A
worldview is defined as
A worldview is the set of beliefs about fundamental aspects of
Reality that ground and influence all one's perceiving, thinking,
knowing, and doing. (Source).
A
list of worldview includes: Buddhistic, Islamic, Jehovah's Witness,
Christian Science, Narcissistic, Feminism, Postmodernism, Social
justice, Atheism, Agnosticism, Pantheism, Panentheism, Spirit,
Simulation, satanic, Secularism, Marxism, New Spirituality, and many
others.
According
to the Bible there are only two: flesh and spirit.
Flesh
B1
The foundation this worldview is the self. It is evil. Jeremiah 17:9
NLT The human heart
is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who
really knows how bad it is?
B2
It is out of our hearts that evil comes. Matthew 15:19 NLT For
from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual
immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
B3
Original sin is NOT that we are punished for Adams’ sin. That is
error!
C1
Ezekiel 18:19-20 NLT "'What?'
you ask. 'Doesn't the child pay for the parent's sins?' No! For if
the child does what is just and right and keeps my decrees, that
child will surely live. The person who sins is the one who will die.
The child will not be punished for the parent's sins, and the parent
will not be punished for the child's sins. Righteous people will be
rewarded for their own righteous behavior, and wicked people will be
punished for their own wickedness.
C2
Deuteronomy 24:16 NLT Parents
must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor children
for the sins of their parents. Those deserving to die must be put to
death for their own crimes.
B4
Original sin is Me First. It is my desires, thoughts, words, and
deeds. Me, Me, Me. James 4:3 NLT And
even when you ask, you don't get it because your motives are all
wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.
B5
God is not pleased with the flesh worldview: Ephesians 2:3 NLT All
of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and
inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject
to God's anger, just like everyone else.
B6
Flesh and Spirit contrasted: Romans 8:5-8 NRSV For
those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things
of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their
minds on the things of the Spirit. (6) To set the mind on the flesh
is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. (7)
For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God;
it does not submit to God's law—indeed it cannot, (8) and those
who are in the flesh cannot please God.
B7
This is a worldview enslaved and addicted to sin:
C1
Galatians 3:22 NLT But
the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we
receive God's promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ.
C2
Titus 3:3 NLT Once
we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became
slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and
envy, and we hated each other.
C3
1 Peter 4:3 NLT You
have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people
enjoy--their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and
wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
B8
What this worldview leads to (Some do more evil than others):
Galatians 5:19-21 NLT When
you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very
clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry,
sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish
ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and
other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that
anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
B9
This worldview has the desires of power, money, and sex.
B10
The 10 Commandments list the broad classifications of sins with many
subsets of sins under each. (See Exodus 20).
Spirit
B1
Christians have been cleansed from, redeemed from, saved from:
C1
Ephesians 2:3 NLT All
of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and
inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject
to God's anger, just like everyone else.
C2
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NLT
Don't you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the
Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual
sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male
prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy
people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people--none of these
will inherit the Kingdom of God. Some of you were once like that. But
you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God
by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of
our God.
B2
We are warned to abandon the flesh worldview: Galatians 5:16-18 NLT
So I say, let the
Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won't be doing what your
sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is
just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us
desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires.
These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not
free to carry out your good intentions. But when you are directed by
the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Moses.
B3
The actions and fruits of the life with the worldview of the Spirit.
These words have to be defined as God defines them in Scripture, not
popular culture: Galatians 5:22-24 NLT But
the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and
self-control. There is no law against these things! Those who belong
to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful
nature to his cross and crucified them there.
B4
There are ~1,000 rules in the New Testament for Christians to follow.
Some examples:
We
have a choice to make. We can live by God’s worldview or the flesh.
God’s grace is sufficient.
James
4:4-6 NLT You
adulterers! Don't you realize that friendship with the world makes
you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of
the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. What do you think the
Scriptures mean when they say that the spirit God has placed within
us is filled with envy? But he gives us even more grace to stand
against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say, "God opposes
the proud but favors the humble.
2
Thessalonians 2:16-17 NLT Now
may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us
and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope,
comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say.
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