Christ and the Culture

What is a definition of a "Christian Worldview?"  As a Bible teacher, I need to clearly understand this ... from it will flow the message that God has for me and for those to whom I have the privilege of teaching.

The "Christian Worldview" as I understand it is this:

* God (Elohim/Yahweh) is the Creator and we with all that exists, on the earth and in the heavens, are His creation.

* God is triune - Father/Son (Jesus)/Holy Spirit

* All creation is filled with Sin brought on my man's/my disobedience to God and separation from God became the punishment

* A redeemer was prophesied from the very beginning in the garden of Eden and Jesus is the complete fulfillment of all these prophecies

* God the Son (Jesus) became a man to pay the price as that redeemer ... the price that only a perfect/pure sacrifice could be accepted

* Jesus (the God/Man) was unjustly condemned to die and He took "all" sin with Him when He died on a cruel Roman cross (unregenerant man put Him their) by the pre-plan of God (John 3:16)

* On the third day, Jesus was resurrected from the grave where He left the Sin of the world.

* Seven weeks later Jesus returned to heaven to sit on His throne at the right hand of the Father from where He directs the events of the world and reigns as King

* To spend eternity with Jesus one need only believe, confess sin in one's life and ask Him to be Lord and Savior.

* Soon Jesus will return for His Bride, the Church, and will reign forever.

* Finally for those who reject Him, there will be a Judgment by God and a sentence to the Devil's hell.

As I let this Worldview direct my life, I also need to understand the opposing view of a secular society.  Dr. Albert Mohler's timely examination of these two very different worldviews in his weekly online essays line these views out:

1) "the prevailing view that everything that is has happened by chance and that there is no absolute authority...that each individual is the final arbiter of his own existence and, that no one else may tread upon that choice. This is most often referred to as 'toleration.'”

2) and, the rapidly diminishing view, even in the so-called evangelical churches, that the creator God of the Bible has absolute sovereignty, that His written Word is completely trustworthy, and that obedience to Him is unwaveringly essential.  If this view is lost, as Carl F.H. Henry writes and as quoted by Mohler, 'we (will) perish in the pit of lawlessness.'”

Thus, an understanding of what the Christian, or Biblical, worldview encompasses helps me to live my life in this world with clarity as I seek to follow in the footsteps of Jesus

Part 1: http://www.albertmohler.com/2016/02/03/secularization-and-the-sexual-revolution-evangelical-theology-and-the-cultural-crisis-part-1/
 

​Part 2: http://www.albertmohler.com/2016/02/22/the-secularization-of-the-west-and-the-rise-of-a-new-morality/

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Part 3: http://www.albertmohler.com/2016/03/03/everything-that-is-solid-melts-into-air-the-new-secular-worldview/

Part 4: http://www.albertmohler.com/2016/03/15/the-withering-of-vice-and-the-sexual-revolution/