Situation Ethics: The Bible

Situation Ethics: The Bible

1. Matthew 22:35 - 40

   • Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind
     • The first most important commandment
   • Love your neighbour as yourself
     • The second greatest commandment

2. Mark 2:27

   • The Sabbath was made for man, not man made for the Sabbath
     • This is what Jesus said when he was accused of allowing his deisciples to work on the Sabbath when all he was doing was letting them pick grain because they were hungry.

3. 1Corinthians 13:4-7

   • Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

4. Galatians 5:6 - 14

   • Paul talks about freedom and grace. "The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love... serve one another in love...'Love your neighbour as yourself'"

5. Luke 10:25 - 37

   • The parable of the God Samaritan