Decipleship: 03/02/08

John Cobb spoke about worldview in this weeks meeting. Both in the worlds aspect and in the biblical.

Worldview: How you make sense of the world you live in

• Why am I here?
• Why is there pain and heart ache?
  

We began by creating a list chart that was divided into "Divine" (what do you worship?), "Sacred" (whatever is devoted to the devine), and "Secular" (whatever is not devoted to the devine). Here is what we came up with:

Divine: God -> Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Sacred: Bible, Tithing, Worship, Body of Christ, Ministry, Church Building, and Family.

Secular: Sports, Restaurant, Work, Gossip, Money, and Debt

There were some things that were pointed out that could go either way - such as music and food. That list though, is a worldly view...the truth is, the biblical worldview HAS NO SECULAR IN IT!!

**The dividing line between right and wrong has to deal with the heart.**

satan has been able to enter his way into our society and deceive us into believing that there is a dividing line between secular, and sacred. But it didn't stop there. Private became divided from public, opinion became divided from fact, and eventually imagination became divided from what is real.

This is why the church is becoming more and more irrelevant.

Psalm 139: 13-16

13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, 16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

1. If you are Gods Workmanship, and I say your worthless...is that critisizing you - or God?
2. God made you for HIS WORKS

Ephesians 2:10

10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

John 17:4

4I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

Joshua 24:15

15 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."

• You have to serve somebody.
• Make a conscious choice, and walk in it.
  

Romans 8:28, 29

28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

• Gods will, is that we be transformed to be like Christ - to be more and more like Him.
• God cares more about the WHY...than the WHAT about a decision.
• When God doesn't speak - don't be concerned with WHAT His will is.

Father God, help all of us to make decisions that coincide with your plans, and not those that conform to the worlds views. Amen!

Blessings,
Luke