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The Earth Is The Lord's
Contributed by Arlen Payne on Apr 22, 2023 (message contributor)
Summary: In celebrating Earth Day, we must remember, "The Earth is the Lord's"
The Earth is the Lord’s
Intro.
______________ is Earth Day.
It is NOT a national holiday.
However, it is recognized all over the world (190
countries)
It was started in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson of
Wisconsin after he witnessed an oil spill near Santa
Barbara, California in 1969
Initially it was to be a day of education in colleges and
high schools.
It turned out to be a day of demonstrations calling for a
cleaner earth.
Some thoughts on Earth day.
I. God owns it.
A. The phrase “The earth is the Lord’s” is found at least ? four times in the Bible.
a. Exodus 9:29
b. Psalm 34:1
c. Twice in 1 Corinthians 10
B. Frankly, it all belongs to him.
C. We are stewards of the earth.
1. God gave it to us for our use – food etc.
2. God gave us dominion over it.
Genesis 1:26 “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.”
D. Notice, is also owns everything in it. Vs. 2
II. God made it.
Exodus 20:11 “For in six days the LORD made heaven
and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the
seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath
day, and hallowed it.”
A. I believe in a literal Creation.
1. Not a gradual creation.
2. Not a gapped creation
3. Not an allegorical creation.
4. Not just “intelligent design”
B. I believe God made it just like the Bible says.
1. God spoke. And it was.
2. He put everything in it in six days. (literal days)
III. God sustains it (keeps it going)
A. He keeps the earth in rotation.
a. Sundown and sunrise.
b. It is measurable and predictable
- Sunset 7:49 PM
- Sunrise 6:56 AM
B. He keeps the earth in balance.
C. He holds it all together.
Colossians 1:16, 17 “For by him were all things
created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or
dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things
were created by him, and for him:And he is before
all things, and by him all things consist.”
- “Consist – Holds together.
- He’s got the whole world in his hand.
IV. God controls it.
Matthew 5:45 ..for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil
and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the
unjust.”
A. I believe God controls the weather.
B. God once made it rain for 40 days and 40 Nights.
C. God stopped time for Joshua
D. God turned the clock back for Hezekiah.
E. God is all powerful, and has power over the earth.
This is why I don’t get very excited about global warming or climate change or whatever their calling it now.
- How arrogant of man to think that man can do what
only God can do.
V. God will destroy it.
A. The first earth is passed away.
Rev. 21:1 ¶ And I saw a new heaven and a new
earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed
away; and there was no more sea.
Isaiah 65:17 “For, behold, I create new heavens and
a new earth: and the former shall not be
remembered, nor come into mind.”
1. God will create a new earth.
2. This one will be destroyed.
B. God will destroy it with a great heat.
2 Peter 3:10 “But the day of the Lord will come as a
thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall
pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works
that are therein shall be burned up.”
Hmmm…maybe I do believe in global warming.
C. When? – The day of the Lord – We Jesus returns
D. God is going to make us a new place for us.
- The new place will be called the New Jerusalem.
- The place where God dwells.
Conclusion
It is only through Jesus that you will enter the New
Jerusalem.
- You could say it is a gated community.
John 10:9 “I am the door: by me if any man
enter in, he shall be saved
- You will only get in by Jesus.
John 6:47 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth
on me hath everlasting life.”
