Jesus Worldview
For a Christian the gospel that we believe is like our life’s foundation or our world view. We can track almost all of our behavior back to our gospel. Jesus Christ himself is the only foundation that will move into the future.
1 Corinthians 3:10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
We should constantly reconsider and evaluate our own foundation, what we believe and why. We can also watch other people and find out what they believe about Jesus and their relation to him.
- Is your worldview of God like a Santa’s nice list for blessings. God’s world revolves around your comfort and success? Your life is its foundation.
- Is your gospel an after life business, an evangelism program that you are called to work hard for to please God? Foundation is self.
- Is your worldview of God and church a social club for those going to heaven, “lets just all hang out and be friendly?”
Our gospel shows in our behavior, desire that it’s the same one Paul and John the Baptist and Jesus himself preached. That gospels is Jesus himself who is the only foundation, the chief cornerstone himself. Constantly be willing to have your foundation examined and perfected.
There are many gospels out there. More than ever, many involve parts of Jesus’, most steal ideas from him then exclude him.
Five Common Gospels Of Today:
Christian Gospel of libertinism, this gospel is primarily an afterlife program which teaches how you live doesn’t matter, it over emphasizes grace so that people can live and do whatever they want. Because their after life is set. Its true but its twisted and incomplete.
Christian Gospel of legalism, this gospel is about pleasing God with a list of things to try hard and accomplish. It over emphasizes the human role in service and it become extremely divisive because every legalist has a different list.
Christian Gospel of Catholicism, this gospel is about the catholic church centered in Rome, it seeks to sign people up under the Vatican’s hierarchy. It’s current version over emphasizes itself, the saints and Mary’s role in interacting with God. It has components of both libertinism and legalism.
Gospel of progressivism and enlightenment. Very common today, this gospel has as its foundation evolutionary theory, it believes humanity came up from the earth is evolving into something better and better. It emphasizes education and knowledge itself as the mechanism of human progress. This gospel enjoys the support of many governments in the world today as its official message and is taught to children at a very young age. It sees itself as superior to all religions. Enlightenment thinking typically pushes Jesus down as some religious figure while it plagiarises many of his teachings.
Gospel of Islam, This gospel is a message that rejects Jesus as God and exalts Allah as the single and one and only true God. There are many versions of it, some accept the old testament prophets view Jesus as one of them. Its central message is believe that Allah is one and only true God
There are many others….
The Gospel John the Baptist and Jesus and Paul preached
The gospel of the kingdom. I will elaborate in detail in Part II on 3/3/18.
Preview: The gospel of kingdom of Jesus Christ is about a new creation displacing the old. It’s about our death and his new life.
Also don’t miss the great work of Frank Viola on recovering the gospel of the kingdom.
