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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Man and Nature

God created humans as good neighbours and ‘stewards’ of creation. We were to ‘tend and keep’ the land and care for it. Consider the story of the Faithful or Unfaithful slave in Matthew 24:45-51. Do you think we have been faithful to the Lord in our care for His creation? If we knew he was going to return tomorrow, how would we change?
“How long must this land weep? Even the grass in the field has withered. The wild animals and birds have disappeared because of the evil in the land." Jeremiah 12:4
Why do you think that Mankind has opted to abuse and exploit the land instead of caring for it? Do you think this will change?
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Important Lessons from the Bible

Why Jesus came:
"that the world might be saved through him"
John 3:17

Who Jesus is going to use to save the world:
"For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God."
Romans 8:19

Our role on earth:
"The LORD God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it."
Genesis 2:15

The Five Pillars of A Christian Theology of Sustainability

1. God is the creator, sustainer and redeemer of creation.

2. Covenantal Stewardship (we have a covenant with God as stewards of the earth).

3. The creation-fall-redemption paradigm (God made a good world; human failure broke the relationships between god, man and creation; Christ provides hope for all creation).

4.Bodily resurrection(we will rise with bodies, not as spirits)

5.New Creation (a new Heaven and new Earth refers to a renewal and an earthing of heaven, not starting over).

Adapted from When Enough is Enough: A Christian Framework for Environmental Sustainability, Edited by R.J. Berry, Published by Inter-Varsity Press, 2007, Nottingham p43+