Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  8000 The life of the believer  »  8200 The character of the believer  »  8309 morality  »  8311 morality, and redemption

The morality which is appropriate for God's own people is expressed in the OT law, and in the person and teaching of Jesus Christ.

Relationship with God is expressed in moral terms

In the moral standards God expects of his people

Leviticus 11:44-45; Matthew 5:48 See also Matthew 5:43-44 pp Luke 6:27-28; Luke 6:35-36; Ephesians 4:31-5:3; 1 Peter 1:15-16; 3Jn 11

In God's moral laws

Isaiah 51:4; Romans 7:12 See also Exodus 20:1-7; Deuteronomy 6:25; Psalm 119:137-138; Psalm 147:19-20; Proverbs 29:18; Isaiah 51:7

In God's denunciation of immorality and religious hypocrisy

Amos 2:6-7 See also Isaiah 1:15-23; Amos 5:21-24; Micah 6:8; Ephesians 5:5; Colossians 3:5-7

In the life and teaching of Jesus Christ

John 1:14 See also Matthew 5:17-20; John 1:17-18; John 3:19; Hebrews 4:15

The incentive for moral change lies in what God has done in redemption

In the OT

Deuteronomy 24:17-18 See also Leviticus 19:13-18,35-36; Deuteronomy 15:12-15; Deuteronomy 24:21-22

In the NT

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 See also Romans 12:1-2

Moral change brought about by God's work of renewal

Ezekiel 36:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 See also Romans 8:3-4,11-14; Galatians 5:19-24; Ephesians 4:22-24; Philippians 2:12-13; Colossians 3:8-12; Hebrews 8:10; Jeremiah 31:33

See also

5375  law
5769  behaviour
6720  redemption
6744  sanctification
8154  righteousness
8240  ethics
8266  holiness
8324  purity