Attitudes of PLEASURE. “Too often the person who remains responsive to the promptings of the HOLY...

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CLASS 4, Section 1 THE STUDY OF ETHICS

Attitudes of

PLEASURE

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CLASS NUMBER 4SECTION ONETHE STUDY OF ETHICS

• THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLES • PERSONAL RESPONSIBLE FOR PLEASURES THAT DO NOT DESTROY. •THE BASIC FOUNDAIONS OF MORALITY

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“Too often the person who remains

responsive to the promptings of the

HOLY SPIRIT in ethical matters is

usually though of as …

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Frustrated, unhappy, and guilt ridden. This

assumption is reinforced by a

culture that empheizes a

pleasure packed life in the…

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in the fast line.”You know… “YOLO” you only live once… so have a blast while you last. Party party party no matter who

you hurt to do it.

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DOMINION God gave man dominion over the animals and the earth to keep it and from evil, not that animal instincts should have dominion over man to make him evil.

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PRINICPLES FOR MANKIND

GEN. 2:15-25 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man,

saying,



GEN. 2:15-25“Of every tree of the garden you

may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you

shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”



GEN. 2:15-2518 And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I

will make him a helper comparable to him.” 19 Out of the ground

the LORD God formed every beast



GEN. 2:15-25of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living

creature, that was its name.



GEN. 2:15-25 20 So Adam gave names to all

cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for

Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.



GEN. 2:15-2521 And the LORD God caused a

deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs,

and closed up the flesh in its place.



GEN. 2:15-25 22 Then the rib which

the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23 And

Adam said:“This is now bone of my bones



GEN. 2:15-25And flesh of my flesh;

She shall be called Woman,Because she was taken out of

Man.”24 Therefore a man shall leave his

father and mother



GEN. 2:15-25and be joined to his wife, and they

shall become one flesh.25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not

ashamed.

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PRINCIPLES •Man was commanded to bring order and control to the natural lust of “NEPHESH” life, not that “NEPHESH” life would bring its unspirited lust to man’s spirit.


PRINCIPLES •God also is the creator of SEX and the SEXUAL experience. •He desired it to operate in a SACRED COVENANT of marriage. •Two become one flesh.



MATTHEW 19:1-9Now it came to pass, when Jesus

had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to

the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.



MATTHEW 19:1-92 And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.

3 The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is

it lawful for a man to divorce



MATTHEW 19:1-9his wife for just any reason?”

4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning

‘made them male



MATTHEW 19:1-9and female,’ 5 and said, ‘For this

reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his

wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?



MATTHEW 19:1-96 So then, they are no longer two

but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man

separate.”



MATTHEW 19:1-97 They said to Him, “Why then did

Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put

her away?” 8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the

hardness of your



MATTHEW 19:1-9hearts, permitted you to divorce

your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say to you,

whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries



MATTHEW 19:1-9another, commits adultery; and

whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”


PRINCIPLES There are three basic reasons men and women violate Biblical morals. •1- Harden hearts.•2- Drifting hearts willing to follow their feelings.•3- Lustful hearts loving self gradifcation more than God.

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PRINCIPLES 1-When self LOVE (PRIDE) dominates the man or woman’s heart there will be sin. NOTE: This is the HEART that is obsessed with itself. The heart that loves self first then God.

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•THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLES

MATTHEW 22:37-40 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your

heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first

and great commandment.

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MATTHEW 22:37-40 39 And the second is like it: ‘You

shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two

commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”


PRINCIPLES NOTE: You cannot properly love yourself without LOVING GOD FIRST. Our value does not come from ourselves but from God who loved us.


PRINCIPLES 2-When PLEASURE is harmful to yourself and others around you. NOTE: This is the hardened heart that is seeking only to satisfy itself and rejects the call of God upon their life.


PRINCIPLES NOTE: God made us for HIS PLEASURE and through Him all our REAL pleasures are realized.When our pleasure comes from God no one gets hurt.

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Psalms 16:11You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At

Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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Psalms 35:27Let them shout for joy and be glad, Who favor my righteous cause; And

let them say continually, “Let the LORD be magnified, Who

has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”

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Psalms 36:7-9How precious is Your

lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. 8 They are abundantly satisfied

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with the fullness of Your house,And You give them drink from the

river of Your pleasures.9 For with You is the fountain of

life;In Your light we see light.

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Psalms 111:2The works of the LORD are great,

Studied by all who have pleasure in them.


PRINCIPLES 3-When PLEASURE SEEKING becomes obsessive there will be sin. NOTE: Pleasure at all costs will cost is the OBSESSED drifting heart that is willing to make God’s image as a pleasure giving God only.

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Proverbs 21:17He who loves pleasure will be a

poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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•THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLESEccl. 2:1-3

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure”; but surely, this

also was vanity. 2 I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth,

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“What does it accomplish?” 3 I searched in my heart how to

gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and

how to lay hold on folly,

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till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under

heaven all the days of their lives...(Verse 17) Therefore I hated life

because the work that was done

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under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping

for the wind.


PRINCIPLES 3-When PLEASURE SEEKING becomes obsessive there will be sin. NOTE: Constantly seeking for mortal pleasure is A LOT OF HARD WORK. Are you sure you want to spend yourself on this?

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Eccl. 12:13-14 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep

His commandments, for this is man’s all. 14 For God will bring

every work into judgment, Including every

secret thing, whether good or evil.


PRINCIPLES 4-When PLEASURE SEEKING with the wrong crowd there will be sin. NOTE: This is the heart that strays from God. This heart loves their friends more than they love the commands of Christ.

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Prov. 1:11-19My son, if sinners entice you,

Do not consent.11 If they say, “Come with us,

Let us lie in wait to shed blood;Let us lurk secretly for the

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Prov. 1:11-19innocent without cause;

12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who

go down to the Pit; 13 We shall find all kinds of precious possessions,

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Prov. 1:11-19We shall fill our houses with spoil;

14 Cast in your lot among us,Let us all have one purse”—

15 My son, do not walk in the way with them,

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Prov. 1:11-19Keep your foot from their path;

16 For their feet run to evil,And they make haste to shed

blood.17 Surely, in vain the net is spread

In the sight of any bird;

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Prov. 1:11-1918 But they lie in wait for their

own blood, They lurk secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the ways

of everyone who is greedy for gain;It takes away the life of its owners.

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1 Cor. 6:13-15Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open.

14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with

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1 Cor. 6:13-15lawlessness? And what communion

has light with darkness? 15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an

unbeliever?


PRINCIPLES 5- When the PLEASURE SEEKER is engaged seeking pleasure but the fellowship with God is broken. NOTE: This is the UNFAITHFUL and UNREPENTANT HEART.

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2 Tim. 3:1-5But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers

of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers,

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2 Tim. 3:1-5disobedient to parents, unthankful,

unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control,

brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of

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2 Tim. 3:1-5pleasure rather than lovers of

God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from

such people turn away!


PRINCIPLES NOTE: Lust and physical or social pleasure can be a SPELL that takes control of your mind. The spell will bind your intimacy with God in worship and Bible reading.

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COMMANDMENTSprinciples for living.

EXODUS 20:1-17And God spoke all these words,

saying: 2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of

Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.



WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

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•COMMANDMENT # 1 •We were made to worship.•There are many gods to chose from to worship.•Gods of mind, body, soul.•To worship any of them is WRONG AND SIN.

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•COMMANDMENT # 1 •WORSHIP IS...•The way we live.•The way we love.•The way we talk.•The way we think.•The way we act and react.



EXODUS 20:1-17“You shall not make for yourself a

carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or

that is in the



EXODUS 20:1-17water under the earth; 5 you shall

not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting

the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to



EXODUS 20:1-17the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing

mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My

commandments.

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•COMMANDMENT # 2 •Make, bow down, serve. •Make – creative force.•Bow down honoring force assigning god like respect.•Serve – a spiritual religious force of giving or comiting emotional, mental energy to.



EXODUS 20:1-17“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for

the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

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•COMMANDMENT # 3 •NAME, in VAIN. •Name – Reputation, Fame or glory.•In Vain – emptiness, nothingness, vanity, worthless, worthless conduct.

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•COMMANDMENT # 3 •NAME, in VAIN. •Cursing•Lying•Destroying God’s reputation in your life.•Assigning yourself as God – false prophets.



EXODUS 20:1-17 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall

labor and do all your work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of

the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work:



EXODUS 20:1-17you, nor your son, nor your

daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your

cattle, nor your stranger who is within your

gates. 11 For in six days



EXODUS 20:1-17the LORD made the heavens and

the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the

Sabbath day and hallowed it.

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•COMMANDMENT # 4 •HONOR THE SABBATH. •Recognize God as LORD•Recognize God as suppiler not yourself.•Use your influence over your workers and family to communicate both.

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