Creation Fall and Redemption John Stevenson 2008

Creation, Fall, and Redemption © John Stevenson, 2008

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A Christian World View of Creation • What does it mean to have dominion over nature? • Is it wrong to hunt animals for fun? • Is it permissible to kills pests and predators? • What about animal rights? • Should we encourage population control?

A Christian World View of Sin • What is sin? • What do other world views say about sin? – Naturalism – Religious pluralism • Are some sins worse than others?

A Christian World View of Sin If sin can be on a corporate as well as an individual level, how might that affect the way that Christians and the church think about and deal with sin in this world?

How have Christians’ World Views been affected by… • • Race Gender Social class Sexual orientation

Small Group Exercise • Divide into multiple groups • You will be given a number of verses, each dealing with a particular theme • Look them up and try to come up with two observations or conclusions from each passage • You will be sharing these with the rest of the class

Creation Fall Gen. 1: 1, 31; Ps. Gen. 3: 8 -12; 19: 1 a; 33: 6, 9; I John 5: 19; John 1: 1 -3; Rom 6: 23; Col 1: 15 -17; 7: 15; 8: 20; Heb. 11: 3 a; Amos 5: 11; Isa. Ps. 95: 3 -7 64: 6; Eph. 2: 1 -3; Ps. 14: 1 -3 Redemption Gen. 3: 15; 17: 7; Isa. 35: 6 -7; Jer. 31: 33 -34; Luke 4: 16 -21; Col. 2: 15; Rom 5: 12 -21; 8: 2125

Genesis 1: 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1: 31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Psalm 19: 1 The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

Psalm 33: 6, 9 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

John 3: 1 -3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

Colossians 1: 15 -17 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-- all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Hebrews 11: 3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.

Psalm 95: 3 -7 For the LORD is a great God And a great King above all gods, 4 In whose hand are the depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are His also. 5 The sea is His, for it was He who made it, And His hands formed the dry land. 6 Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. 7 For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.

Creation Fall Gen. 1: 1, 31; Ps. Gen. 3: 8 -12; 19: 1 a; 33: 6, 9; I John 5: 19; John 1: 1 -3; Rom 6: 23; Col 1: 15 -17; 7: 15; 8: 20; Heb. 11: 3 a; Amos 5: 11; Isa. Ps. 95: 3 -7 64: 6; Eph. 2: 1 -3; Ps. 14: 1 -3 Redemption Gen. 3: 15; 17: 7; Isa. 35: 6 -7; Jer. 31: 33 -34; Luke 4: 16 -21; Col. 2: 15; Rom 5: 18 -19; 8: 2223

Genesis 3: 8 -12 They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you? " 10 He said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself. "

Genesis 3: 8 -12 And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat? " 12 The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate. " 11

1 John 5: 19 We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Romans 6: 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 7: 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.

Romans 8: 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it…

Amos 5: 11 Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And exact a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone, Yet you will not live in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

Isaiah 64: 6 For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Ephesians 2: 1 -3 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

Ephesians 2: 1 -3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 3

Psalm 14: 1 -3 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God. " They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good. 2 The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there any who understand, Who seek after God. 3 They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.

Creation Fall Gen. 1: 1, 31; Ps. Gen. 3: 8 -12; 19: 1 a; 33: 6, 9; I John 5: 19; John 1: 1 -3; Rom 6: 23; Col 1: 15 -17; 7: 15; 8: 20; Heb. 11: 3 a; Amos 5: 11; Isa. Ps. 95: 3 -7 64: 6; Eph. 2: 1 -3; Ps. 14: 1 -3 Redemption Gen. 3: 15; 17: 7; Isa. 35: 6 -7; Jer. 31: 33 -34; Luke 4: 16 -21; Col. 2: 15; Rom 5: 18 -19; 8: 2223

Genesis 3: 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel. "

Genesis 17: 7 “I will establish My covenant between Me and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. ”

Isaiah 35: 6 -7 Then the lame will leap like a deer, And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness And streams in the Arabah. 7 The scorched land will become a pool And the thirsty ground springs of water; In the haunt of jackals, its resting place, Grass becomes reeds and rushes.

Jeremiah 31: 33 -34 “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, ” declares the LORD, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD, ' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, ” declares the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more. ”

Luke 4: 16 -21 And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.

Luke 4: 16 -21 And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book, and found the place where it was written, 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are downtrodden, 19 To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord. " 17

Luke 4: 16 -21 And He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon Him. 21 And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing. " 20

Colossians 2: 15 When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.

Romans 5: 18 -19 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. 19 For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

Romans 8: 22 -23 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. 23 And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.