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Understanding the Biblical World View
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The 4 Basic Questions of Life
Where am I?What is the nature of the universe/world?
Who am I?What is my nature/task/purpose as a
human?
What’s wrong?What is evil?
What is the remedy?How do I find salvation and overcome evil?
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Last time: Creation
The doctrine of Creation answers:Where am I?
God’s good creation which is meant to be developed and preserved
Who am I? God’s culture-forming image bearer
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This time: The Fall and Redemption
The doctrine of the Fall answers:What’s wrong?
The doctrine of Redemption answers:What’s the remedy?
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The Fall: What’s wrong?
How does the biblical worldview answer this question?
Where do we start?
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Humans and the Fall
Gen 3:1-13: the Fall of HumanityWhat was the Fall?What were the consequences?
Gen 3:14-24Romans 8:19-23
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What is sin?
The choice: worship God or idolsRemember:
The image of God means humanity is to rule and to reflect God.
What is Sin?Sin = disobedience = failing to be
the image of God
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What is sin?
How do we know there really is a creator God?Rom 1:18-32
What is at the core of humans? God = CreatorHumans = creatureHumans have a need to worship
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What is idolatry?
Idolatry Idolatry = worshipping the creature
rather than the Creator.Rom 1:21-25
Idol = a false image of GodHumanity = the true image of God
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Image and idolatry
The image of God idea is only mentioned in 4 times in the HB:Gen 1:26-27Gen 5:1Gen 9:6
After that, idolatry enters the pictureThe term image: humans and idols
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Image and idolatry
An idol Idol = a symbolic image designed to
mediate and manifest the god’s glory and rule
What is humanity’s role as image of God?
So, what’s wrong with idolatry? It is false worship It is false imaging
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What does God require?
The Ten Commandments: Exod 20:1-5No other godsNo idols
What are the consequences of disobedience?Gen 3:14-18Deuteronomy 30:15-20Rom 6:22-25
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The sacred/secular split
What is the sacred/secular split? What is the biblical view?
Is God interested in the “secular”? Isaiah 28:24-29Exodus 31:1-5
Are there sacred versus secular jobs/skills?
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What’s wrong?
What is the biblical answer to what’s wrong with the world?
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Redemption: What’s the solution?
How does the biblical worldview answer this question?
Where do we start?
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Why redemption?
What is the problem? Gen 6:5
What is the solution? Gen 3:15: the hope of redemption
Who is the offspring? The descendants of Adam and EveJesus
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The History of Redemption
A covenantal historyThe original covenant = with
creationThe Noahic covenantThe Abrahamic covenant
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The Noahic Covenant
Gen 6:5-15The problem: the world abounds
with sinThe punishment: the floodThe hope: Noah
Gen 6:15-20Gen 9:1-17
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The Abrahamic Covenant
Gen 12:1-9 Gen 13:14-17 Gen 15:1-21 Gen 17:1-21 The new holy people The family, the land, and the people of
Jesus The preparation for Jesus
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The New Covenant
Jeremiah 31:31-341 Corinthians 11:25Hebrews 8:6-13Hebrews 9:15
The Gospels: The kingdom of God The Messianic kingdom
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The Kingdom of God: universal re-creation
Themes:All creation will be redeemedRedemption is redoing something
(reconciling, buying back from slavery, etc.)
Mark 1:14-20 Luke 4:16-21 Rom 8:19-23 Acts 3:21 Rev 21:1
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The activity of Jesus
Binding the strong manMark 3:20-30
Inaugurating the kingdomRenewing the image of God
Rom 5:12-19 Col 1:152 Cor 4:4-6Eph 4:13
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The activity of the Holy Spirit Pentecost
Acts 2:15-21 Renew us:
Rom 12:1 Eph 4:24
Guarantee our future inheritance 2 Cor 1:22 Eph 1:13
Instruct and guide us 2 Tim 3:16-18 Heb 4:12 2 Cor 3:8-9
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The benefit of the communityThe body of Christ = the Church
1 Cor 12:7-31Christianity is not individualistic
Human culture-forming is communalMinisters of reconciliation
Work in the fallen worldBring repentance, forgiveness,
healing, and renewalChange cultural patterns
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Sacred and Secular: No division The elements of life:
Physical, emotional, biological, intellectual, political, aesthetic, economic, ethical, devotional, etc.
Redemption = the restoration of our obedience to the
will of God= our re-creation
Remember: all things in creation are good; nothing is intrinsically evil as a creature
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Back to the questions:
What is wrong?
What is the remedy?
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Next Week
Chapters 6-9: Dualism
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