A WORLDVIEW

WORLDVIEW by George Barna

"A worldview is a mental and spiritual lens through which we interpret reality. Our worldview is the filter we use to put things into context and facilitate an appropriate response.  It enables us to make sense of the world by organizing information allowing us and us to make choices consistent with what we believe to be true and significant.  That worldview enables us to distinguish right from wrong., good from bad, useful from useless, and  appropriate from inappropriate. This is not simply an academic exercise. 

Everybody has a world view--we have to have one in order to put that one or to put everything we experience into perspective and to respond in a manner that is consistent with who we are and what we believe.  Our world view drives what we do because we take action based on what we believe.  Every behaviour is a direct outgrowth of our world view.

Many different worldview reflect  the combination of perceptions and beliefs that people have developed.  The most common  worldview in America today is postmodernism, which is unbiblical in most of its foundations.  The alternative is to develop a Biblical worldview,  which is a means of experiencing,  interpreting,  responding to reality in relation to biblical principles and narratives. If we embrace a0 biblical worldview, then our  every thought, word, and deed can be consistent with God's principles and commands.

A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW

In essence,  possessing and living in concert with the Biblical worldview provides us with a capacity to think like Jesus, in order to then act like Jesus.
Blending a biblical worldview with the pursuit of transformation results in Christlike living. We must think like Jesus before we can act like Jesus and we must be saved, broken surrendered and submitted in order to love God and others fully." 

  Location 2482 AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS,  George Barna

IMPORTANT BIBLICAL DISTINCTIONS

In both incidences below Jesus was viewed after His resurrection.

Jesus said to them, "Come and eat breakfast." None of the disciples dared inquire of him, "Who are you?" knowing that it was the Lord.

Then Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them, and the fish likewise.

This is now the third time that Jesus was revealed to his disciples, after he had risen from the dead

JOHN 21:17-19 NOTICE JOHN'S REACTION TO SEEING JESUS When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don`t be afraid. I am the first and the last and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. I have the keys of Death and of Hades. World English Bible 1 But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him. 4 He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" 5 He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 6 But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do." 7 The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but seeing no one. 8 Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. 9 He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank. 1