How does Genesis 1-11 inform our Christian worldview? The first eleven chapters of Genesis begin with the Creation account, from then we go to the Garden of Eden and the first sin, which leads to the fall of man. From there we go from Adam to Noah, the wrath of God over the wickedness of man, the flood, which leads to the covenant of the rainbow, the Tower of Babel and the genealogy of Abram’s family. These first chapters are the basis of the rest of the Christian worldview, in other words, our conception of the world, and understanding of how things were intended to be before sin and provide the context and setting for God's redemption plan. These first chapters serve as a fundamental introduction to the history to come They establish the context for God's sovereignty over creation and the need for God's salvation through this history. Genesis 1-11 lays the grounds for biblical truth, as it portrays God as the creator of everything and shows His characteristics of grace, love, judgment, and holiness. The lessons in this chapters help develop our worldview and how we view the world and what part God plays in the creation of the world, our relationship to Him and to others. As Christians, we have come to know God through redemption through the sacrifice of His Son and our Savior, Jesus. As we witness and share our faith with others that God allows to cross our paths we begin to tell the Biblical story, the Christian story, but not just our personal story, but the story that started it all in Genesis one. As we open the Bible to the first pages of Genesis and begin to read we are introduced to the Author and Creator of all things, we are introduced to the all-powerful, but also all personal God that has created everything that exists through a word (Bartholomew and Goheen, p. 30). Genesis 1-11 informs our Christian worldview in many ways, including the way we should see ourselves as Christians as opposed to how non-believers might view themselves (Bartholomew and Goheen, p. 32). the way we view and treat the world and how we should view our lives. Genesis 1-11 and our human identity Beliefs about our biological and cosmological origins are important for our worldview as Christians because they help give a vision for the way one view’s life: how one views one’s purpose as a human being, the nature of the universe where one lives and how a Christian’s lives his or her personal life.
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If one knows that one was made in the image of God - not through a lucky accident of cells and chemicals combining - would certainly affect the way one lives in the world. The climax of the Creation account is the creation of human beings, which were created in the image of God himself (Genesis 1:27). Unlike the mythology of the Mesopotamians that believes humanity to be created as a second thought on the parts of the gods (Hill and Walton p. 83), the God of Genesis is that humanity was created in the very image of God, in Imago Dei! Genesis 1-11 and our view of the earth and nonhuman creatures In Genesis Chapter 1, verse 28 it says, God then told humankind, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it” (Genesis 1:28, New International Version). …show more content…
As Christians, we have been called to serve as stewards and to watch over the creation that God has made and called “good.” We are not to take advantage of the rest of creation, rather we are to treat the earth and the non-human creators in a way parallel to the way God rules over everything (Bartholomew and Goheen, p. 33, 35). Our worldview based on Genesis helps us as Christians view the earth and the rest of creation in an appropriate way. Instead of saying that the way we treat the earth doesn’t matter or putting the earth above everything else, we as Christians have directions from God Himself on how we should view and treat creation. As humans, we are to rule over the nonhuman parts of God’s creation, but we are to do this under God, in the way that He rules over us, not under our own laws and ideas, but rather in the way that He reigns. Genesis 1-11 and our view of who God is The beginning
If one knows that one was made in the image of God - not through a lucky accident of cells and chemicals combining - would certainly affect the way one lives in the world. The climax of the Creation account is the creation of human beings, which were created in the image of God himself (Genesis 1:27). Unlike the mythology of the Mesopotamians that believes humanity to be created as a second thought on the parts of the gods (Hill and Walton p. 83), the God of Genesis is that humanity was created in the very image of God, in Imago Dei! Genesis 1-11 and our view of the earth and nonhuman creatures In Genesis Chapter 1, verse 28 it says, God then told humankind, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it” (Genesis 1:28, New International Version). …show more content…
As Christians, we have been called to serve as stewards and to watch over the creation that God has made and called “good.” We are not to take advantage of the rest of creation, rather we are to treat the earth and the non-human creators in a way parallel to the way God rules over everything (Bartholomew and Goheen, p. 33, 35). Our worldview based on Genesis helps us as Christians view the earth and the rest of creation in an appropriate way. Instead of saying that the way we treat the earth doesn’t matter or putting the earth above everything else, we as Christians have directions from God Himself on how we should view and treat creation. As humans, we are to rule over the nonhuman parts of God’s creation, but we are to do this under God, in the way that He rules over us, not under our own laws and ideas, but rather in the way that He reigns. Genesis 1-11 and our view of who God is The beginning