Seely said in his article that “God made the universe for humans, not humans for the universe. Humans are the main creation, not an afterthought. Humans are made to serve God, but as stewards not as mindless slaves.” This is the foundation of what my world view is. Everything in this world, in my human life, and in civilization is a reflection of my stewardship and honor of what God has blessed me with.
The very beginning of God’s word starts with the creation of the natural world. Within the first 11 chapters of Genesis we are showed not only how everything came in to existence, but also how the natural world was transformed after the flood. Genesis 1:1 says: “1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (ESV).” The first chapter …show more content…
The second topic that has influenced me is human identity. Genesis 2:7 says, “then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature (NIV).” God is not only the creator of the world but also humanity. He took the land and created man. He gave this man “dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth (Gen. 1:28, ESV).” This teaching shows me that God’s original goal for us as human is to walk out this life and he beacons of his love and light. WE as Christians, as creations of God, made in the image of him are called to to show this love, and light in all we do. This is something I aim to do because I know I have been created for a …show more content…
The main example of this is in the telling of the Tower of Babel in chapter 11. Theodore Hiebert states, “The tower of Babel, standing unfinished, has become a cultural icon, symbolizing the preposterous pride of its builders and the divine punishment for all such acts of arrogance.” This is a civilization that only focused on their own lives, and self-glorification. When they did this it was just as Hiebert said a “divine punishment for all such acts of arrogance”. The mistakes that were made by this civilization forces God to separate them. We need to be the exact opposite of this. The people of Babel show us the exact opposite way to interact with our civilization and how to run a civilization. This brings around one main idea that has affected my worldview in all four of these of teachings from Genesis. Our worldview has to be all on
The very beginning of God’s word starts with the creation of the natural world. Within the first 11 chapters of Genesis we are showed not only how everything came in to existence, but also how the natural world was transformed after the flood. Genesis 1:1 says: “1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (ESV).” The first chapter …show more content…
The second topic that has influenced me is human identity. Genesis 2:7 says, “then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature (NIV).” God is not only the creator of the world but also humanity. He took the land and created man. He gave this man “dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth (Gen. 1:28, ESV).” This teaching shows me that God’s original goal for us as human is to walk out this life and he beacons of his love and light. WE as Christians, as creations of God, made in the image of him are called to to show this love, and light in all we do. This is something I aim to do because I know I have been created for a …show more content…
The main example of this is in the telling of the Tower of Babel in chapter 11. Theodore Hiebert states, “The tower of Babel, standing unfinished, has become a cultural icon, symbolizing the preposterous pride of its builders and the divine punishment for all such acts of arrogance.” This is a civilization that only focused on their own lives, and self-glorification. When they did this it was just as Hiebert said a “divine punishment for all such acts of arrogance”. The mistakes that were made by this civilization forces God to separate them. We need to be the exact opposite of this. The people of Babel show us the exact opposite way to interact with our civilization and how to run a civilization. This brings around one main idea that has affected my worldview in all four of these of teachings from Genesis. Our worldview has to be all on