Review: Define Stewardship...
1. We are IMAGE BEARERS…
2. We exercise RULE or DOMINION...
What makes us CONNECTED to the earth…
Read 2 Peter 3:1-13
Feel free to discuss this passage. Then focus on this section:
8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
Why does eschatology (future times) matter?
What are some of the competing/conflicting views of future events among Christians?
What is the difference between the earth being destroyed, and the earth being exposed?
Does the promise of a new heaven and a new earth mean that “anything goes” on this earth? Why or why not?
Read Romans 8:19-22
What makes the creation “groan?”
Why is it significant that creation is being born?
Why does the creation long for the children of God?
Read Revelation 21:1-5
Discuss what this clearly teaches regarding the future of heaven and earth.
Discuss what is promised in the future and how each of these promises relates to a “green” God and the Stewardship mandate:
1. Jesus will __________.
2. The church should be __________.
3. Those who have turned from Jesus will be __________ by their works.
4. Those who have turned to Jesus will be __________ for their works.
5. We will be free from __________ and __________.
6. Heaven and Earth will be ____________________.
7. God’s dwelling will be __________________.
What questions would you like to hear addressed in our final message of the “God is Green” series?
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