New View Compared with Three Ground Motives

As yet, incomplete, but presented here for your interest.

Issue New View View 1
(Anti-Matter) View 2
(Pietistic, Charismatic, Catholic) View 3
(Humanist)

(Note: There is considerable overlap between the views.)

God's Purpose "All things complete in Christ"
3-way relationship between humans, non-human creation and God, bringing joy. Populate heaven with souls at rest Human personal relationships with God
Serve, worship, love God. Human satisfaction, fulfilment, pleasure, convenience.

Purpose of Humanity To represent God to the rest of Creation,
to care for it and tend it,
to bring it joy. Rom. 8:19 To become Soul/Spirit in heaven,
to escape the prison of Body,
to become self-controlled. "To glorify God and enjoy him forever." (Westminster Confession) Pleasure, convenience, satisfaction, self-actualization.
Humanity is the purpose.

The Purpose of Nature To take full part in the final joy.
Very little. To move us to wonder, worship, love for God;
we use it in our service of, and worship and love for, God. Expendable resource for human use, convenience and pleasure.

Human - Nature Relationship Mutual joy:

Humans manage nature for its own benefit
Nature supplies human needs and delight
Humans tolerate or ignore nature. Humans use nature to facilitate relationship with God.
We try to respect nature but
believe it will be destroyed one day. Consumption, Pillaging, Pollution.
Nature groans under human arrogance, cruelty.

What is Sin? Harming something else in God's Creation -
directly, or indirectly via e.g. idolatry. Body-related, (e.g. sex), Passions, Pleasures
Yielding to Temptation Insult to God's Authority
Rebellion, Disobedience Anything against a human being

Redemption
Christ's Death To restore all things to God.
Plus all the others. To procure forgiveness for us,
so our eternal status is 'justified'. To justify so that
the Holy Spirit can live in us,
and to destroy the Enemy. An example of self-giving that we should perhaps follow.

Role of Holy Spirit To make us those who will treat Creation like God would. As seal for salvation Give of power, gifts, comfort, wisdom, etc. -

Issue	New View	View 1 (Anti-Matter)	View 2 (Pietistic, Charismatic, Catholic)	View 3 (Humanist)
(Note: There is considerable overlap between the views.)
God's Purpose	"All things complete in Christ" 3-way relationship between humans, non-human creation and God, bringing joy.	Populate heaven with souls at rest	Human personal relationships with God Serve, worship, love God.	Human satisfaction, fulfilment, pleasure, convenience.
Purpose of Humanity	To represent God to the rest of Creation, to care for it and tend it, to bring it joy. Rom. 8:19	To become Soul/Spirit in heaven, to escape the prison of Body, to become self-controlled.	"To glorify God and enjoy him forever." (Westminster Confession)	Pleasure, convenience, satisfaction, self-actualization. Humanity is the purpose.
The Purpose of Nature	To take full part in the final joy.	Very little.	To move us to wonder, worship, love for God; we use it in our service of, and worship and love for, God.	Expendable resource for human use, convenience and pleasure.
Human - Nature Relationship	Mutual joy: Humans manage nature for its own benefit Nature supplies human needs and delight	Humans tolerate or ignore nature.	Humans use nature to facilitate relationship with God. We try to respect nature but believe it will be destroyed one day.	Consumption, Pillaging, Pollution. Nature groans under human arrogance, cruelty.
What is Sin?	Harming something else in God's Creation - directly, or indirectly via e.g. idolatry.	Body-related, (e.g. sex), Passions, Pleasures Yielding to Temptation	Insult to God's Authority Rebellion, Disobedience	Anything against a human being
Redemption Christ's Death	To restore all things to God. Plus all the others.	To procure forgiveness for us, so our eternal status is 'justified'.	To justify so that the Holy Spirit can live in us, and to destroy the Enemy.	An example of self-giving that we should perhaps follow.
Role of Holy Spirit	To make us those who will treat Creation like God would.	As seal for salvation	Give of power, gifts, comfort, wisdom, etc.	-

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Created: 9 February 2003. Last updated: 15 December 2003.