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3. Origins L. James Gibson Principal Contributor

4. 1 Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth 2 Creation: Forming the World 3 The Creation Completed 4 Creation, a Biblical Theme 5 Creation and Morality 6 Creation and the Fall 7 Through a Glass, Darkly 8 Jesus, Provider and Sustainer 9 Marriage: A Gift From Eden 10 Stewardship and the Environment 11 Sabbath: A Gift From Eden 12 Creation and the Gospel 13 Creation, Again Origins Contents

5. Origins Our Goal {5} As we go through this quarter, we’ll see even more reasons why a literal six-day creation is essential to all that we believe and why to compromise on Creation is to undermine the basis of the gospel and the teachings that make us what we are.

6. Origins Lesson 10, March 9 Origins Lesson 10, March 9 Stewardship and the Environment

7. Key Text Genesis 1:28 NKJV “Then God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth’.”

8. Stewardship and the Environment Initial Words {120} We often tend to think of stewardship in terms of money. Stewardship involves much more than just that. Because God is our Creator, and because everything we have is a gift from Him, we are obligated before Him to be good stewards of whatever has been entrusted to us.

9. Stewardship and the Environment Quick Look 1. Stewards at Creation (Genesis 1:26) 2. Stewards of Sabbath and Environment (Exodus 20:8-11) 3. Stewards of Our Health (1 Corinthians 6:19, 20)

10. Stewardship and the Environment 1. Stewards at Creation Genesis 1:26 NKJV “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

11. 1. Stewards at Creation Dominion {116} Adam’s dominion extended to all other created entities—in the sea, on land, and in the air. Nothing is said about dominion over the forces of nature themselves, only over the creatures. Adam was to be, essentially, the ruler of the earth.

12. 1. Stewards at Creation Dominion {116} One of Adam’s earliest tasks was to name the animals. The authority to give names to the birds and beasts was confirmation of Adam’s status as ruler over the animals.

13. 1. Stewards at Creation Caring for Other Creatures {117} Creation of the animals was not an accident or an afterthought. God intentionally created them. It was His will that they should exist, and it is this principle that should guide our treatment of them. Cruelty and indifference toward their suffering are recognized as being symptomatic of personality disorders.

14. Stewardship and the Environment 2. Stewards of Sabbath, Environment Exodus 20:8-11 NKJV “Remember the Sabbath day…. The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work…. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth…and rested the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

15. 2. Stewards of Sabbath, Environment Relating to the World {118} “God set aside the seventh-day Sabbath as a memorial and perpetual reminder of His creative act and establishment of the world. In resting on that day, Seventh-day Adventists reinforce the special sense of relationship with the Creator and His creation.” —“Caring for Creation.”

16. 2. Stewards of Sabbath, Environment Relating to the World {118} By pointing us to the fact that God created us and the world that we inhabit, the Sabbath is a constant reminder that we are not wholly autonomous creatures, able to do whatever we wish to others and to the world itself.

17. 2. Stewards of Sabbath, Environment Relating to the World {118} Sabbath should teach us that we are, indeed, stewards and that stewardship entails responsibilities. And, as we can see in the commandment itself, responsibility extends to how we treat those who are “under” us.

18. Stewardship and the Environment 3. Stewards of Our Health 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 NKJV “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you are bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

19. 3. Stewards of Our Health Health, a Moral Issue {119} Our bodies are the vehicles for our brains, and it is through our brain that the Holy Spirit communicates with us. If we wish to have communion with God, we must take care of our bodies and brains.

20. 3. Stewards of Our Health Health, a Moral Issue {119} If we abuse our bodies, we destroy ourselves, both physically and spiritually. Health itself and how we take care of our bodies, the “temple of God,” is a moral issue, one filled with eternal consequences.

21. 3. Stewards of Our Health Health, a Moral Issue {119} Care of our health is a vital part of our relationship to God. Some aspects of our health are beyond our power. We all have defective genes, exposed to unknown chemicals or other damaging agents, and at risk of physical injury that may damage our health.

22. 3. Stewards of Our Health Health, a Moral Issue {119} God knows all this. But to the extent that lies within our power, we are to do our best to maintain our bodies, made in the image of God.

23. Health, a Moral Issue Review and Herald Jan 25 1881 “Let none...regard with indifference the health of the body, and flatter themselves that intemperance is no sin, and will not affect their spirituality. A close sympathy exists between the physical and the moral nature. … Any habit which does not promote healthful action in the human system degrades the higher and nobler faculties.”

24. Stewardship and the Environment Final Words {120} “To His servants Christ commits ‘His goods’—something to be put to use for Him. He gives ‘to every man his work.’ Each has his place in the eternal plan of heaven. Each is to work in co-operation with Christ for the salvation of souls.” —Christ’s Object Lessons 326, 327