Gospel Essential

Name: Rebecca Niles        

Course: Christian Worldviews -101

Date: July 16, 2016

Instructor: Michele Pasley

                          The world around us as we live our lives suggests worldview. The lenses which

               we use to view the world today. All our worldviews are different; no one has the same                         worldview. How we live our life is our story book, our morals are based on our worldviews. By accepting Jesus Christ as our lord and savior is described as a Christian worldview. A few of the essentials of a Christian worldview include God, Humanity, and Jesus.

God

The Sovereign creator of the universe with all his glory is God. According to textbook (chapter 3) God is good, loving, just, jealous, faithful and holy. There are some many characteristics and attributes to describe him. You can see a lot of them just through what God has created, and most notably, through eternal nature, his omnipotence, and his goodness. Paul reflects on God as “invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made” (Romans 1:20). God is the creator of all living things, yes it is hard to understand how he created the earth, but it is clear that he created all life.

Humanity

Human nature is just a bunch of traits possessed by each individual and essential to his or being human. According to Darwin’s (1859) publication of On the Origin of Species, an essentialist view of species was called into question. Darwin argued that the history of life has a tree structure and that branches on this tree represent biological taxa. In addition, God created Humans in the “Image of God”. God created all mankind to rule over his creation. Mankind was to be fruitful and multiply; to take dominion over earth; to tend and care for “The Garden of Eden”; name all the animals, and to be faithful to each other (Genesis 2015). Ever since the Fall of Adam and Eve, humans are sinful by nature. Satan has his way of making humans sin. According to Shuster, (2013) that is why there is a great deal of wrong in the world.

Jesus

Jesus’ true identity is the Messiah. He is the Son of God and part of the Holy trinity. The Christian Faith and Christian Worldviews are centered around Jesus. No ordinary man will ever be like him. According to John 3:16 (NKJV) reads, “for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16 NKJV).

Restoration

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