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Intro
Getting New Glasses.
The lenses we see through determine the steps that we take.
Tell the story
Back Story
Around 605 BC King Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem and took over Judah.
Around 605 BC King Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem and took over Judah.
Daniel Taken to Babylon
After taking over he began to bring groups of people from Judah into Babylon, including young men.
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
The young men would be educated for 3 years, given the “king’s diet” and were given new, Babylonian names.
We find out in chapter 1 that Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were of those chosen.
Verses 1-7
Nebuchadnezzar commissions the building of a 90 foot golden statue for everyone to worship
He calls together everyone important in Babylon
He commands all the people that at the sound of any type of music they should “fall down and worship” the golden statue.
If they choose not to they would face death in the fiery furnace.
Verses 8ff
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are turned in by some jealous folks.
Once confronted by the King, they refuse to bow to the idol
The King has them thrown into the fire.
But the King looks in and see that the three men are walking with a forth and none are injured
Seeing the power of God to save the men, the King declares that everyone should worship the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
7 Worldview Questions
(James Sire “The Universe Next Door”)
Every worldview must answer
1) What is really real?
a) To this we might answer: God, or the gods, or the material universe.
b) If we were to know all there is to know who or what would we need to know about?
2) What is the nature of the world around us?
a) Here our answers point to whether we see the world as created or autonomous, as chaotic or orderly, as matter or spirit.
b) What forces created the world we live in and how does it exist?
i.
Is the universe just a swirling mix of rocks, metals and gases spinning out of control into nothingness?
This is a question of origin and identity
ii.
Or is it made up of many gods that govern all the things we see around us.
iii.
Or was the universe created by one supreme, all-powerful God that set it into motion and holds it all in His hands?
Where did we come from and who are we because of that?
3) What is a human being?
Everyone believes we came from somewhere
a) To this we might answer: a highly complex machine, a sleeping god, a person made in the image of God, a naked ape.
b) Where or whom do we come from and what are we made of?
Either we were created by a divine being or beings
i) Are we created by God and made in His image;
Or we have always existed
ii) or are we products of the Big Bang and have developed into our current state through evolution;
Or we came from some force whose origin is yet-to-be-determined.
iii) or were we created by the gods and our bodies and souls are linked with them so that we must appease them in order to get what we want?
4) What happens to a person at death?
for an atheist it is the universe or nature
Where do you come from?
a) Here we might reply: they are buried and become dirt,
b) or they transformation to some higher reality, or reincarnation, or departure to a shadowy existence on "the other side."
c) Or maybe they enter into either an eternal paradise, joined again to the One who created them; or into eternal punishment, separated forever from the Creator.
5) Where does truth come from?
for
a) Does truth come from trial and error over the course of millions of years and scientific study?
b) Or does it come from an all-knowing God who has revealed Himself to humanity both in His Word and through His Son?
6) How do we know what is right and wrong?
The
a) Again, perhaps we are made in the image of a God whose character is good,
b) or right and wrong are determined by human choice alone or what feels good,
c) Or what appeases the gods all around us so that we can get what we want or avoid what we don’t want.
7) What personal, life-orienting commitments are consistent with this worldview?
a) It is to realize your personal potential for experiencing life, or to do as much good as you can for others, or to live in a world of inner peace in a world of social diversity and conflict.
b) Or is it to fulfill the will of God, or to seek first the kingdom of God, or to obey God and enjoy him forever, or to be devoted to knowing God or loving God.
b) Or is it to fulfill the will of God, or to seek first the kingdom of God, or to obey God and enjoy him forever, or to be devoted to knowing God or loving God.
Responding to Differing Worldviews
The statue pointed to what the culture found most worthy of their attention and allegiance.
1) Secular Worldview - God is Dead
Atheistic relativism- there is no God, or at least God is not important.
Self-actualization is of primary importance for the individual
We intermingle
being your best self - successful, healthy, connected, fulfilled...
Unity, peace, prosperity are the values of the culture.
This worldview has effects on our culture.
Look at the books we read, the shows we watch, and the music we listen to.
Claims toward truth are rejected as intolerant or hateful.
Christians are ridiculed and mocked for our faith, since faith in a secular/naturalistic world is foolish.
So we are left with the question: How do we respond to secularism?
It was what the cultural elites (starting with the King) deemed most important.
2) Deistic Worldview - God is Withdrawn
It was what they deemed most ultimate= allegiance to the King and perseverance of the culture.
If you go against the King or oppose the majority there will be consequences
Tipping our hat to God
Belief that God created everything, but then He withdrew and doesn’t engage, interact, or intervene in creation.
It is the worldview of our forefathers, a belief that God created everything and there is a order to creation, but that He is not a personal being that we interact with or have any “personal relationship” with.
Deism is comfortable with the existence of God, but not in His interaction with or intervention in the affirms of life.
Biblical Christian’s belief in miracles (including the resurrection of Christ) are shunned or laughed at since that doesn’t make since in a closed system.
Many “Church people” live functionally deistic lives as they declare faith in Christ, but God is a distant, impotent being that has little significance in their lives.
So we are left with the question: How do we respond to Deism?
3) Pluralistic World view - God is Many
4) Biblical Worldview - God is the Holy One
As we face these questions and come to the realization that we are at odds with differing worldviews, we must figure out how we are to respond.
There are three main ways we respond to conflicting worldview issues.
Responding to Differing Worldviews
1) Syncretism
The merging or accepting of certain aspects of one worldview with another.
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