““Forming a Biblical World View”Forming a Biblical World View”

Understanding the World around youUnderstanding the World around you

Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

What is a World View?What is a World View? How a person understands the world we live inHow a person understands the world we live in Why people are the way they areWhy people are the way they are Why there’s so much evil and corruptionWhy there’s so much evil and corruption How I understand myself in relation to othersHow I understand myself in relation to others What works and what doesn’tWhat works and what doesn’t Science and TechnologyScience and Technology Personal significancePersonal significance Purpose of lifePurpose of life Is this life the end?Is this life the end? It’s the “glasses” by which one understands the It’s the “glasses” by which one understands the

ways of life and truthways of life and truth

Six friends that teach everything we need to knowSix friends that teach everything we need to know

These are essential to forming a Biblical World ViewThese are essential to forming a Biblical World View

WhoWho WhatWhat WhenWhen WhereWhere HowHow WhyWhy

Who: In the beginning God … Genesis 1:1

By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. Heb 11:3 NKJV

Genesis 1:1-5God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day. NKJV

Ps 104:1-4

O Lord my God, You are very great:You are clothed with honor and majesty, 2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,Who makes the clouds His chariot,Who walks on the wings of the wind, 4 Who makes His angels spirits,His ministers a flame of fire. NKJV

SATANIC 'HELL DIAMOND' tells of sunless subterranean sea

Scientists get answers from green gem inside ugly sparkler

By Brid-Aine Parnell, 13 Mar 2014

Analysis of the tiny sample of ringwoodite within the glistening gem shows that it contains a significant amount of water – 1.5 per cent of its weight – hinting at huge volumes of water beneath the surface of the Earth.

2 Peter 1:16-21

16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." 18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. NKJV

What, When, Where & How:

Through wisdom a house is built,And by understanding it is established; 4 By knowledge the rooms are filledWith all precious and pleasant riches. Proverbs 24:3-4 NKJV

Wisdom begins with the fear of God.Knowledge rests on the foundation of the Bible. Knowledge provides the “What”.Understanding is knowing How.Wisdom is putting understanding into action.

Remodeling Your World ViewRemodeling Your World View

Wisdom begins with the fear of God.

Knowledge rests on the foundation of the Bible. Knowledge provides the “What”.

Understanding is knowing How.Wisdom is putting understanding into action.

The big “WHY” each person needs to form a Biblical World View and way of life ….

is because of the coming judgment following this life.

How does a person form a Biblical World View?

The “HOW” is by faith.

Not faith in your self but in God and His revelation of His nature and the world around us – both by His Word and personal experience in Christ.

And with the Holy Spirit’s HelpAnd with the Holy Spirit’s Help

Psalm 121 I will lift up my eyes to the hills — From whence comes my help? 2 My help comes from the Lord,Who made heaven and earth.

3 He will not allow your foot to be moved;He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, He who keeps IsraelShall neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord is your keeper;The Lord is your shade at your right hand. 6 The sun shall not strike you by day,Nor the moon by night.

7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil;He shall preserve your soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming inFrom this time forth, and even forevermore.

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A Song of Ascents.

The Deadly Combat with EvilThe Deadly Combat with Evil

John 10:7-10

7 Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

John 5:24-25

24 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.NKJV

1 Co 2:6-14 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

9 But as it is written:

"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,Nor have entered into the heart of manThe things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

13 These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. NKJV

The Natural Person doesn’t have an accurate view of the World or SelfThe Natural Person doesn’t have an accurate view of the World or Self

The Natural Person doesn’t have an accurate view The Natural Person doesn’t have an accurate view of the World or Selfof the World or Self

9 But as it is written:

"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,Nor have entered into the heart of manThe things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. … but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. NKJV

BuildingBuildingan accurate view of Selfan accurate view of Self

1 Co 3:1-4

3 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? NKJV

Isa 12:1-4 Salvation & Forgiveness of Sins

And in that day you will say:

"O Lord, I will praise You;Though You were angry with me,Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me. 2 Behold, God is my salvation,I will trust and not be afraid;'For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;He also has become my salvation.'"

3 Therefore with joy you will draw waterFrom the wells of salvation.

4 And in that day you will say:

"Praise the Lord, call upon His name;Declare His deeds among the peoples,Make mention that His name is exalted. NKJV

1 Pe 2:9-10

9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. NKJV

The Here AfterThe Here After

Hebews 9:27 It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. NKJV

Defeat of the AdversaryDefeat of the Adversary

Revelation 20:10

10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone ….NKJV

A New Heavens and EarthA New Heavens and Earth

Revelation 7:9-10

9 After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:

"Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb." NIV

Eternal Life in New JerusalemEternal Life in New Jerusalem

Revelation 22:1-5

22 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. NIV

Revelation 21:6-8

6 And He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.

8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."NKJV