Biblical World View Paper
Steve Oster
Fall 2016 THEO 201-B11
Dr. Brian Goard
09/30/2016
When we approach “creation” from a Biblical Worldview we must first define what we believe about Scripture. I would consider myself a follower of the theology that was birthed out of the reformation. I believe the Word of God is infallible and inherent, meaning it is one hundred percent true. Paul tells us in his letter to Timothy “all Scripture is inspired by God” (2 Timothy 3:16, HCSB). The word inspired brings to life the authority of scripture, it is translated to mean breathed into. So we can paraphrase that verse to say that all scripture has been breathed into by God. The author of Hebrews also tells us “For the word of God is living and effective” (Hebrews 4:12, HCSB), meaning that the Holy Scriptures, the Word of God is alive and is still effective in teaching, and training today. Before we dive into creation, let us recap the above stance on Scripture. The Word of God is alive and has been breathed into by God Himself. When we look
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Now that there is sun, sky, dry land, vegetation, day and night, God goes to work creating what we today would refer to as living creatures. On day 5 God creates living creatures in the water and winged birds to fill the sky (Genesis 1:20-23). Then on day 6 God creates livestock, creatures that crawl, and all wildlife (Genesis 1:24-25). It is also day 6 of creation when God says “let us create man in Our image according to Our Likeness” (Genesis 1:26, HCSB). The words “Us” and “Our” brings to the forefront the Triune God, living in perfect harmony as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The ordering of God’s creation is perfect to not only give us humans the most beautiful playground ever imagined, it is also well thought out, orderly, and made perfectly to sustain
Being a Christian in today’s world is not as simple or as accepting by humanity as it may seem. There are many varied worldviews, all believing that their own worldview concept is the right and correct one. Christianity is no exception, which makes it necessary to show a clear understanding as to what a Christian worldview consists of. So, the purpose of this paper will lead to a better understanding of God, humanity, Jesus, restoration, analyzing the Christian worldview, and reflection upon my own personal belief.
A worldview is how one views their life and the world around them. One’s worldview influences how one will act and respond towards others and towards situations in life. A worldview is similar to a story. Just as each person has their own story, each person has their own worldview. Their story influences their worldview. Every worldview has a starting point and its own set of presuppositions. A group may have a collective worldview, like Christianity or Naturalism, but each person has a uniquely formed view and idea about life and the world around them.
Yet people are separated from God, not because he is so distant, but rather people are born rebels (i.e., they are born raging against him) (Rom 3:10-18).
In today’s world of anything goes relativity, it is important that a “Champion for Christ” know what their worldview is. In this paper, I will describe, using scholarly and semi-scholarly sources my defined worldview. It is important that as an Orthodox believer in biblical truths and a believer in Christ, by definition and implicit in “my” worldview should be that of what I am, a Christian worldview.
A biblical worldview can be applied in any organization that focus their attention on educating and developing their staff. As employees grow and take ownership of their job assignment, the reflection of their training in steal in them the power of generosity and the understanding of the important of giving. They will have the ability to go out and expand their generosity throughout the people they come in contact with. 1 John 3:17-18 shares with us that anyone that has world’s goods and sees his brother in need, reflects a good example of the mission of some non-profit organization that focus their attention on providing for other non-profit
In The Essence of the New Testament: A Survey, Towns and Gutierrez, the authors concur with other Biblical scholars understanding that “the teaching of Romans is not only crucial for Christian theology, but the greatest revivals and reformations throughout the history of Christianity have resulted from an increased understanding and application of the teaching of this epistle”
Additionally, Scripture interpreted from Genesis 1, New American Standard Bible Version, teaches that the God of our Bible, in His sovereign power created all that exists in the universe. This magnificent and majestic power was accomplished thousands of years ago, within six days (Genesis 1). On the sixth day, God created man in His image (Genesis 1:27). God’s creation of
The word “create” means to make something out of nothing. Only God can do this. The bible says “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). In the world today things do change over the years, days and months. I believe that God created me that I didn’t come from a fish.
Everybody has a worldview and we all can gain insights from our own worldview whether we know it or we simply don’t realize this understanding of worldview or how we see life and the world around us. We also have a Biblical worldview which is based on God’s truth and the Holy Bible that directs our life in the world as it was created by God. They are both very important views in how we can shape our beliefs about God and our creation in life by understanding our insights and our worldview through working hard to live it out as fully as possible is what it means to be a Christian.
The whole of the Lord’s creation is all around us, and is composed of the things we see, as well as the things we cannot see (Characteristics of God 2005). God has made the universe, the planets, and the starts, the earth, and everything within it. He created the Earth, the Sun. the entire universe and all that is included within it. The mountains and valleys, the rivers and seas, the animals of the great deep, the birds which fly in the air, and the creatures which roam the planes of the earth are all his creation and all were carefully and lovingly made (Genesis).
“In the beginning, when God created the heavens and earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, let there be light; and there was light.” God saw that the light was good and separated it from darkness, having created the first evening and morning. Carrying on in the same vein, over the course of six days, God created many more wonders out simply out of speech. In this order, God created the sky, land (earth), sea, vegetation, sun/moon, sea creatures/birds, all creatures like cattle and wild animals of the earth, and humans to rule over every creature, which were created in God’s image and had blessed the humans and commanded that they be fruitful and multiply. On the sixth day, God saw that all he’d created and indeed, it was very good. On the seventh day, God rested and blessed this day, for all the work he’d done.
The doctrine of Creation states that God created the universe from nothing; He designed it with care, and He made it to glorify Himself (G 124). In this abstract, we summarize the first two parts of this doctrine and discuss two major controversies of Creation. We begin with creation ex nihilo, a belief essential to our Biblical worldview. Genesis 1:1, the very beginning of Scripture, starts, “In the beginning God…”. Nothing existed before God, because He is eternal and precedes everything. Only after we establish God’s preexistence do we see Him creating. If we say some material existed before Creation, then we assume God did not create it, that it came before God, and may represent another power. This undermines our worldview that God is the all-powerful and eternal Creator. Therefore, we must hold to the truth spoken in Scripture: that God created everything out of nothing when there was nothing but Him.
Even in all of its simplicity, it would seem that this very verse embodies the Biblical view of creation in its entirety. Delving deeper within the realm of creation, however, its simplistic nature soon disintegrates as this purposeful, historical account unfolds. From start to finish, this intricately woven account encompasses an all-knowing and omnipotent God who renders forth in six, 24-hour days, the earth and all of its creation. In the course of six, short days, all of creation sprang forth at the hands of the almighty God. It began on day one, “God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1): Including the vast expanse of our cosmic world and far-reaching terrestrial sphere casting forth light, distinguishing between night and day. On the second day, creating a rift between waters, God brought forth the sky (Genesis 1:6). On the third day, land and sea, plants and vegetation appeared. God spoke and it was so (Genesis 1:9-13). On the fourth
Creation is a belief followed by many people and the Holy Bible serves as a guideline and a set of instructions to show how the earth was formed and to guide us through life. Science backs up this Holy Book it is a very reliable source of the history of the world.
People shape the world around them every day through a fundamental perspective that envelops our philosophy, beliefs, and actions. This perspective is known as a worldview and as Phillip Ryken states, “it is a structure of understanding that we use to makes sense of the world around us.” Although different people have different beliefs inside their worldview, they still answer five questions about origin, identity, meaning/ purpose, morality, and destiny. A person’s worldview is not private because it is held in common with other people who share similar demographics, economics, and life experiences.