When God Gives Up (7 of 7)
Series: Divine Dynamite
Bob Ingle
Romans 1:24-32
How many of you have looked at recent events in our world and said to yourself: 'What in the world is going on? Has everyone gone crazy?' If so, you aren't alone. It seems like the world is overflowing with confusion, corruption, and chaos. I suspect it's pretty much been this way since the fall in the Garden, but it does appear to be as constant and intense as we've ever seen it. So people are asking, 'What does this all mean? Where is the world headed? Will it ever change? Will it ever get better? What should I do?' All of those questions are perfectly legitimate, but how a person answers them will be dictated by their worldview.
You know what a worldview is? I like D.A. Carson's definition: 'A worldview is your internal interpretive framework by which you make sense of your life and the world.' Your worldview how you translate and understand what is happening to you, in you, and around you. It's a combination of all the things you believe to be true, and what you believe to be true becomes the driving force behind every emotion, decision, and action. Your worldview is similar to glasses over your eyes. You don't see the glasses; you see through the glasses. Those glasses, in a variety of ways, affect what you see which in turn affects what you do.
As followers of Jesus, we are called to have a biblical worldview. That is, we are to see, evaluate, and interpret everything in us and around us through the lens of the inspired, infallible Word of God. Unfortunately, many of us have allowed the world to form and affect our worldview more than the bible, so we end up with a more secular way of looking at life and interpreting history, world events, law, politics, science. We are repeatedly warned of this in Scripture.
Colossians 2:8: ''Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the ...
Series: Divine Dynamite
Bob Ingle
Romans 1:24-32
How many of you have looked at recent events in our world and said to yourself: 'What in the world is going on? Has everyone gone crazy?' If so, you aren't alone. It seems like the world is overflowing with confusion, corruption, and chaos. I suspect it's pretty much been this way since the fall in the Garden, but it does appear to be as constant and intense as we've ever seen it. So people are asking, 'What does this all mean? Where is the world headed? Will it ever change? Will it ever get better? What should I do?' All of those questions are perfectly legitimate, but how a person answers them will be dictated by their worldview.
You know what a worldview is? I like D.A. Carson's definition: 'A worldview is your internal interpretive framework by which you make sense of your life and the world.' Your worldview how you translate and understand what is happening to you, in you, and around you. It's a combination of all the things you believe to be true, and what you believe to be true becomes the driving force behind every emotion, decision, and action. Your worldview is similar to glasses over your eyes. You don't see the glasses; you see through the glasses. Those glasses, in a variety of ways, affect what you see which in turn affects what you do.
As followers of Jesus, we are called to have a biblical worldview. That is, we are to see, evaluate, and interpret everything in us and around us through the lens of the inspired, infallible Word of God. Unfortunately, many of us have allowed the world to form and affect our worldview more than the bible, so we end up with a more secular way of looking at life and interpreting history, world events, law, politics, science. We are repeatedly warned of this in Scripture.
Colossians 2:8: ''Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the ...
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