The Cultural Mandate
The Cultural Mandate
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The Gospel Mandate
Without any doubt or question, Christianity is radically unique in that it is the only religion that communicates true redemption. Whereas some other religions believe and teach that there is an afterlife, only Christianity embraces the following belief concerning the human life experience in the inescapable mortal dimension of time (the complete and true story of history and eschatology): Our being and existence is understood in terms of 1) creation, 2) corruption, and 3) redemption. In the beginning, God created everything and it was good … without any faults, defects or imperfections, or lacking anything to make it complete or perfect. And so, the biblical doctrine of redemption not only includes humanity, it extends to the entire environment and created order on account of the universal corruption of all creation wrought by the evil and nefarious presence of sin. For the same reasons that most believers embrace the doctrine of the divine inspiration and authority of the bible, some believers have taken one passage in Genesis 1:28 to mean that believers are to “Christianize” every realm and sphere of this present evil age for the glory of God. This pursuit is seen by some as having been the original “creation mandate” given to humanity from the beginning to care for and use the environment to benefit and enrich our lives, which has now been passed on to believers (the church) to redeem or restore the perfection of original creation including society and culture and every other realm and sphere of life in today’s modern world, e.g., government, education, entertainment, business and commerce, science and technology, etc.
As believer’s we know that we have been saved from the wrath of God that will inexorably follow the inevitable Second Coming and Day of Judgment when all humanity must, and will, give an account for every sin that they have ever committed, believers and unbelievers alike. Believers
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The Gospel Mandate
Without any doubt or question, Christianity is radically unique in that it is the only religion that communicates true redemption. Whereas some other religions believe and teach that there is an afterlife, only Christianity embraces the following belief concerning the human life experience in the inescapable mortal dimension of time (the complete and true story of history and eschatology): Our being and existence is understood in terms of 1) creation, 2) corruption, and 3) redemption. In the beginning, God created everything and it was good … without any faults, defects or imperfections, or lacking anything to make it complete or perfect. And so, the biblical doctrine of redemption not only includes humanity, it extends to the entire environment and created order on account of the universal corruption of all creation wrought by the evil and nefarious presence of sin. For the same reasons that most believers embrace the doctrine of the divine inspiration and authority of the bible, some believers have taken one passage in Genesis 1:28 to mean that believers are to “Christianize” every realm and sphere of this present evil age for the glory of God. This pursuit is seen by some as having been the original “creation mandate” given to humanity from the beginning to care for and use the environment to benefit and enrich our lives, which has now been passed on to believers (the church) to redeem or restore the perfection of original creation including society and culture and every other realm and sphere of life in today’s modern world, e.g., government, education, entertainment, business and commerce, science and technology, etc.
As believer’s we know that we have been saved from the wrath of God that will inexorably follow the inevitable Second Coming and Day of Judgment when all humanity must, and will, give an account for every sin that they have ever committed, believers and unbelievers alike. Believers