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Understanding the Biblical World View

Understanding the Biblical World View. The 4 Basic Questions of Life. Where am I? What is the nature of the universe/world? Who am I? What is my nature/task/purpose as a human? What’s wrong? What is evil? What is the remedy? How do I find salvation and overcome evil?.

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Understanding the Biblical World View

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  1. Understanding the Biblical World View

  2. The 4 Basic Questions of Life • Where am I? • What is the nature of the universe/world? • Who am I? • What is my nature/task/purpose as a human? • What’s wrong? • What is evil? • What is the remedy? • How do I find salvation and overcome evil?

  3. Last time: Creation The doctrine of Creation answers: • Where am I? • God’s good creation which is meant to be developed and preserved • Who am I? • God’s culture-forming image bearer

  4. This time: The Fall and Redemption The doctrine of the Fall answers: • What’s wrong? The doctrine of Redemption answers: • What’s the remedy?

  5. The Fall: What’s wrong? • How does the biblical worldview answer this question? • Where do we start?

  6. Humans and the Fall • Gen 3:1-13: the Fall of Humanity • What was the Fall? • What were the consequences? • Gen 3:14-24 • Romans 8:19-23

  7. What is sin? • The choice: worship God or idols • Remember: • The image of God means humanity is to rule and to reflect God. • What is Sin? • Sin = disobedience = failing to be the image of God

  8. What is sin? • How do we know there really is a creator God? • Rom 1:18-32 • What is at the core of humans? • God = Creator • Humans = creature • Humans have a need to worship

  9. What is idolatry? • Idolatry • Idolatry = worshipping the creature rather than the Creator. • Rom 1:21-25 • Idol = a false image of God • Humanity = the true image of God

  10. Image and idolatry • The image of God idea is only mentioned in 4 times in the HB: • Gen 1:26-27 • Gen 5:1 • Gen 9:6 • After that, idolatry enters the picture • The term image: humans and idols

  11. Image and idolatry • An idol • Idol = a symbolic image designed to mediate and manifest the god’s glory and rule • What is humanity’s role as image of God? • So, what’s wrong with idolatry? • It is false worship • It is false imaging

  12. What does God require? • The Ten Commandments: Exod 20:1-5 • No other gods • No idols • What are the consequences of disobedience? • Gen 3:14-18 • Deuteronomy 30:15-20 • Rom 6:22-25

  13. The sacred/secular split • What is the sacred/secular split? • What is the biblical view? • Is God interested in the “secular”? • Isaiah 28:24-29 • Exodus 31:1-5 • Are there sacred versus secular jobs/skills?

  14. What’s wrong? • What is the biblical answer to what’s wrong with the world?

  15. Redemption: What’s the solution? • How does the biblical worldview answer this question? • Where do we start?

  16. Why redemption? • What is the problem? • Gen 6:5 • What is the solution? • Gen 3:15: the hope of redemption • Who is the offspring? • The descendants of Adam and Eve • Jesus

  17. The History of Redemption • A covenantal history • The original covenant = with creation • The Noahic covenant • The Abrahamic covenant

  18. The Noahic Covenant • Gen 6:5-15 • The problem: the world abounds with sin • The punishment: the flood • The hope: Noah • Gen 6:15-20 • Gen 9:1-17

  19. The Abrahamic Covenant • Gen 12:1-9 • Gen 13:14-17 • Gen 15:1-21 • Gen 17:1-21 • The new holy people • The family, the land, and the people of Jesus • The preparation for Jesus

  20. The New Covenant • Jeremiah 31:31-34 • 1 Corinthians 11:25 • Hebrews 8:6-13 • Hebrews 9:15 • The Gospels: • The kingdom of God • The Messianic kingdom

  21. The Kingdom of God: universal re-creation • Themes: • All creation will be redeemed • Redemption is redoing something (reconciling, buying back from slavery, etc.) • Mark 1:14-20 • Luke 4:16-21 • Rom 8:19-23 • Acts 3:21 • Rev 21:1

  22. The activity of Jesus • Binding the strong man • Mark 3:20-30 • Inaugurating the kingdom • Renewing the image of God • Rom 5:12-19 • Col 1:15 • 2 Cor 4:4-6 • Eph 4:13

  23. The activity of the Holy Spirit • Pentecost • Acts 2:15-21 • Renew us: • Rom 12:1 • Eph 4:24 • Guarantee our future inheritance • 2 Cor 1:22 • Eph 1:13 • Instruct and guide us • 2 Tim 3:16-18 • Heb 4:12 • 2 Cor 3:8-9

  24. The benefit of the community • The body of Christ = the Church • 1 Cor 12:7-31 • Christianity is not individualistic • Human culture-forming is communal • Ministers of reconciliation • Work in the fallen world • Bring repentance, forgiveness, healing, and renewal • Change cultural patterns

  25. Sacred and Secular: No division • The elements of life: • Physical, emotional, biological, intellectual, political, aesthetic, economic, ethical, devotional, etc. • Redemption • = the restoration of our obedience to the will of God • = our re-creation • Remember: all things in creation are good; nothing is intrinsically evil as a creature

  26. Back to the questions: • What is wrong? • What is the remedy?

  27. Next Week Chapters 6-9: Dualism

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