Text: God blessed them and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth." (Genesis 1:28)
Intro: God’s Purpose; our Purpose
I. The Procreation Mandate
Abraham Gen 17:2; 20
Isaac Gen 28:3
Jacob Gen. 35:11
II. The Dominion Mandate
God creates; we create
III. The Difficulty
The Creation Mandate in the New Testament
The Fall
The Great Commission
Application 1: What are we to do with the earth?
Extreme #1:
Extreme #2:
Application 2: Families
Paul Ehrlich
Marriage
Application 3: Sin
Creation Mandate via the Great Commission