Doing Justice and Loving Mercy: Compassion Ministries, Mentor's Guide, MG16

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D O I N G J U S T I C E A N D L O V I N G M E R C Y : C O M P A S S I O N M I N I S T R I E S

b. Awise dominion (in sync with the earth’s own ecological processes, limits, and laws, Ps. 65.9)

c. An answerable dominion (we are stewards and tenants of God’s property: the earth and all its fullness belongs to him and him alone)

(1) Deut. 10.14

(2) 1 Chron. 29.11

(3) Job 41.11

3. Trusteeship involves care as well as dominion.

C. Conservation: tending God’s garden, even under the curse

1. Dominion = trusteeship: we are trustees of God, for all the earth and its wealth belong to the Lord, Ps. 50.12.

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2. As trustees, we are responsible to God for our dominion over his creation, and answerable to him for its abuse.

a. Exod. 19.5

b. Deut. 10.14

3. We are responsible to conserve the resources of the earth (since all life is dependent on the biosphere , the water, soil, and air on which we depend).