Do Christians Celebrate Earth- Day?

Do Christians Celebrate Earth-day?

I recognize the importance of being a wise steward of every resource and possession that is given to me as the Bible outlines. I also can n0t pretend to give an answer to this topic which demonstrates what every Christian believes. I am not every Christian. There should be a unifying element of all professing Christians,  “the inspiration of the Bible” and “the person of Jesus Christ”, but this is being attacked and deteriorated even among Christians. So I humbly submit this reminder of who Jesus is in the modern context of “Earth- Day”.

1. Jesus is creator of the earth and all that exists (John 1:1, Colossians 1:15-16)

2. Jesus is Lord over the earth and sustainer of the earth (man will never stop or change this)

Genesis 8:22

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

3. Man has a tendency to worship things created over the creator (Romans 1:20-25)

4. Jesus was demonstrated his power over all in his death burial and resurrection

 I Corinthians 15:1-8

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

Let us give worship, affection, time and energy worshipping the creator and savior who is Jesus the Messiah. I believe this is a worthy cause knowing that man can not destroy the earth even if he tried and that one day Jesus himself will make the earth new for his purposes. (Revelation 21:1)

S.M. Lockridge put it like this,

“You can’t get Him out of your mind. You can’t get Him off of your hands. You can’t outlive Him and you can’t live without Him. The Pharisees couldn’t stand Him, but they found out they couldn’t stop Him. Pilate couldn’t find any fault in Him. The witnesses couldn’t get their testimonies to agree about Him. Herod couldn’t kill Him. Death couldn’t handle Him and the grave couldn’t hold Him. That’s my King.”[1]

I assume that Christians and non-Christian have celebrated earth day since 1970 and they will continue to celebrate earth day in the future. I personally will celebrate the resurrection day this weekend because Jesus conquered the grave and is ruler over earth. What is greater that which is created or him that created it?

I can imagine that there will be a good-hearted Christian that will say, “Why not celebrate both?” You certainly can, but everything we do should be checked with a Biblical worldview. The idea of taking care of earth did not start in 1970.  It started in the Garden of Eden when God placed Adam as an administrator.  But my caution is to not get “carried away with every wind of doctrine” by thinking that man is going to destroy the world or by thinking that “utopia” can happen by the works of man. These are humanistic ideas that have infiltrated Christian thinking. Heaven can not be man made, nor can peace. No doubt man is what is wrong with the world. In theological terms this is called “The Fall”, but Romans 5 explains that this problem is called “sin” and began with one man (Adam) and will end with one man (Jesus).

Romans 5:12-21

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

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[1] S.M. Lockridge, “My King” , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzqTFNfeDnE

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