Genesis 9:1–7 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM May 4, 2014

“Renewal of the Creation Mandate” (Genesis 9:1–7)

^{Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/May 4, 2014)}

 

9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. ² The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. ³ Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

⁴ “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. ⁵ And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.

⁶ “Whoever sheds human blood,

by humans shall their blood be shed;

for in the image of God

has God made mankind.

⁷ As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”

(Genesis 9:1–7, niv)

 

 

1.       God renews his blessings on the human race through Noah (v. 1).

 

2.       God renews our responsibility to exercise dominion over the other creatures of his world (v. 2).

 

3.       God renews his provision of food for his people (with modifications) (vv. 3-4).

 

4.      God renews and strengthens his commitment to the value of human life (vv. 5-6).

 

5.       God renews our responsibilities as his image bearers to populate and care for the earth (vv. 1, 7).

 

Main Idea

Ø  Even though human beings are still sinful, we continue to remain God’s image bearers who have been called to fill the earth, provide for the protection of innocent life, and exercise dominion over the creation for God.