This is a short summary of Sunday’s message on Creation Stewardship.
What can we do when we are confronted with global challenges such as pollution? The problem is bigger than anyone nation, let alone any one person.
What we can do is begin to think biblically about the problem in order to discover our role and responsibility on a personal level. Thinking biblically eventually leads us to think in terms of stewardship. And stewardship leads us to Matthew 25.
Read Matthew 25:14-30. This parable illustrates several truths about stewardship.
Stewardship In General
1. Stewardship Realizes Kingdom Citizenship
2. Stewardship Recognizes Divine Ownership
3. Stewardship Requires Human Management
4. Stewardship Remembers Ultimate Accountability
Creation Stewardship In Particular
1. Stewardship Realizes Kingdom Citizenship in Creation, Revelation 21:2
2. Stewardship Recognizes Divine Ownership of Creation, Psalm 24:1-2
3. Stewardship Requires Human Management of Creation, Genesis 1:26-28, Psalm 8:4-8
4. Stewardship Remembers Ultimate Accountability for Creation, 1 Corinthians 4:2, Romans 8:18-21
When we think of stewardship, we typically think in terms of money or time. We need to remember that stewardship is much broader. God owns all that He created and entrusted much of that creation to our care.
Intentionally identify one concrete action you can take this week to steward creation in a way that honors God’s ownership.
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