What is a biblical worldview?

Intro

We’ve used this word “World-view” before

It describes how you see the world

What you believe to be true, what is your purpose, big big questions

Whether or not you realize it, you have a worldview

For most students, their worldviews are a mash-up of a lot of different things

What your parents say, what your teachers say, what your friends say, religious experiences/associations, what the music you listen to says, what celebrities you follow say, etc.

There are a lot of different influences in your life

Why does a worldview matter?

What you believe about the world leads to how you act in the world

If I believe that pepperoni is the greatest pizza toping in the world, every time I order a pizza it will have pepperoni on it

Silly example, but it shows my belief leads me to act

If I believe that school is stupid and pointless, I’m not going to try very hard on my assignments, I might get bad grades, I might not even show up.

If I believe that my worth and value as a human being comes from what I can achieve in the world, how successful I am in what I do, then when I don’t succeed and I fail at something, I will feel worthless

What you believe to be true about the world, leads you to make the decisions you are currently making

Even if you say “I don’t know what I believe about the world” that informs your decisions because you don’t have anything firm to build your life on, so you do thinks and hope they are right, or make you feel good, etc.

Body

Four parts

Humanity (Where do we come from, why am I here, do I matter?)

All humans are created in the image of God

Not that we ARE Gods, but that we are created to reflect who God is to the world

World- Humans are meaningless, society is the one who decides who matters

The Problem of our world (Why is our world broken?)

Human sin: Everyone on this earth is a broken sinner, who apart from God cannot do anything ultimately good

World- Government systems, political ideas, the wrong people are in charge

The solution to the problem (How do we fix it?)

Following Jesus

Accepting the sacrifice of Jesus as a payment for our sins

Walking in obedience and learning to reflect God to our world as we were intended

Not just trying harder, following rules better, but actually allowing God to change our hearts

Getting the right people in charge, changing a society’s political identity

The trajectory of our world (What is the future like?)

Jesus is coming back to set all things right in the world

Restore creation to how it should be

It doesn’t depend on us in any way

The world is going to end because humans are destroying it

Application

Christian

Do you view the world as the Bible presents it?

Do you know how the Bible presents the world?

Non-Christian

How do you view the world?

What is important to you, what do you value, how do we fix our world

Conclusion

“I’m just a kid....Why does it matter how I view the world, isn’t that for adults?

The longer you believe a certain thing, the more stuck in it you are

The decisions you make now impact your future