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Summit Bible College
Todd Warren
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Developing a Christian Worldview
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• Introduction
• -Our Purpose-
• To instill in the student that
• It is our ethical responsibility as followers of
  Jesus Christ to live according to the Biblical
  Worldview by adopting in our lives the same
  perspectives and objectives set forth in the
  Scriptures

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• Introduction
• Homework Review
• What did Jesus reveal
• to you this week concerning your worldview?

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Introduction

• Todays class All Things New
• Saved to what?
• The Ministry of Reconciliation
• The Cultural Commission
• The Biblical Objective for our culture

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Saved to what?
What is the Biblical Worldview of salvation?
What does it mean to be saved?
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Saved to what?

• Salvation by Greek definition means Deliverance
• What are believers in Jesus delivered from?

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Saved to what?

• Delivered from
• Hell and guilt Jesus delivers us from the guilt
  of sin and punishment of Hell
• The power of sin Being crucified with Jesus, sin
  is no longer master over us
• The Enemy In Jesus we have victory over the
  spiritual forces of wickedness
• The stresses/worries/ challenges of life In
  Jesus His grace is sufficient for all we confront

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Saved to what?
By grace are we are saved delivered through
faith, and this not of yourselves it is the gift
of God Ephesians 210
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Saved to what?

• Delivered to
• Live for Jesus
• Experience a new life in His Kingdom the daily
  experience of His power, presence, and authority
• Be reconciled to God
• Have a ministry of reconciliation.

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Saved to what?
and He died for all, that they who live should
no longer live for themselves, but for Him who
died and rose again on their behalf. 2
Corinthians 515
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Saved to what?
Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new
creature the old things passed away behold, new
things have come. Now all these things are from
God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ,
and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 2
Corinthians 517,18 See also Colossians 115-23
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Reconciliation
Reconciliation is the balancing of accounts. It
is bringing our lives into balance with what God
desires and wills. It is balancing our hearts
cry with the heart of God. What does God
desire? What does God will? What is our hearts
cry?
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Reconciliation
Gods desire That we live by faith in Jesus, the
One whom He provided for us to experience
deliverance. The righteous man shall live by
faith Romans 117
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Reconciliation
Gods will That we daily experience His Kingdom
His power, presence, and authority. The Kingdom
of God is at hand repent and believe in the
gospel Mark 115
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Reconciliation
Our hearts cry To experience the fullness of
life - the life for which we were made - the Eden
life. It is the Edenic Cry of every human heart.
The Eden Life The Eden Gifts
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Reconciliation

• The Edenic Life
• A perfect relationship with God
• A perfect relationship with one another
• A perfect relationship with His creation

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Reconciliation

• The Edenic Gifts
• The gift of eternal life
• The gift of wholeness Body, Soul, Spirit
• The gift of the blessing to be fruitful and
  multiply, to subdue the earth, and rule it.

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Reconciliation
The Edenic Cry To experience the life of
Eden. To experience a right relationship with
God To experience right relationships with
others to love and be loved To experience a
right relationship with His creation
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Reconciliation
The ministry of reconciliation is the ministry of
providing the Eden Life to people through the
Lord Jesus Christ. It proclaims The Kingdom of
God is within your reach! Take hold of it, seize
it, by turning from doing life your way and turn
to God by putting your complete trust in Jesus.
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Reconciliation
Does this message transform cultures? How?
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Cultural Commission

• Culture is the sum total of an associated group
  of peoples
• Interaction with eternity The attempt to have a
  perfect relationship with God
• Interaction with one another The attempt to
  have perfect relationships with others
• Interaction with their environment The attempt
  to have a perfect relationship with the creation
• Notice how the Edenic Cry defines culture

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Cultural Commission
Reforming our Culture requires that we shape it
in such a way that people can experience a
perfect relationship with God, with one another,
and with creation. It is founded on the belief
that the culture should satisfy our Edenic
Cry Should it?
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Cultural Commission
Colson asserts that Christians are commanded in
the Scriptures, not only by the Great Commission
to make disciples, but also by the Cultural
Commission to reform our culture and bring it
under the Lordship of Christ and the Laws of
God. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
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Cultural Commission
Is there a Cultural Commission found in the
Scriptures? Explain your answer
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Cultural Commission
What Biblical examples do we have of followers of
Jesus living out the Cultural Commission?
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Cultural Commission
Biblical examples The apostles did not seek,
nor did the practice, transforming cultures. They
pursued transforming individuals with the power
of the gospel. God then formed a new culture
within the community of the transformed. He
reconciled them by giving them the daily
experience of His Kingdom. He did not transform a
culture, He formed a new one.
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Cultural Commission

• The writings of the New Testament can be
  summarized into three categories
• How to be reconciled to God
• How to live in holy community with one another
• How to get along in this fallen world
• Notice how the Edenic Cry is answered

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Cultural Commission

• Historical examples
• The early church fathers
• Familial communities that changed cultures
• The Great Revivals
• All followed the same Biblical Principles used by
  the Apostles

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Cultural Commission
Today What is the Biblical objective for the
cultures of this world?
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The Biblical Objective

• Colossians 115-23
• Jesus created everything for Himself
• Jesus holds all things together
• Jesus is the head of the body, the church and is
  to have first place in everything
• Through Jesus, the Father is reconciling all
  things to Himself
• God reconciles individuals

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The Biblical Objective
How does Scripture say the culture will be
reformed? The meek shall inherit the
earth Matthew 53 Pray for all people, kings,
and authorities in order that we may lead a
tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and
dignity. 1 Timothy 21-4 What Christian ethics
do you notice?
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The Biblical Objective
All things belong to JesusHe is the Head of the
Church Colossians 115-23 Submit to the Lord
Jesus Christ as the Head of the Church, model His
ministry, and only do what you see the Father
doing first. This is The ministry of
reconciliation that transforms individuals by the
will of God.
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The Biblical Objective

• How culture is reformed
• Discipleship restores our relationship with God
• Disciples living in holy communities restore our
  relationships with one another
• The stewardship and enjoyment of all God has made
  restores our relationship with His creation
• All three accounts must be reconciled

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The Biblical Objective

• How? Just use the Edenic gifts.
• The gift of eternal life is the gift that
  provides the experience of a perfect relationship
  with God and Jesus
• The gift of wholeness is the experience of a
  perfect relationship with others
• The gift of an inward desire to subdue the earth
  and rule it is the experience of a perfect
  relationship with Gods creation

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The Biblical Objective

• Trust in the death and resurrection of Jesus is
  the only hope of eternal life
• The Lordship and sanctification of Jesus in our
  lives is the only hope of wholeness
• The transformation of our lives by Jesus is the
  only hope of godly inward desires

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The Biblical Objective
Edenic Cry
Edenic Gift
Our Ministry
Make Disciples
To know God
Eternal life (John 173)
Live in Holy Community under the Lordship of Jesus
To love and be loved
Wholeness (1 Thess.523,24)
To enjoy Creation
Transformation (Matthew 55)
Stewardship/ Enjoyment
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Homework
Next Week At Home, at school
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Biblical Perspectives
Historical examples of Familial Life The
Monastic Movement The Waldensians The
Lollards The Reformation The Anabaptists The
Renewal movements The Moravians
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Biblical Perspectives
Historical examples The church fathers followed
the same pattern of ministry as the apostles.
It was at this period that a number of writers
flourished in the Church (time of Justin
Martyr)In every case writings which show their
orthodoxy and unshakeable devotion to the
apostolic tradition. Eusebius The History of
the Church, 128
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Cultural Commission

• Historical examples of Revivals
• The revivals have in common
• The prayer of Gods people
• The reformation of Gods people
• The sweeping movement of the power of the gospel

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Saved to what?

• Colossians 115-23
• Jesus created everything for Himself
• Jesus holds all things together
• Jesus is the head of the body, the church and is
  to have first place in everything
• Through Jesus, the Father is reconciling all
  things to Himself
• God reconciles individuals

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