Title: The Cultural Mandate
by Josh Head
Culture – What Human Beings Make of the World
Genesis 1:26-28
Image Bearers create by:
1. Receiving the gift
2. Making something of it
3. Offering it back to God
I. Culture Making through the Old Testament
Genesis 2:8-9
Genesis 2:12
Genesis 2:15
Genesis 3:7
Pattern of Sinful Creation:
1. Taking something good
2. Making something of it
3. Using it to serve the self
Genesis 3:21
II. Jesus, the Culture Maker
Mark 1:9-11
Genesis 1:2
Image Bearers create by:
1. Receiving the gift
2. Making something of it
3. Offering it back to God
Jesus creates by:
1. Taking the very worst
2. Making something of it
3. Offering it back to God
III. Gospel-Centered Culture Making
Acts 2:42-47
Revelation 21:1-4
Revelation 21:8
Revelation 21:19-24
Psalm 19:1