Counsel #1 — The Effects Of Sin

Picture: Counsel #1 — The Effects Of SinCSI 106.1

Many people, especially young adults, feel helpless and hopeless about the worst effects of climate change, such as fires, heatwaves, droughts and rising global temperatures. Is the world doomed? Is there anything that can save the planet?CSI 106.2

Bible principles give us answers in the face of the increasing deterioration of the earth’s ecosystem.CSI 106.3

“The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth [emphasis added].” Revelation 11:18 NKJVCSI 106.4

“Among the lower creatures Adam had stood as king, and so long as he remained loyal to God, all nature acknowledged his rule; but when he transgressed, this dominion was forfeited. The spirit of rebellion, to which he himself had given entrance, extended throughout the animal creation. Thus not only the life of man, but the nature of the beasts, the trees of the forest, the grass of the field, the very air he breathed, all told the sad lesson of the knowledge of evil.” Ellen White in Education, pp. 26, 27CSI 106.5

Reflect: What choices in your life may be adversely affecting God’s creation?^{[156]https://adventistreview.org/why-im-striking-for-climate-change/}CSI 106.6