A Biblical worldview must also consider how the Fall has affected the world we live in. From Romans 8:19-23 we discover that not only has man fallen and been corrupted by Adam's sin, but that the whole creation has been affected. Because the crown of creation (man) has failed to fulfill his purpose, all of creation has failed to achieve its purpose, it has become frustrated. The Fall means that what we see around us is not what God intended.

     We must remember that we live in a fallen world, and we are called to boldly face this fact (Mt 6:34.) We are never called to downplay the reality of sin or to deny our own propensity for self-deception (Jer 17:9), and our inability to fix what is wrong with the world in our own strength. This means we must look to God and His Word for our direction, rather than to our own ideas, and that we must never look to education or political structures to solve this world's problems. Rather we look to God to extend His Kingdom into all areas of life. This brings us to our third category.


REDEMPTION
     A Biblical worldview must take into account the reality of Christ's death and resurrection. His Kingdom is moving forward and the gates of Hell (gates are defensive weapons remember) won't be able to stop its advance. Christ's Kingdom is not a merely spiritual one (as some Christians believe), He rules over all things, though right now we don't see it (Heb 2:8.) History is going somewhere and our God holds the future in His hands.

     As we consider these three categories (remembering this is just scratching the surface of all that a Biblical worldview entails) we see that our attitude towards the world we live in should be to recognize its inherent value and dignity (creation), honestly face its brokenness and sin (fall), and remember with confident hope that God's Kingdom is on the move and will extend (in the words of Isaac Watts in "Joy to the World") "far as the curse is found" (redemption.) May we take up the challenge to love God with our minds and seek to develop a Biblical world and lifeview by His grace and power as we seek to glorify Him in all we do!

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