Understanding the Biblical World View

2 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?

3 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

4 This time: The Fall and Redemption The doctrine of the Fall answers:  What’s wrong? The doctrine of Redemption answers:  What’s the remedy?

5 The Fall: What’s wrong?  How does the biblical worldview answer this question?  Where do we start?

6 Humans and the Fall  Gen 3:1-13: the Fall of Humanity Gen 3:1-13  What was the Fall?  What were the consequences?  Gen 3:14-24 Gen 3:14-24  Romans 8:19-23 Romans 8:19-23

7 What is sin?  The choice: worship God or idols  Remember:  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

8 What is sin?  How do we know there really is a creator God?  Rom 1:18-32 Rom 1:18-32  What is at the core of humans?  God = Creator  Humans = creature  Humans have a need to worship

9 What is idolatry?  Idolatry  Idolatry = worshipping the creature rather than the Creator.  Rom 1:21-25 Rom 1:21-25  Idol = a false image of God  Humanity = the true image of God

10 Image and idolatry  The image of God idea is only mentioned in 4 times in the HB:  Gen 1:26-27 Gen 1:26-27  Gen 5:1 Gen 5:1  Gen 9:6 Gen 9:6  After that, idolatry enters the picture  The term image: humans and idols

11 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

12 What does God require?  The Ten Commandments: Exod 20:1-5Exod 20:1-5  No other gods  No idols  What are the consequences of disobedience?  Gen 3:14-18 Gen 3:14-18  Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Deuteronomy 30:15-20  Rom 6:22-25 Rom 6:22-25

13 The sacred/secular split  What is the sacred/secular split?  What is the biblical view?  Is God interested in the “secular”?  Isaiah 28:24-29 Isaiah 28:24-29  Exodus 31:1-5 Exodus 31:1-5  Are there sacred versus secular jobs/skills?

14 What’s wrong?  What is the biblical answer to what’s wrong with the world?

15 Redemption: What’s the solution?  How does the biblical worldview answer this question?  Where do we start?

16 Why redemption?  What is the problem?  Gen 6:5 Gen 6:5  What is the solution?  Gen 3:15: the hope of redemption Gen 3:15  Who is the offspring?  The descendants of Adam and Eve  Jesus

17 The History of Redemption  A covenantal history  The original covenant = with creation  The Noahic covenant  The Abrahamic covenant

18 The Noahic Covenant  Gen 6:5-15 Gen 6:5-15  The problem: the world abounds with sin  The punishment: the flood  The hope: Noah  Gen 6:15-20 Gen 6:15-20  Gen 9:1-17 Gen 9:1-17

19 The Abrahamic Covenant  Gen 12:1-9 Gen 12:1-9  Gen 13:14-17 Gen 13:14-17  Gen 15:1-21 Gen 15:1-21  Gen 17:1-21 Gen 17:1-21  The new holy people  The family, the land, and the people of Jesus  The preparation for Jesus

20 The New Covenant  Jeremiah 31:31-34 Jeremiah 31:31-34  1 Corinthians 11:25 1 Corinthians 11:25  Hebrews 8:6-13 Hebrews 8:6-13  Hebrews 9:15 Hebrews 9:15  The Gospels:  The kingdom of God  The Messianic kingdom

21 The Kingdom of God: universal re- creation  Themes:  All creation will be redeemed  Redemption is redoing something (reconciling, buying back from slavery, etc.)  Mark 1:14-20 Mark 1:14-20  Luke 4:16-21 Luke 4:16-21  Rom 8:19-23 Rom 8:19-23  Acts 3:21 Acts 3:21  Rev 21:1 Rev 21:1

22 The activity of Jesus  Binding the strong man  Mark 3:20-30 Mark 3:20-30  Inaugurating the kingdom  Renewing the image of God  Rom 5:12-19 Rom 5:12-19  Col 1:15 Col 1:15  2 Cor 4:4-6 2 Cor 4:4-6  Eph 4:13 Eph 4:13

23 The activity of the Holy Spirit  Pentecost  Acts 2:15-21 Acts 2:15-21  Renew us:  Rom 12:1 Rom 12:1  Eph 4:24 Eph 4:24  Guarantee our future inheritance  2 Cor 1:22 2 Cor 1:22  Eph 1:13 Eph 1:13  Instruct and guide us  2 Tim 3: Tim 3:16-18  Heb 4:12 Heb 4:12  2 Cor 3:8-9 2 Cor 3:8-9

24 The benefit of the community  The body of Christ = the Church  1 Cor 12: Cor 12:7-31  Christianity is not individualistic  Human culture-forming is communal  Ministers of reconciliation  Work in the fallen world  Bring repentance, forgiveness, healing, and renewal  Change cultural patterns

25 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

26 Back to the questions:  What is wrong?  What is the remedy?

27 Next Week Chapters 6-9: Dualism