REASONS FOR BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE EARTH SOME BIBLICAL VERSES FOR CONSIDERATION DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS FROM GOD REGARDING STEWARDSHIP OF THE EARTH 1) Genesis 1:26 (King James) “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” 2) Genesis 2:15, (King James) “And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.” PRIDEFUL HUMANITY REQUIRES GOD’S GUIDANCE 1) 1 Corinthians 8:2-4 (King James) “And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.” 2) John 15:5 (King James) “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” 3) James 1:17 (King James) "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." 4) Matthew 21:22 (King James) “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” CHRISTIANS SHOULD CONSIDER STEWARDSHIP VERY SERIOUSLY 1) 1 Timothy 5:8 (King James) “But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.” 2) James 4:17 (King James) “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” 3) James 2:20 (King James) “But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?” 4) 1 John 2:4 (King James) “He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” 14.321
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