World-View: Thursday Night

Introduction

Tonight we are talking about Worldview. It is so good to be here with you. You all look so good, making me look bad… I brushed my teeth but forgot to shave… so at least I have good breathe.

Tonight, I want to hit three shared three points when it comes to worldview

1: What is a Worldview?

“A way of looking at reality; the basic assumptions a people have about the world.”

A worldview is literally like a pair of glasses that filter the way you see the world.

Mustaches

On the topic of shaving, I have a story to tell you.

2000 years ago, right before Jesus was born, Rome was taking over all of Europe and they were invading Great Britain. The Romans, were at the height of their power. They were an economic super power, they were a military super power, they were a cultural superpower. Rome was the center of knowledge, education, technology… EVERYTHING. The world revolved around Rome.

As the Romans invaded Great Britain, strange stories started coming back from the troops. There were tales of strange people like they had never before seen. People with faces unlike any other peoples they had seen or conquered… It startled the all powerful Romans. They only attempt to describe the strangeness of these peoples….

“They had hair on their faces under their noses… but did not have beards”

In other words: The Britains had Mustaches.

The Romans, the leaders in technology, culture, education, society…. had no word or concept of a mustache.

The Roman worldview did not contain mustaches. We all have a way of viewing the world…

Lego Image:

Everything in your world is part of your worldview.

How you view other people

What you value

What you spend your money on

If you know what mustaches are

etc.

Every worldview is built on the answer three Fundamental questions:

Where did we come from? How did it all begin?

What is the source of evil and suffering?

What can we do about it? How can the world be set right again?.

What is a Christian Worldview?

CREATION: How did it all begin? Where did we come from?

Genesis 1: You were created in the image of God.

Humans are called to care for creation.

Humans were made for relationship

Creation is GOOD.

FALL: What went wrong? What is the source of evil and suffering?

Sin.

Creation and relationships were broken.

REDEMPTION: What can we do about it? How can the world be set right again?

Through Jesus, creation can be healed.

As Christians go out and preach the gospel, the Holy Spirit is at work in people hearts and minds bringing them to salvation.

2: Why is Worldview important?

How you answer these questions are going are going to motivate every decision you make in life.

A Christian worldview gives truth, value and purpose to everything.

Christianity gives the truth about the whole of reality, a perspective for interpreting every subject matter.

English Standard Version Chapter 1

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life,1 and gthe life was the light of men

Logos: All of rationality, existence,

Thus the underlying structure of the entire universe reflects the mind of the Creator. There is no fact/value dichotomy in the scriptural account. Nothing has an autonomous or independent identity, separate from the will of the Creator.

Your Worldview will define how you shape your…

view yourself, how you view and treat others.

They will shape how you build a family,

how you build a business. They will shape your moral framework….

How do we treat the environment,

how you aproach the world’s problems…

everything.

The world is desperately looking to answer these questions. The James Webb Telescop was launched a few years back… trying to help scientists figue out where we came from and how we got here.

If we have a bad worldview, bad things are going to happen. If we have a Christian Worldview, the world is going to change in a good way.

***Story of the Tribe and how their world is being reshaped.

When christians live their lives with a a christian worldview, families, societies and nations are transformed.

3: How do we change our worldview?

The Bible speaks for the need to renew our minds:

Step 1: Acknowledge that your worldview needs changing

Even though you are in one of the wealthiest, most educated, and most technologically advanced moments in history…. your worldview needs to be changed.

The Romans too had technology, education, culture… but their worldview was missing mustaches… i am sure instagram, snapchat, and tiktok have in some way shape or form messed up your worldview.

Step 2: You have to Renew Your Mind

Romans 12:1

English Standard Version Chapter 12

2 Do not be conformed to this world,3 but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

How Do you renew your mind? Do the things Jesus did.

Jesus did lots of amazing things, but there is one thing that stands above the rest: The Cross.

He laid his life down on the cross.

He gave over control. He gave over his future. He gave over everything… into the hands of God.

Do you want to renew your mind:

Where do you need to give over control?

Have you given God your future? Your education? Your future family?

To close, I invite you to close your eyes. Imagine tomorrow, you go to school, you are making plans, you are hanging out with friends.

Then imagine that suddenly with a snap of my fingers: Everything you knew about the Bible and God was wiped from existence. Like in the avengers when Thanos snapped his fingers.

Now look at your plans for tomorrow: What would change about those plans? What would not change? What parts of your life are not dependent on Jesus?

I invite you, to make a step. Is there something in your life that needs to be placed in Gods hands? Something that you have never fully given to him?

*Pray and Close

They are not “hard charging” leaders who feel they have to whip up employees to perform. Instead they are humble, modest, even self-effacing people, who share decision mak-ing with their staff.27

Pearcey, Nancy. Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity (p. 371). (Function). Kindle Edition.