WORLDVIEW: the lens by which you view and evaluate the world.
BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW: using the Bible as your lens for viewing/evaluating the world.
- God’s Word reveals God’s thoughts: Psalm 119:130; Isaiah 55:6-11; 1 Cor. 1:25
- Jesus treats God’s word as the highest authority on EVERYTHING: Matt. 3:17-4:11; Mark 7:1-13; John 10:34-35; John 12:47-50
- God’s Word = Seed: Luke 8:11; 1 Pet. 1:23
- seed = origin
- don’t mix with other seeds: Deut. 22:9; 1 Pet. 1:23
- EXEGESIS = working out from Bible as starting place (versus eisegesis, having your own starting place independent of God’s word)
- Revelation from Bible + Holy Spirit: Gen. 1:2-3; Acts 15:12-21; 1 Cor. 2:11; 2 Cor. 4:6; 1 John 2:27
- Like 2 eyes – focused on the same thing, we get light
- Spirit and Word always true: Lev. 11:36-37 (cf. John 4; Luke 8:11)
- Scripture
- tests the Spirit’s revelation: Heb. 4:12-13; 1 Thes. 5:19-21
- is best interpreter of Scripture: Matt. 4:7
- is treated as ultimate authority: Matt. 3:17-4:11
- Need soft hearts: Psalm 95:7-11; Prov. 1:23; Luke 8:4-15; John 7:17; 2 Cor. 3:16
- Nature gives supplementary revelation: Psalm 19; Romans 1
- In practice
- 2 Tim 1:14: we guard the doctrine; the Spirit is necessary to help
- John 7:17; James 1:22-25 (cf. Ex 16:19-20): willingness to obey solidifies learning
- Acts 17:11; 1 Thes. 5:19-21 – (1) be willing to receive, (2) examine by the Scriptures
- like eating: put the food in your mouth, chew to separate it out (and spit out the bad), then swallow
- devote yourself to learning God’s word
- Acts 2:42; 17:11
- copy the Bible: Deut. 17:18-20
- Publicly read the Bible: Deut. 31:9-13; 1 Tim. 4:13
- Teaching to understand it: Nehemiah 8:8; 1 Tim. 4:13
- use (and be) good teachers
- not a dependence on teachers: Matt. 23:10; 1 John 2:27
- good teachers get you established in God/Scripture, not themselves: Eph. 4:11-12; 2 Tim. 2:2, 3:10-4:5
- test teachers (good ones will desire you to do this, and be correctable to Scripture where they err from it): Acts 17:11; 18:26; 1 John 4:1
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