Genesis Part 11: The Cultural Mandate

Title: The Cultural Mandate

by Josh Head

 

Culture – What Human Beings Make of the World

 

Genesis 1:26-28

 

Image Bearers create by:

1. Receiving the gift

2. Making something of it

3. Offering it back to God

 

I. Culture Making through the Old Testament

 

Genesis 2:8-9

 

Genesis 2:12

 

Genesis 2:15

 

Genesis 3:7

 

Pattern of Sinful Creation:

1. Taking something good

2. Making something of it

3. Using it to serve the self

 

Genesis 3:21

 

II. Jesus, the Culture Maker

 

Mark 1:9-11

 

Genesis 1:2

 

Image Bearers create by:

1. Receiving the gift

2. Making something of it

3. Offering it back to God

 

Jesus creates by:

1. Taking the very worst

2. Making something of it

3. Offering it back to God

III. Gospel-Centered Culture Making

 

Acts 2:42-47

 

Revelation 21:1-4

 

Revelation 21:8

 

Revelation 21:19-24

 

Psalm 19:1