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Bryant Harrison

RE: Worship and the Biblical Worldview

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I'm am glad to hear you have a great understanding of a biblical worldview. I feel like many of us may be in a similar boat as you mentioned in your post. We all have a worldview but it doesn't always lineup to a biblical view. We often cherry pick the Bible to form our worldview so that it makes us feel better about ourselves. We develop our own reasoning to justify our worldview. Far to often we fail to allow a true biblical worldview to consume us. This consuming is the same as a change of heart. We should be quick to remember that the Bible can be applied to any situation and can change our heart on any situation. Like you I had limited exposure to the Bible when I was younger. As I grew older I developed bad relationships. My relationships could have been defined as trash in trash out. My filter had no reject valve. This was a dangerous place to live and I knew I need to change. I was exposed to Christ and had a change of heart. My friends changed, the things I did changed, and my life changed as a whole. None of us our perfect and we all fall short of the glory of God, but this shouldn't keep us from striving to be closer to God. I am encouraged to hear that God is making a difference in your life too. It's amazing how that happens when we start to let Christ consume our hearts. 

13 hours ago

Hannah McNulty

RE: Worship and Biblical Worldview

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Hello, Grizel!

I, too, like many others experience this conflict of knowledge and desires. Our fallen nature inclines us to want and desire selfish things, which can be a problem for Christians worldwide because we know we must or mustn’t do certain things but our desires steer us in the opposite direction. Now, this is not to say that all desires (other than purely God-centered desires) are bad, but if they distract from what one ought or should be doing then it can be considered as such. An example of this would be if a Christian teacher working at a Christian school was too focused on increasing the class’ average grade in math, which can benefit the students academically. However, this teacher is beginning to neglect the student’s spiritual needs, then they need to change their desire for student success to increased student spirituality. This is why we must remember what Jeremiah 29:13 says “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” Our seeking of God should be a total self-giving in body, mind, heart, and soul. We must learn to love and desire God’s ways.

Also, I was moved when you talked about how you realized that although doing “church work” is what you thought you needed to do, when, in reality, you needed to do the “work of the church” by truly living out your testimony by being a Christian to your husband. I truly applaud you for realizing and implementing what you found to be God’s call and will in your life. It can be hard to realize you are wrong, and it is very courageous of you to change your take on doing the work of God.

Overall, great post!

-Hannah McNulty

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