According to the religious and political leaders at the COP27 conference in Egypt, we have failed to protect the planet and we need to repent. So, we now have a new set of commandments for climate change! If we look at these through a Biblical Worldview, we can see the hypocrisy, blasphemy, and lies that Satan wants us to believe. Let’s dig in…
The New 10 Commandments for Climate Change from COP27
- Creation is not our possession... wherein humanity takes its rightful place as partner and co-creator, in advancing the life of all creation. For others, creation itself is sacred. Therefore, we recognize the human responsibility to love and protect nature. Co-creator? Read John Chapter 1.
- Creation is not simply external to God. It is, in significant ways, permeated by God’s presence and being, manifesting the divine agency and reality. Therefore, we must treat all of life with reverence. Really? What about the life of the unborn child?
- Within creation, and between humans and other parts of creation, as well as among religious communities, there is interdependence. All are part of a greater whole wherein each element both receives and gives influence, impact, love, and growth. Therefore, we must care for each other and the planet. Again, I ask, what about caring for the unborn child in the womb?
- The distinctive task of humanity is to nurture and serve this interdependent life-giving, and so to resist the temptation to exploitation, waste, and harm… This finds two prominent expressions: a. Commitment to not harm creation, and the responsibility to protect it. b. Commitment to serve, advance, and aid in the growth and evolution of all parts of creation. Therefore, we recognize that we are responsible for the well-being of all life today, as well as for future generations. We’re supposed to “aid in evolution”?
- The human person has capacities that are conducive to the realization of this vision, as well as forces that are destructive. Ego, self-centeredness, greed, arrogance, and more are negative traits stemming from a limited sense of the human person. Therefore, a disciplined spiritual life is helpful in overcoming the challenges of climate change. Right, just what we need — more religion! You are not free if you’re a slave to religion!
- There is an inherent relationship between the human person (within) and nature and objective reality (without). Thoughts, speech, and actions have the capacity to bring harm or to heal. Therefore, use thought, speech, and action only for the good.
- Based on this understanding of the human person and his/her role in creation, the processes of growth, transformation, return and repentance are fundamental to human existence. Therefore, the human person is benefitted by the ongoing effort to purify, raise, and transform himself, in view of a higher vision. Since when did humans have a role in creation? Read your bible, people. It’s on page 1!
- There are reactions when we harm the earth and others. Actions have consequences and no action can be ignored. The weight of our actions and their short and long-term consequences lead us to find ways of mitigating harmful actions and to work for the good. Therefore, act knowing that every action counts.
- Empowered by mind, reason, and spiritual understanding, we adopt a mindful and attentive view of the natural world. Therefore, take seriously the lessons and observations that humanity has reached by application of its mind in scientific study and through common reason. Is that the common sense that is so sorely missing from society?
- The life of attentive, intelligent love is embodied in compassion: in openness to the pain and vulnerability of the world. Care for the other is expressed in love and compassion as fundamental spiritual principles. These are to be applied to other humans, human communities, and other parts of creation. Compassion means suffering with others—to feel the pain of the earth, of the poor, and of those who suffer the consequences of climate change. Opening our hearts to their pain will lead us to change. Therefore, be sensitive to the intolerable insecurities and injustices in which so many of our fellow humans live.1
Once more, I bring up the human lives that are snuffed out, un-cared-for, and killed out of greed and selfishness — via abortion. If human lives are so important that you call for compassion, let’s start with loving the unborn. Let fellow humans live!
Worship God not Creation
Paul summed it up perfectly in the first chapter of Romans…
18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23 And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. 25 They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. 26 That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. 27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.
28 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. 29 Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. 30 They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. 31 They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. 32 They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.
Romans 1: 18-32 NLT
Given that, Peter told us what we need to repent of…
“Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away—all who have been called by the Lord our God.”
Acts 2:38-39 NLT
A New Heaven and a New Earth
The Truth about the fate and destiny of the earth is clearly spoken by Jesus in Revelation…
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
3 I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”
5 And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.” 6 And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life. 7 All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.
8 “But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
Revelation 21:1-8 NLT
Who needs COP27 when we have this promise from our Creator, Jesus Christ?
You can believe this promise if you have trusted Jesus Christ, and Jesus ONLY with your salvation and eternal life.
If you’re not sure if you’re saved or not, if you truly want to be born again and have the assurance of salvation, receive the Holy Spirit, feel His Shalom — a peace that surpasses all understanding, and get a 1-way, non-stop ticket to Heaven after you die, or that you won’t be left behind at the Rapture, which can happen at any moment, this is what you have to do…
Believe. Repent. Be Baptized. Receive the Holy Spirit.
- Believe — have Faith — that Jesus is the Christ and He died taking your sins away forever and that He rose from the dead 3 days later.
- Repent of your sins — stop sinning! Do a complete 180-degree turn in your life and surrender your life to Him. When you ask Jesus to forgive you He will. ALL your sins will be wiped clean — past, present, and future! And All means ALL!
- Be Baptized by water baptism — show the world and yourself that you have died to your old life and are born again in Christ.
- Receive the gift of Holy Spirit in your heart.
Invite Jesus into Your Heart and Receive the Gift of Grace, Joy, Peace, and the Confident Hope of Eternal Life…
Tom Hughes & John Haller discuss COP27 & share a “repentance” video.
It’s cued up to the video taken at Mt. Sinai…
