Biblical Worldview Essay
Each and every human has a lens through which they construe where life came from, and why
bad things happen, and what their purpose of existence is really all about. Everybody has a
worldview weather they know it or not.
We as Christians have chosen to have a Biblical worldview, which means that we view life
through the lens of God’s Word. We believe the Bible is guided by the hand of God, dependable,
and unfailing.
The Bible is a book of 66 stories that is written by 40 authors. The authors of the Bible were
inspired by God. Each author wrote their story at a different time throughout early history and
each of the stories inform us of God’s love for His creation. The Bible can be divided into
four parts; Creation (Genesis 1-2), The Fall (Genesis 3-11), Redemption (Genesis 12-
Malachi, Matthew-Revelation 19), New creation (Revelation 20-22).
The beginning, the first part of the Bible is about God’s creation. In Genesis 1-2, we read about
how God created all that is of the world, this is including the water, land, creatures and human.
The first human God created was Adam, and from Adam God created Eve. “So, the Lord God
caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs
and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had
taken from the man, and he brought her to the man” (Genesis 2:21-22, NIV).
The second part of the Bible is the fall. This is were Adam and Eve sinned. The caused the fall
for all humanity. Satan had disguised himself as a serpent and convinced Eve to eat the fruit
from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God had forbidden them to eat from this tree and
when God found them hiding and learned what they had done, God banished them from the
garden of
Eden. “So, the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from
which he had been taken” (Genesis 3:23 NIV).
The third part of the Bible is about redemption. Redemption in Theology is defined as, "The
process by which sinful humans are 'bought back' from the bondage of sin into relationship with
God through grace by the 'payment' of Jesus' death. Redemption is one of the pictures or
metaphors that the New Testament uses to give insights into God's gracious saving work in
Jesus." (Etzel & Gutierrez, p. 93). God loves His children so much that He sent His son for
crucifixion, in order for His children to have salvation. All of God’s creation is not God’s
children, only those that believe in the crucifixion of Christ, are God’s children. “We are all
creations of God, but we are not all His children. There is a big difference.” (Etzel & Gutierrez,
p. 63). We cannot be saved by our works, we must confess our sins and accept Jesus Christ as
our personal savior. We must become dependent on our creator, God.
The fourth and final part of the Bible is about New creation. This is found in the book of
Revelations 20-22. The promise of Jesus’ return. Our salvation will not be complete until Christs
return. “Realizing that salvation is ultimately realized in its fullness in the future, there is a clear
call to continue in faithfulness to the end.” (Etzel & Small, p. 205). God is the author of our
story. He has a plan for each of us, we are to be diligent to learn of God and of God’s ways. His
ways are not our ways, His plan will supersede any plan that we could imagine. We cannot save
ourselves, we need God, the Father, Jesus, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity.
Our Christian walk begins with confessing our sins and to accept Jesus Christ as our personal
savior. We are not transformed overnight, God gives us the gift of the Holy Spirit to guide us and
helps us to grow when we read God’s Word, as we pray, and as we go through out our day.
When
we are in God we can here is convictions on us. We must practice our listening skills at all times.
If not, we will miss the mark. “There are many words in the New Testament that talk about sin
(actually six different Greek words). The most popular is the word, hamartia, which means to
"miss the mark." (Etzel & Gutierrez, p. 66). God desires that we allow Him to be God, when we
choose Him, we see our life transformed into more than we could have ever imagined. Each day
is a new day for regeneration, to become more Christ like. We must talk, listen and strive to
allow God into every moment of our lives. We must remember to ask God for help, God is a
gentleman, he will help us, when we ask it of Him.
When Jesus returns for His people it will be a glorious day! That is when our salvation will be
complete, therefore, we must be meticulous in our walk with God. We have to fight the good
fight and be apostles for God. We are to tell all about God and His wonderful Grace and Mercy,
and how they too can be saved through the blood of Jesus.
References
Etzel, G., & Gutierrez, B. (2014). Theology Applied: A Living Faith. Chattanooga, TN: B&H
Academic. ISBN: 9781932213881.
Etzel, G., & Small, R. N. (2016) Everyday Series: Theology. Chattanooga, TN: B&H Academic.
ISBN: 9781462740758.
