What’s Your Worldview?

I Corinthians 1:18-25

George Barna Worldview Survey:•Do absolute moral truths exist?•Is absolute truth defined by the Bible? •Is the Bible accurate in all of its teachings? •Is God the all-powerful and all-knowing Creator of the universe, and does He still rule it today?

•Did Jesus Christ live a sinless life?•Is salvation a gift from God that cannot be earned?

•Is Satan real?•Does a Christian have a responsibility to share his or her faith in Christ with other people?

Based on this survey…

Only 4% of Americans have a Biblical Worldview!

BUT!!!

Only 9% of those who claim to be “born again Christians” have a Biblical Worldview!

Some Major Worldviews…

• Theism

• Atheism (“A” “Not”)

• Agnosticism

• Deism

• Polytheism (“many gods”)

• Pantheism (“all” is “god”)

• Post-Modernism

SUPPOSE 3 PEOPLE GO TO THE MOUNTAINS…

• Bible-Believer/Theist

• Atheist

• Pantheist

From God’s perspective, there are only 2 worldviews that count:

• God’s Biblical Worldview

• The World’s Worldview

The WorldView Test: The Word of The

Cross!

Comparison

Comparison Worldly

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Comparison Worldly Biblical

“The Word of The Cross”

Comparison Worldly Biblical

“The Word of The Cross”

Foolish-ness, 18

Comparison Worldly Biblical

“The Word of The Cross”

Foolish-ness, 18

The Power of God, 18

Comparison Worldly Biblical

“The Word of The Cross”

Foolish-ness, 18

The Power of God, 18

Fate:

Comparison Worldly Biblical

“The Word of The Cross”

Foolish-ness, 18

The Power of God, 18

Fate: Perishing!

Comparison Worldly Biblical

“The Word of The Cross”

Foolish-ness, 18

The Power of God, 18

Fate: Perishing!Being saved!

Comparison Worldly Biblical

“The Word of The Cross”

Foolish-ness, 18

The Power of God, 18

Fate: Perishing!Being saved!

Wisdom is destroyed!,

19

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Cleverness set

aside,19

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Cleverness set

aside,19Wisdom

made foolish by God!, 20

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Relationship to God

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Relationship to God

Did not come to

know God, 21

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Relationship to God

Did not come to

know God, 21

God was pleased to save those

who believe, 21

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Contrasting Ambition:

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Contrasting Ambition:

Jews seek for signs,

22

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Contrasting Ambition:

Jews seek for signs,

22Greeks seek for

wisdom, 22

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Contrasting Ambition:

Jews seek for signs,

22

But we preach Christ

crucified, 23

Greeks seek for

wisdom, 22

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Contrasting Response

to the Gospel:

We believe, 21

…we preach Christ

crucified, 23

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Contrasting Response

to the Gospel:

Stumbling-block to the

Jews, 23

We believe, 21

…we preach Christ

crucified, 23

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Contrasting Response

to the Gospel:

Stumbling-block to the

Jews, 23

We believe, 21

…we preach Christ

crucified, 23

Foolish-ness to the Greeks, 23

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Appreciation for Christ:

Jews seek for signs,

22Greeks seek for

wisdom, 22

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Apprecia-tion for Christ:

Jews seek for signs,

22

Christ, The Power of God, 24.

Greeks seek for

wisdom, 22

Comparison Worldly Biblical

Apprecia-tion for Christ:

Jews seek for signs,

22

Christ, The Power of God, 24.

Greeks seek for

wisdom, 22

Christ, The Wisdom of

God, 24

Comparison Biblical

Appre-ciation for

God:

The foolishness of God is wiser than men, 25.

Comparison Biblical

Appre-ciation for

God:

The foolishness of God is wiser than men, 25.

The weakness of God is stronger than men