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Defining Worldview and the Need for a Biblical One 0:09 Well, we welcome you to chapter 4. We're talking about the book Reversed from Culturally Woke to Biblically Awake. Just a reminder, there's it's a 2 volume set, actually. The0:21 first 1 is Well Versed. That's biblical answers to today's tough issues. And part 2, Reversed, that's what we're talking about today, from culturally woke to biblically awake. We're in0:33 chapter 4 of that. We're gonna talk about a biblical worldview. What is a worldview? The fact is every single person has a worldview. Every human being has a worldview. It's0:45 the lens through which they look at everything in life. If you have your book in front of you, look on page 22. I'll refer periodically to the pages if you haven't and you wanna refer to them.0:58 The worldview is shaped by a complex mixture of things that have come into your life. It might be parents, it could be teachers, it could be siblings, peers, experts, celebrities, philosophers,1:11 movies, songs, books, social media, religious leaders, just key events in your life that impacted you. All of these go together to give you that package of what we're calling a1:23 Biblical worldview. What does that do for you? It's through that particular lens that you decide and make the judgments of life. All your value judgments, everything you do1:35 is based upon that compilation of all those things that have come together. The unfortunate thing, if you have a worldview that is not scriptural or not biblical, you will use it to1:46 justify actions, behaviors, words, thoughts, deeds that are completely inappropriate, harmful to you, or harmful to each other. The result is you will have a worldview that1:58 is destructive and you'll have a lot of regrets as you move through life. There's a word we don't use a lot in English language called causistry. Causistry is when we create all kinds of2:10 complex explanations to justify a wrong behavior. If you have a wrong worldview, that's exactly what you'll do. So what is our solution and our answer? The answer is to have2:22 a distinctly biblical worldview. How do we do that? I wanna direct you to 2 passages. The first one's Romans chapter 12 verse 2. The second 1 is the2:34 second Corinthians 5 17. In the first 1, it talks about us being transformed, a a substantial change going on in our mind, in our2:45 heart, our life, and our thinking, transformed by the power of Christ. The second 1 uses a strong term. Says we are a new creature. Something is so fundamental when2:57 we come to Christ that we become a new creature in Christ Jesus. It's that kind of foundational changes in our lives. The first steps for having a proper worldview, a3:10 biblical worldview, the worldview that God wants you to have, is to make sure that your life has been transformed by the power of Christ. That you have become a new creature in3:21 Christ Jesus. Now how do you do that? Perhaps this is old news to some of you and you don't need me to talk about this, but there may be 1 or 2 people watching right now who need to understand3:33 how you become a new creature in Christ. Let me just stop here. This is the most important segment of this whole 60 part video series, and that's that you can know beyond the shadow of a doubt3:45 that you have become a new creature in Christ Jesus. How do you do that? By going before God the father and praying a prayer like this. In fact, you could just follow me if you want toTransformation: Salvation Prayer and Fear of God 3:57 right now. Dear Jesus, I need you. I want you to come into my life. I ask for forgiveness of my sins. I repent. What does repent mean? Repent means I4:09 was going this way, and I turn and go that way. I repent of my sins. I ask you to come into my life. I ask you to come into my mind and into my heart. Fill4:21 me with your presence. I ask for forgiveness. I repent. Now make me the kind of person you want me to be. If you pray that4:33 prayer, I want you to alert the other people around you that are followers of Jesus. If they're new creatures in Christ Jesus, let them know you have prayed that prayer. Ask them what you need4:45 to do. Make sure you get a Bible. Start reading in the New Testament with the book of John, for example, if the Bible is new to you. Find a church that actually believes the Bible. You say, don't they all? No.4:57 They don't. Find a church that actually believes and preaches the Bible. Ask wise, spiritually mature people around you how to guide you in choosing a a truly biblically5:09 grounded congregation of people. As you start that process, now you have the framework for having a biblical mindset or a biblical5:21 worldview. Everything I wrote in here is presumed about 1 thing, the scriptures, the reality of scriptures. Having a biblical understanding, a biblical worldview.5:33 That way you have true north in you in your life. You know exactly what truth is and what falsehood is. The beginning of wisdom, the scripture5:45 says, is the fear of God. When we think of the word fear, I want you to think of the word awe or reverence of God. He's a holy, righteous God. The beginning of wisdom is a healthy,5:57 holy fear or awe or worship or reverence of almighty God. There's way too much flippancy in our culture about the6:09 nature of who God is. In fact, why why do people compromise their values? Why do people capitulate? We're gonna talk more about this on a later video, but I'll just touch on it6:20 briefly here. The number 1 peep reason people would capitulate or compromise is because they long for the accolades or applause of other people more than they fear or reverence a6:32 holy and righteous God. And so 1 of the things you want planted deeply in your heart is the understanding of wisdom. Not just knowledge. Knowledge is good. But knowledge without wisdom, you don't know6:44 how to use that knowledge. You want wisdom. And wisdom starts with a fear or reverence or awe or a sense of the holiness and righteousness and justice of God6:56 himself. When we start with those understanding, that that kind of a framework, that understanding, with a healthy, righteous fear of God, and a mind has been renewed with the mind of Christ by7:08 praying for Jesus to be Lord and savior, not just savior. Savior cleans up all the garbage in my life, takes responsibility for that, what he did on the cross, but Lord, the boss in charge of7:20 my life. Once we submit to him, then we have begin I have a biblical worldview. We apply ourselves to the study of scripture. What does the scripture say about all these issues?7:32 Well, then you start having a biblical worldview. You know how to respond to ungodliness and to ungodly people themselves. You know how to respond and shun away7:43 from wickedness. The more you will study the scriptures to see what God's word says, what he believes about certain things, the better will be your focus7:55 in life and how to function in life. Now there are some who mock us for saying there's a biblical worldview and they say, oh, there's no biblical worldview. After all, there's lots of views. There's there's Protestants.Core Foundations and Fruits of Biblical Christianity 8:07 There's Catholics. There's Orthodox. There's and they go into all kinds of list. There's there's hundreds and thousands of denominations. There can't possibly be 1 worldview. Well, there in fact is. The8:18 foundational issues of life that are shared by any truly orthodox denominator by orthodox, I mean, as opposed to heresy by any truth seekers. Starts8:30 with the foundation that God exists, that that sin exists, that we need to repent of our sins, the trinity, the father, son, and the holy spirit, that Jesus died on the cross for my sins,8:42 that he lived a sinless life, that he was crucified, died for my sins, that he was buried, that he resurrected on the third day, that he ascended. He's coming again as judge. These8:54 foundational issues form the the rock surface area on which we establish a biblical worldview. And by the way, those who don't hold that view, they're9:06 they're gonna have all kinds of other kinds of beliefs that are invalid and wrong. For example, if someone has a distinctly biblical Christ honoring worldview, they will not believe in killing babies in9:18 the womb. They can't. They won't. They can't be called a Christian and believe that you should slaughter babies, innocent babies in the womb. If someone's a true follower of Jesus Christ, a true follower of Christ,9:30 they can't possibly believe that the act of homosexuality is appropriate or transgenderism. They just they just won't. They absolutely will not. And so there are fruits that come. There's fruit that comes from9:41 having a distinct biblical worldview, a mindset, a way of thinking that is saturated in God's word, founded rock solid on God's word. These people are called ABCs,9:54 authentically biblical Christians. Surround yourself with authentically biblical Christians who have the mindset and the clear understanding of what a biblical10:06 worldview is. So as we go through this book together, what we're looking at, we're looking at principles of scripture, we're looking at insights of scripture, we're looking at real life10:18 examples from scripture. We're drawing from that. So when you see all these scriptures in here, that's what we're drawing from to make the case of God's understanding of the nature of governance. And10:30 by the way, our website, well versed world dot org. Our ministry is called Well Versed, but the website is called well versed world dot org. And if you go there,10:42 you will find a list of every time a scripture is mentioned here, if the scripture is not printed out, you just click on that 1 and the scripture will appear. It makes it very fast for you.10:54 Instead of looking them up 1 at a time in your Bible, that that's a good thing. But it's all on the website, well versedworld dot org. And that way you can click on that 1, and all the scriptures that are11:06 in here, every chapter, will will open up for you. What's our goal? Our goal is to go from being culturally woke to biblically awake.11:18 Let us pray. Father, we want to align ourselves and our perspective with your teachings. Your guidance, your wisdom, and transformation on how we view the world. May we11:30 prioritize scripture, prayer, and actively seek to understand your plan for the world in order to become ABC Christians, authentically biblical11:42 Christians. In Jesus' name, amen.11:45 We hope you enjoyed the video. Thank you so much for watching. Hey, don't forget to check out this discussion questions that are attached. Have a fun time studying, and we will see you in the next chapter.In this video 0:00 Defining Worldview and the Need for a Biblical One3:51 Transformation: Salvation Prayer and Fear of God7:58 Core Foundations and Fruits of Biblical Christianity13.5K followers
Dr. Jim Garlow is a lifelong pastor who most recently served in San Diego, California, and now leads Well Versed, a ministry dedicated to bringing biblical
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