERVIEW OF SECULAR ETHICS AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS
1. Antinomianism. This erroneous teaching is humanistic and secular. Everything depends on the people and circumstances. The awe and existentialist philosopher Jean Paul Sartre, one of its promoters, says that man is entirely free. In one of his texts, he writes: "I am my freedom, I am my own law."
- Positioning a Christian. This theory is not for the Christian. In it, man becomes his own god. The Bible says: "There is a way that seems right to man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" (Proverbs 14:12). "From what we have heard, the end is: Fear God and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecclesiastes 12:13). The antinomianism is relativistic, that is, each acts as you want. That is what happened to the people of Israel when it was diverted, leaderless and without a shepherd (Judges 17.6 and 21.25).
2. Generalism. This false doctrine teaches that there must be general standards of conduct, but not universal. The conduct of someone to be called right or wrong depends on your results. Is what he taught in the fifteenth century, the unbeliever, Italian political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli: "The ends justify the means."
- Positioning a Christian. The generalism is not consistent with Christian ethics, therefore, for the believer in Jesus, not the purpose nor the means, which indicate whether a behavior or action is right or wrong. The Word of God, he is the absolute rule that defines whether an act is right or wrong. It has universal application. The whole duty of man is to fear God and keep His commandments (Ecclesiastes 12:13). The Word of God does not change according to circumstances, the means or the results. Candle for God to fulfill (1.12b Jr, Mark 13.31).
There are other methods, forms and expressions of secular ethics, such as the Situationist, absolutism and hierarchy, but nothing fits or fits the biblical ethic, both the declarative, as typological and illustrative. We mention these forms here because the world speaks a lot about them, but not complying.
The Orthodox Christian in his faith, and faithful to his Lord, will always have the stock of the Word of God all that is needed on ethics in its practical expression in the form of behavior, composure, customs, mores, habits and practices of our Diel life to please God and give Him a good testimony before men.
CONCLUSION
Approaches human ethics are all contradictory. Like their authors, human and flawed. One, as we saw, seeking to redress the shortcomings of others. The ethical approaches conflict with each other, leaving a trail of doubt and confusion in its application. Therefore, we should stay with the Word of God, which does not confuse the believer, nor can it be set aside at the whim of the media, the purposes or situations. The Word of God fully satisfies.
National Baptist Church in Maraba
EBD - 27 October 2002
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