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MINISTERIAL ETHICS
CLASS 3, Section 1 THE STUDY OF ETHICS
Attitudes of
Good EthicsSlide2
MINISTERIAL
ETHICSCLASS NUMBER 3
SECTION ONE
THE STUDY OF ETHICS
THE CHALLENGE?
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
THE VICTORIOUS LIFE AND SOME EXAMPLES.
BAD ATTITUDES. Slide3
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“There is a tendency in the Charismatic Church today to blame all failings on a personal devil or demon that made them do it…”Slide4
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The TRUTH
1- Our bodies are still under the gravity of the sin condition.
2- The greatest struggle is in ourselves not in the outside world. Slide5
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The TRUTH
3- The greatest and ONLY victory in the area of CHRISTIAN morality and ethics comes as the Holy Spirit grows His fruit in us.
It cannot be done with human willpower. Slide6
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ETHICSFRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
GALATIANS 5:16-26
I say then:
Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
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For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to oneSlide7
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another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
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Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are:Slide8
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GALATIANS 5:16-26
adultery, fornication,
uncleanness (impure motives)
, lewdness,
(appealing to lust)
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idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,Slide9
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21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told
you in time past
, that those who practice such things will not inheritSlide10
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the kingdom of God
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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gentleness, self-control
. Against such there is noSlide11
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law.
24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
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Let us not becomeSlide12
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conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.Slide13
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ETHICAL ATTITUDES
There are ways that we think which lead us into temptation and sin.
When we begin to believe that we are more unique, powerful, gifted or deserving of special treatment we sin. Slide14
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ETHICSTHE WAYS IN WHICH MINISTERS SIN
MATTHEW 23:1-36
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples,
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saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
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Therefore whatever they tell you to observe,
that
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observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.
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For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay
them
on men’s shoulders; Slide16
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but they
themselves
will not move them with one of their fingers.
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But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders ofSlide17
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their garments.
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They love the best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
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greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’ Slide18
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But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren.
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Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is inSlide19
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heaven.
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And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.
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But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.
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And whoever exalts himself will beSlide20
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humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
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But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven againstSlide21
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men; for you neither go in
yourselves,
nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’Slide22
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houses, and for a pretense make long prayers.
Therefore you will receive greater condemnation
.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Slide23
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For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
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Woe to you, blind guides, whoSlide24
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say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged
to perform it.
’
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Fools and blind! For which is greater,Slide25
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the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
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And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged
toSlide26
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perform it.
’
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Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
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Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. Slide27
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He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.
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And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.Slide28
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and
cummin
, and have neglected the weightier
matters
of the law:Slide29
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justice
and
mercy
and
faith
. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!Slide30
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.Slide31
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Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!Slide32
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For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed
appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.
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Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Slide34
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Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
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and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakersSlide35
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with them in the blood of the prophets.’
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Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
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Fill up, then, the measureSlide36
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of your fathers’
guilt.
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Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?
34 Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, andSlide37
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scribes:
some
of them you will kill and crucify, and
some
of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,
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that on you may come all the righteousSlide38
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blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of
Berechiah
, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Slide39
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Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.”Slide40
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THE SINFUL ATTITUDES OF MINISTERS
Thinking of themselves more than they should.
Priest-craft – using spiritual gifts or
positions as a
means
to manipulate or dominate others. Slide41
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THE HOLINESS OF GOD
There is a difference between being a DECENT person and holding to a PERSONAL HOLY SPIRIT STANDARD of living.
Many secular people are DECENT and have good, moral values. Slide43
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The value system of a DECENT human being can come from the human idea of being nice and fun.
The value system for the believer is very different. Slide44
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ROMANS 12:1-2
“
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,
which is
your reasonable service. Slide45
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And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what
is
that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”Slide46
Philip E. Hughes
“That ethical standards are seriously regarded by the secular authorities as well as by the Christian church
IS NOT
questioned. The presence of police forces and courts of law
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Philip E. Hughes
throughout the world testifies to the concern for what is socially equitable... It would however, be a mistake to conclude that Christian and secular ethics must be virtually
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Philip E. Hughes
identical simply because both have a concern for decency and order and profess antipathy to injustice...”
(Christian Ethics in Secular Society – Baker Book House)
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BIBLICAL ETHICS
The secular is driven by the motive to make his surroundings a better place and offer his chaste conduct as an offering to secular society and the god of humanism.
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GENERATIONAL ETHICS
Ethics that come from your parents or culture.
It points back to human upbringing and reflects on the past culture. All the best praises go to the human spirit.
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GENERATIONAL ETHICS
Generational ethics make NO PROVISION for restoration or reconciliation, not to mention supernatural change or real recovery and rehabilitation.
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BIBLICAL ETHICS
The believer in Jesus Christ is chaste in his or her lifestyle because they love their LORD JESUS CHRIST more than they love their own sin and pleasure.
Eternal perspective.
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BIBLICAL ETHICS
Believers are not “LEFT ALONE” to change themselves and their behaviour. They are changed by the HOLY SPIRIT.
There is provision for reconciliation and rehab.
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LUKE 19:1-9
Then
Jesus
entered and passed through Jericho.
2
Now behold,
there was
a man named Zacchaeus
who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. Slide55
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And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.
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So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree toSlide56
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see Him, for He was going to pass that
way.
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And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “
Zacchaeus
, make haste and come down, Slide57
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for today I must stay at your house.”
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So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.
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But when they saw
it,
they all complained, saying, Slide58
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“He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”
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Then
Zacchaeus
stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I haveSlide59
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taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.”
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And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son ofSlide60
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Abraham;
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for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”Slide61
GOD IS POWERFUL
While secular “DECENCY” creates even more divisions in cultures and societies, Biblical ethics motivates believers to reconcile and rehabilitate indecent cultures and outcasts.
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GOD IS POWERFUL
While secular “DECENCY” wears down with time and life, Biblical ethics grows even stronger as the
found in Christ
move toward the end of their human existence.
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1 PETER 1:3-5
Blessed
be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection ofSlide64
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Jesus Christ from the dead,
4
to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
5
who are kept by the power ofSlide65
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God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.Slide66
BIBLICAL ETHICS
While the secular “DECENT” person has as his motivation the self-induced command to “do good things”, the believer in Jesus Christ has as his motivation the commands of Christ.
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ROMANS 6:11-14
Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, Slide68
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that you should obey it in its lusts.
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And do not present your members
as
instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being aliveSlide69
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from the dead, and your members
as
instruments of righteousness to God.
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For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.Slide70
BEING DEAD TO SIN
?
Unresponsive to the natural urges.
Feeding the need and not the greed.
Choosing not to pursue dangerous places in this world and in our thoughts.
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BEING DEAD TO SIN
?
Not encouraging or reanimating old sinful lifestyles.
Fleeing away from stinking, filthy sin and running to CHRIST to fill your needs.
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BEING DEAD TO SIN
?
Purposely interrupting nasty thought patterns and avoiding those things that feed them.
In times of uncertain decisions, God makes us ALIVE to spiritual rightness.
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EPHESIANS 2:1-10
And you
He made alive,
who were dead in trespasses and sins,
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in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of theSlide74
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power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
3
among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling theSlide75
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desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
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But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with whichSlide76
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He loved us,
5
even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
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and raised
us
up together, andSlide77
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made
us
sit together in the heavenly
places
in Christ Jesus,
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that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His
kindness toward usSlide78
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in Christ Jesus.
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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves;
it is
the gift of God,
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not of works, lest anyone should boast.
10 For we are HisSlide79
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workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.Slide80
GETTING AND STAYING HOLY
When we were saved by Jesus Christ, God had already set in place a path for us to walk in, exist in, and live in that leads to life and light. We must choose it every day.
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Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the
Lord Jesus
that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to pleaseSlide82
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God;
2
for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification
:
that you should abstain fromSlide83
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sexual immorality;
4
that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
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not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not knowSlide84
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God;
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that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord
is
the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you andSlide85
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testified.
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For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in Holiness
.
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Therefore he who rejects
this does not reject man, but God, who has also given
us His Holy Spirit.Slide86
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