4.2 - The value of the world

Question 1

How much is the world valued as by Christians?

Answer 1

They see it as a priceless gift from God

Question 2

Psalm 8:3-4

Answer 2

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

Question 3

Romans 1:20

Answer 3

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse

Question 4

What is Stewardship?

Answer 4

God giving humans the responsibility to look after the Earth and prevent it from being ruined.

Question 5

What happens in Genesis 2:15?

Answer 5

Adam is given the task of looking after the Garden of Eden.

Question 6

What is dominion?

Answer 6

God gave humans the power and authority to rule over the world.

Question 7

Genesis 1:28

Answer 7

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Question 8

What do some Christians interpret dominion/stewardship as?

Answer 8

People can do whatever they like with it and everything in it because they are in charge

Question 9

What do the majority of Christians intepret dominion/stewardship as?

Answer 9

Humans have been entrusted as caretakers of God’s world.