Fundamentals: Moral Boundaries-- Questions for Discussion and Reflection

Dig Deeper

God has established moral boundaries to protect us from harm and provide for blessings. What insights do the following Scriptures provide for understanding the role parents have in shaping children’s views of moral boundaries?

Genesis 18:19--

Deuteronomy 6:4-9--

Joshua 4:19-24--

Proverbs 22:6; 23:13-19

Ephesians 6:1-4--

Colossians 3:20-21--

1 Thessalonians 2:10-12--

Application

The family is intended by God to be the first and primary environment where children to learn to yield to moral boundaries.  How is the Holy Spirit leading you to creatively communicate God’s Word with our children?

Memorize This

1 Thessalonians 4:3-4— It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable. © NIV

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Making Sense of the Levitical Laws

In the King James Version the phrase “Thou shall not” appears 362 times. God has established moral boundaries to protect us from harm and provide for blessings. Even though the Levitical laws were written to ancient Israel as they prepared to enter the Promised Land there is much benefit for us in observing God’s faithful care of His people.

Our conversation Sunday focused on the protection and blessings afforded ancient Israel as they obeyed God’s laws concerning skin diseases. The Levitical Laws sounded as strange to the cultures that surrounded ancient Israel as their medical treatments sound to us today. Science teacher and missionary Bob Hobrink in his book, Modern Science in the Bible makes sense of many of these Levitical Laws. You can read the first chapter of his book below:


 

Modern Science in The Bible: Amazing Scientific Truths Found In Ancient Texts By Ben Hobrink / Howard Books