“god So Love” (1 John 4:8), “as for God

Latasha Wilbourn

Course: CWV-101

Date: February 28, 2019,

Instructor: Christian

Gospel Essentials

There are many different types of views of worldview, the three basic worldview families are Atheism, Pantheism, and Theism. In taking this course one can learn the bible in great detail and understand what it means to follow Jesus Christ. This paper will discuss topic that were cover in this course and how each topic can be important to Christian world view. The topic in this paper are God, humanity, Jesus, restoration, analysis, and reflection.

“God so Love” (1 John 4:8), “As for God, his way is perfect; The word of the Lord in proven; he is a shield to all who trust in Him” (Psalm 18:30). God exist in three persons: The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and he is the sovereign creator of all things (Diffey et al., 2016).  There are many attributes of God and it is though one’s faith that they know that God is good, loving, just, jealous, faithful and holy (Diffey et al., 2016). That his love is unchanging, eternal, and all-powerful. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16). God creation is the entire universe, which was created in six 24-hour days. “So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27). Humanity was the only creation that was created in his image.

Humanity was created in the image of God-spirit being like him. We were created in both spirit and a body, indicating that this is our natural state (Lecture 2). This also indicates that we have some remnants of his character, and we have the capability to love, created for purpose or simply for beauty, the ability to communicate with our Creator and consciously worship with him and the ability to sense right and wrong (Lecture 2 notes). Humanity was created to know and worship God by loving him and obeying in commands (Diffey et al., 2016). We were created by God to rule on God’s behalf and have dominion over all his creation. After Adam and Eve disobey God command sin became the root of all humanity problems. Humanity was plunged into sin and death after the departure/fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden (Diffey et al., 2016). Humanity sinned against God by desiring to be like God and usurped their proper place in creation (Diffey et al., 2016). Humanity is all sinful by nature. But can re-formed and shaped into God’s image when they are saved in Christ (Gordon, J, 2014).

The true identity of Jesus is that he was God translated into a human being and all of his action are the outpouring of the divine love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Diffey et al., 2016). Jesus was born of the time of Caesar and King Herod ruled Jerusalem and the four Gospels of the New Testament- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John tells the life of Jesus. Jesus came to the world with the sole purpose to preach and teach the world about the Kingdom of God. Jesus was the sacrificial lamb that was needed that could atone for the sins of the world. He was the perfect and sinless Lamb of God that would be sufficient (Lecture 4 notes). “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” (John 3:17).  Jesus identity and work are significant to the Christian world view because God rescued humanity from torment in hell and eternal separation by sending his Son to be atoning sacrifice for our sin (Lecture 5). Christ, the "high priest" of worship, made it possible for the worshiper to have direct access to the essence of the divine (Moss III, O 2009).

The solution to human problems according to the Christion world view is justification by faith. One has to be obedient to the Law of God and if one is obedient, he or she is regarded as justified or righteous; if one has failed to keep the Law, he or she is unrighteous (Diffey et al., 2016). In Romans 12:2 “Do not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is good and acceptable and prefect will of God.” is when the transformation of self and society happens. “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established” (Proverbs 16:3). Accepting that Jesus Christ is the Lord and Savior is where people can first see the transformation. Walking in Christ is hard work, in Colossians 3:23-24 “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for your server the Lord Christ.

The benefit of the Christian belief is to have a relationship with Jesus. In Ephesians 1:4 “He chose us in Him before the foundation of world, that we should be hold and without blame before him love,” To know that God cares and loves for his creation to the point he sent his only Son to be sacrificed for our sins. A confusing concept about Christianity is that Christian look down on those who don’t follow in their belief. In Luke 6:37 “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” Jesus teaches us not to judge other but to welcome them and teach them what we have learned from his teaching. The moto of my church is “Come as you are.” Christianity can influence a person’s thinking and behavior so many levels. Once we choose to follow Christ, we also have to follow his teachings. In John 8:12 “I am the light f the world. He who follow me shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life.”