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MINISTERIAL ETHICS

MINISTERIAL ETHICS. CLASS 9 , Section 2 THE STUDY OF ETHICS. ETHICS of CONFLICT. MINISTERIAL ETHICS. CLASS NUMBER 9 SECTION TWO THE STUDY OF ETHICS ETHICS OF CONGREGATIONAL CONFLICT ETHICS OF LEADERSHIP CONFLICT. MINISTERIAL ETHICS. CLASS NUMBER 9 SECTION TWO

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MINISTERIAL ETHICS

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  1. MINISTERIAL ETHICS CLASS 9, Section 2 THE STUDY OF ETHICS ETHICS of CONFLICT

  2. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • CLASS NUMBER 9 • SECTION TWO • THE STUDY OF ETHICS • ETHICS OF CONGREGATIONAL CONFLICT • ETHICS OF LEADERSHIP CONFLICT

  3. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • CLASS NUMBER 9 • SECTION TWO • THE STUDY OF ETHICS • ETHICS IN MONEY AND STEALING. • ETHICS OF GOVERNMENT CONFLICT. • ETHICS OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

  4. MINISTERIAL ETHICS OPENING STATEMENTSAll conflict and personal difficulties come from only one place, according to the Bible.

  5. MINISTERIAL ETHICS JAMES 4:1-6 Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?  THE ETHICS OFCONFLICT

  6. MINISTERIAL ETHICS JAMES 4:1-6 2You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, THE ETHICS OFCONFLICT

  7. MINISTERIAL ETHICS JAMES 4:1-6 because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? THE ETHICS OFCONFLICT

  8. MINISTERIAL ETHICS JAMES 4:1-6 Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? THE ETHICS OFCONFLICT

  9. MINISTERIAL ETHICS JAMES 4:1-6 6But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud,But gives grace to the humble.” THE ETHICS OFCONFLICT

  10. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • The Church is made up of people, individuals who come together with struggles, talents, insecurities, wounds and skills, a past, and expectations for the future. ETHICS OF CONFLICT

  11. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • Conflict resolution is where the gospel of Jesus Christ demonstrates its power and ability. • Jesus Christ came to resolve the CONFLICT between MAN and GOD • (Col. 1:19-22). • . ETHICS OF CONFLICT

  12. MINISTERIAL ETHICS COLOSSIANS 1:19-22 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made ETHICS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION

  13. MINISTERIAL ETHICS COLOSSIANS 1:19-22 peace through the blood of His cross. 21And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled  ETHICS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION

  14. MINISTERIAL ETHICS COLOSSIANS 1:19-22 22in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight…” ETHICS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION

  15. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • 1) If Jesus Christ can make such restitution for our sin in order that we might be changed into sin-less-ness before a HOLY GOD, then is it possible for Jesus to make restitution between individuals in the Church? ETHICS OF CONFLICT

  16. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • 2) If such resolution between two individuals in the Church becomes impossible, why is that so? • 3) Where resolution is not possible between two individuals there is hardness of heart. ETHICS OF CONFLICT

  17. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 18:15-20 “Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his faultbetween you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.  ETHICS OF CONFLICT

  18. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 18:15-20 16But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ ETHICS OF CONFLICT

  19. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 18:15-20 17And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector. ETHICS OF CONFLICT

  20. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 18:15-20 18“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. ETHICS OF CONFLICT

  21. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 18:15-20 19Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. ETHICS OF CONFLICT

  22. MINISTERIAL ETHICS MATTHEW 18:15-20 20For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” ETHICS OF CONFLICT

  23. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • 1) It must be a sin as defined by the Bible and not an annoyance. • 2) Confidentiality in conflict is critical. Work to keep it between the two and not on Facebook or Twitter!!!!! ETHICS of CONFLICT

  24. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • 3) When you cannot work it out between you, there must be two or three witnesses that agree with the sin offence that you bring with you (not who agree with you but with the sin offence). ETHICS of CONFLICT

  25. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • 4) When the conflict cannot be resolved with witnesses, TELL THE CHURCH. • If there is sin that is propagating between those in the congregation and the offender refuses correction, it must be made public. ETHICS of CONFLICT

  26. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • The authority and attitudes of sin must be defined by God’s Church not by the secular laws of the land or the kings. • Matthew18 was spoken by Jesus in the midst of the Roman empire. ETHICS of CONFLICT

  27. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • 5) If after public exposure among the Church there is no change, then that offender is to be understood and treated as if they are not born-again. ETHICS of CONFLICT

  28. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • 6) The full authority to define sin comes from the careful agreement upon interpretation of the Bible by two or three gathered in the name of JESUS CHRIST. ETHICS of CONFLICT

  29. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • Many conflicts will arise over the handling of money and the social inequity between those in the Church. • Labor and Management conflict. ETHICS of MONEY

  30. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • Ownership and stealing. • Taking advantage of each other’s wealth. • Taking advantage of each other’s positions or talent. • Taking advantage of each other’s abilities. ETHICS of MONEY

  31. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? 2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? ETHICS OF MONEY AND THEFT

  32. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to ETHICS OF MONEY AND THEFT

  33. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 this life? 4 If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge? 5 I say this to your shame. ETHICS OF MONEY AND THEFT

  34. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren? 6 But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers! ETHICS OF MONEY AND THEFT

  35. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 7Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated?  ETHICS OF MONEY AND THEFT

  36. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 8No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? ETHICS OF MONEY AND THEFT

  37. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, ETHICS OF MONEY AND THEFT

  38. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified ETHICS OF MONEY AND THEFT

  39. MINISTERIAL ETHICS 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. ETHICS OF MONEY AND THEFT

  40. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • 1) Never take a dispute between you and another brother before a secular humanist court. • 2) The Church needs to specialize in confronting and resolving matters of stealing and money. ETHICS of MONEY

  41. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • 3) Our focus in conflict resolution involving money, business and stealing must have as its first priority relationship resolution not money recovery. ETHICS of MONEY

  42. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • 4) Lovers of money and those who define relationships by money, WILL NOT inherit the KINGDOM OF GOD. Money must be put in its place in the Church. It is a tool not KING. ETHICS of MONEY

  43. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • How are we as the CHURCH supposed to interact with the authorities of this world? • If our values are so different, and they are, how are we to relate? ETHICS of AUTHORITY

  44. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ROMANS 13:1-7 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.  ETHICS OF AUTHORITY

  45. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ROMANS 13:1-7 2Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, ETHICS OF AUTHORITY

  46. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ROMANS 13:1-7 but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. ETHICS OF AUTHORITY

  47. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ROMANS 13:1-7 But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.  ETHICS OF AUTHORITY

  48. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ROMANS 13:1-7 5Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing.  ETHICS OF AUTHORITY

  49. MINISTERIAL ETHICS ROMANS 13:1-7 7Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. ETHICS OF AUTHORITY

  50. MINISTERIAL ETHICS • 1) The authorities we live under MAY NOT DESERVE our honor and respect, but we are required to give it because of the commands of Christ. We are to be the examples modeling honor. ETHICS of AUTHORITY

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