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  1. R.C. Sproul _ How Can I Develop A Christian

    The English word "ethic" or "ethics" comes from the Greek word ethos. The word "morals" or "morality" comes from the word mores. The difference is that the ethos of a society or culture deals with its foundational philosophy, its concept of values, and its system of understanding how the world fits together. There is a philosophical value system that is the ethos of every culture in the world. On the other hand, mores has to do with the customs, habits, and normal forms of behavior that are found within a given culture.
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  2. R.C. Sproul _ How Can I Develop A Christian

    It's interesting that we can always find someone who will give an articulate and persuasive defense for the ethical legitimacy of some of the activities that God has judged to be an outrage to Him. As humans, our ability to defend ourselves from moral culpability is quite developed and nuanced. We become a culture in trouble when we begin to call evil good and good evil. To do that, we must distort the conscience, and, in essence, make man the final authority in life. All one has to do is to adjust his conscience to suit his ethic. Then we can live life with peace of mind, thinking that we are living in a state of righteousness.
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  3. R.C. Sproul _ How Can I Develop A Christian

    If the conscience is misinformed, then we seek the reasons for this misinformation. Is it misinformed because the person has been negligent in studying the Word of God? God has been pleased to reveal His principles to us, and He requires that each Christian master those principles so that the conscience is informed. I may think that it's fine to indulge in a particular activity that God absolutely prohibits, and I cannot say to God on the last day, "I didn't know that you would be displeased with this form of behavior. My conscience didn't accuse me, and I acted according to my conscience." In such a case you acted according to a conscience that was ignorant of God's Word that was available to you and that you were called to study and be diligent in your understanding thereof.
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  4. R.C. Sproul _ How Can I Develop A Christian

    For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin" {Rom. 14:23}.
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  5. R.C. Sproul _ How Can I Develop A Christian

    If we do something that we think is sin, even if we are misinformed, we are guilty of sin.
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  6. R.C. Sproul _ How Can I Develop A Christian

    The conscience is the tool that God the Holy Spirit uses to convict us, bring us to repentance, and to receive the healing of forgiveness that flows from the gospel.
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