Today's Journal
IF NOTHING CHANGES
While recently reading an article in a Christian publication the writer was encouraging the readers to ‘have a biblical worldview.’ A biblical worldview is believing that the Bible is inspired truth for living both in practices and intentions. It is believing the Bible is ‘God’s Word’ that we have for faith and action because, “Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17). As I read this, I thought it strange that someone was encouraging ‘a born of the spirit’ Christian to have a biblical world view. That’s kind of like telling a bee to like honey or a cow to give milk. Do we really need told that “every scripture is inspired…and useful?”When we accepted the Good News of the Jesus and the Kingdom Way, all should have changed for us in where and how we think and function. The Bible is our book…Jesus is our model, our Savior and King. The book is about him. I personally want a Kingdom view and then I will verify my view by the Bible view.
Nothing changes if nothing changes from worldview to Kingdom view. We might just be living with a religious view with scriptures tacked on to it. If we are ‘born from above’… we do ‘above things’ while living in the world. Nothing changes if nothing changes.
“What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must all be born from above.’” Jesus