My Life, My Body?

Christian Ethics

Morals are about what

you do and ethics are
about why you do
things

Ethics is

theology, viewed as a means of

determining which human persons,
acts, and attitudes receive Gods
blessing and which do not.
John Frame, Doctrine of the Christian
Life

Whats wrong
with?

Is it ever right
for a Christian
to tell a lie?

You look back to the register, there is a

queue.

We face ethical decisions every, some

big some
You
think: small:

forgot
to charge you for
-The
thisassistant
wasn't your
mistake

a
KFC
Zinger
Burger
that
you
ordered.

- maybe something like this will teach

the
to this
be more
careful.

Youclerk
realize
as you
are walking
out
of
the
store.

- KFC are a big company they wont

miss
fewyou
rupees

Whatado
do?
What will you do?

On Monday morning you realise that you

forgot to do your English assignment which is
due to be handed in that day.

The assignment is hard and requires good

thought and preparation.

On the bus you start to do the assignment.

A friend oers you their completed assignment

to copy/adapt in a free period before class.

What will you do?

She
asks

Your non-Christian friend comes

What
to you.

you think she should do?

What
Shewould
confesses
you do?

that she has been

sleeping
with
her
boyfriend
and
is
She feels guilty and dirty, will God
now
pregnant.

forgive her?

She
wants
to
get
an
abortion
but
Why do Christians say sex is wrong
is
not
sure.
outside of marriage?

I do what I feel is right my morals

are my choice.

The world wants to know Whats

Society
decides
what
is
right
and
wrong with sex before marriage?

wrong laws are made and as long

Whats wrong with anything?

as I stick within them everything is OK.

How do you decide?

Or maybe something in between those
two responses.

The
world: itresponse:

feels good so I do it.

A
Christian
What
if it that
hurtswe
orbelieve
oends
me?

If
we say
that
sex is designed
to
be
expressed
within
marriage

In society things are now legal that you or I

might
with.
We
aredisagree
not acting
as
judge and jury and
deciding
to
make
life
dicult
for
single
people

Right and wrong for the Christian come

We
from
are
a trying
highertostandard
follow the makers
they come from
instructions.
God. The creator is also the moral lawgiver.

Why should
ANYONE do what
the Bible says?

Whats wrong
withSex?

Is sex before
marriage
okay
if
What does the
you
love
each
Bible say?
other?

Gods view of sex

Sexuality is a good gift from a loving God.

God created sex

God said our human sexuality very good.

God commanded us to express our sexuality.

Gods perfect creatures were not ashamed of

their sexuality.

Gen 1:27-31, 3:25

God blesses sex when

sex takes place inside marriage

Genesis 1:28, 2:24

Outside of marriage God says

1 Corinthians 6:9,10: The wicked will not
inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor
idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes
nor homosexual oenders...will inherit the
kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:19: The acts of the sinful nature

are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and
debauchery...I warn you, as I did before,
that those who live like this will not inherit
the kingdom of God.

Epheisans 5:3: But among you there must

not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or
of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because
these are improper for Gods holy people.
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk
or coarse joking.

1 Corinthians 6:18-20: Flee from sexual

immorality. All other sins a man commits
are outside his body, but he who sins
sexually sins against his own body. Do you
not know that your body is a temple of the
Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have
received from God? You are not your own;
you were bought at a price. Therefore honor
God with your body.

NIV Jesus asked them. 17 Dont you see

that
whatever
enters
the
mouth
goes
into
Matthew 15:19-20 MSG
the stomach and then out of the body? 18
But
what
comes
out
of
the
mouth
gets
its
But the things that come out of a persons
start
in
the
heart.
Its
from
the
heart
that
we
mouth come from the heart, and these
vomit
up
evil
arguments,
murders,
defile them. 19 For out of the heart come
adulteries,
fornications,
thefts,
lies,
and
evil thoughtsmurder, adultery, sexual
cussing.
Thats
what
pollutes.
immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
20 These are what defile a person;

Sex outside of marriage is

called fornication, or
immorality and the Bible
says you shouldnt do them.

Why wait for marriage

before having sex?

Two-thirds of teens who have had sex wish

they had waited.

Those who save sex for marriage are far

more likely to experience lasting sexual
satisfaction
with
their
spouses.
(based on US research)

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are

increasing and most occur in teens and
young adults.

Sexually active teens are more likely to be

depressed.

Sex typically speeds up the breakup of a

relationship.

Having sex can impact your reputation.

You are special and worth waiting for!

God designed sex in marriage to be

between two people committed to each
other for life

If youve already had sex:

Ask yourself: Why did I start having sex? Was I

Stop having sex and make a new commitment
pressured into it? Was I looking for love and
to purity.

thought sex would fill that void? Was I merely

Your
past
does
not
have
to
determine
your
curious?
future. Purity can begin today.

Experience
Gods
John
1:9,

God loves you

andforgiveness.
desires that1you
experience
the
fulfilling
marriage
If wemost
confess
our sex,
sins,love,
He isand
faithful
and
relationship
possible.
This
is
done
by
making
a
righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse
commitment
to save sex until marriage.
us from all unrighteousness.

Do you not know that your

body is a temple of the Holy
Spirit within you, whom you
have from God? You are not
your own, for you were bought
with a price. So glorify God in
your body.
1 Corinthians 6:1920

Whats wrong
withAlcohol?

What
are
the
dangerous
effects
Based upon data from the USA
of alcohol use in teenagers?
Decreased ability to pay
attention.

Diculties with memory.

Brain is at risk of being

smaller in certain parts.

Almost
Male
drinkers
2,000 people
usually under
complete
21 die
fewer
in car
years
of education.

crashes
in which drinking is involved.

Alcohol
Start
drink
is involved
when younger
in nearly
and
half
youre
of allmore
violent
likely toinvolving
deaths
develop a
youth.
problem with alcohol.

Being drunk is linked to suicide attempts.

Teens who drink are more likely to engage in

sexual activity, have unprotected sex, have sex
with a stranger, or be the victim or perpetrator
of a sexual assault.

Drinking can lead to sexual assaults and rape.

Each year, approximately 97,000 students
between the ages of 18 and 24 are victims of
alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape.

Do not get drunk on

wine, which leads to
debauchery. Instead,
be filled with the
Spirit.
Ephesians 5:18

Whats wrong
with
Marijuana?

Dr. Frances Jensen, a

neuroscientist in the USA,

In the last five years, marijuana

abuse has been responsible for
almost two-thirds of admissions
of teenagers, ages 15-19 to, to
rehabilitation centers, compared
with less than a third for alcohol

The Effects of Marijuana on

the Brain
In their early teens, pot-smoking
Forgetfulness

adolescents have shown to have

smaller
Decrease
whole
in IQ

brain volume,
reduced
gray
matter,
and
increased
Inhibits functioning of part of
damage
to
white
matter
compared
brain that recognises errors
with non-users.

- Possible cause in developing schizophrenia

- mental illness

- temporary hallucinations

- temporary paranoia

- Linked to increased risk of clinical depression.

- anxiety

- suicidal thoughts

- Breathing problems.

- Increased heart rate

- Problems with child development in

pregnancy

Do you not know that your

body is a temple of the Holy
Spirit within you, whom you
have from God? You are not
your own, for you were bought
with a price. So glorify God in
your body.
1 Corinthians 6:1920

How do I make a
good ethical
decision?
Based upon Scott Raes model

2. What are the ethical issues?

1. Gather the facts - what do
For example are the actions
we know, what do we need to
right or wrong, good or bad know in order to make an
what aect will actions have
intelligent decision?
on other people?

3. What principles are involved - often

for us this means, what does the Bible
say?

It might also include what do the laws

of the country say?

It may include values you have/hold.

And then you must decide which are

most important.

5. How
4.
Whatdo
arethe
thealternatives
alternativesand
- what
actions can
principles
match
be taken?
up? Often
Be creative
certainin
your thinking
principles
are (even
imptortant
though
and
some will
immediately
therefore
exclude
be rejected)
some alternatives

6. Are there important

7. Make a decision - often a
consequences? These will be +ve
decision has to be made even with
and -ve, and some might be
some diculties or -ve
thought of as more important than
consequences
others.

Thank you all

for listening,
Good bye!