"The Eyes of the Lord”: The Biblical Worldview

“The Eyes of the Lord”: The Biblical Worldview
Memory Text: Proverbs 15:3

SABBATH: By letting our worldview shaped by things apart from the Bible, we misinterpret our world. For many years, educated elites believed the earth to be static at the center of the universe which was untrue. Now, the same group postulates about the evolution of mankind. Polish poet, Czeslaw Milosz, said; we must “tremble” if we misjudge our world. We must see the world via the biblical lens.

SUNDAY: Scholars draw from facts observed in nature to make false theories about the world. An Oxford professor once said the world is not real. Rationally, there are 2 ways to know the reality of our natural world; to accept that the world exists by chance or a divine being made the world. The latter is more logical. Nature & the Bible are not in conflict (Ps. 53:1, Prov. 15:3, John 3:16, Isa. 45:21, Luke 1:26-35).

MONDAY: The creation story sets the tone for most of our beliefs. It strictly assumes the existence of God (Exod. 3:13, 14). Gottfried W. Leibniz, a German philosopher, once asked; “why is there something instead of nothing?”. In Christian education, the view of God as the Creator is significant. It gives other doctrines their meaning (Gen. 1:1, John 1:1-4; Exod. 20:8-11; Rev. 14:6, 7; Job 12:7-10).

TUESDAY: Apparently, an atheist would be unconcerned with the beautiful rainbow in the sky for he/she deem it as just part of nature. Yet, those who see with the eye of faith will find in the rainbow God’s promise to not destroy the world again with flood (Gen. 9:13-16, PP, 106). Thus, we view the world via filters. Our filter must be the Bible (Eph. 6:12; Mark 13:7; Rom. 5:8; 8:28; Eccles. 9:5; Rev. 20:5, 6).

WEDNESDAY: The biblical account on Creation & Redemption are one; they’re inseparable. God created a perfect world, it became fallen, & needed redemption in Jesus Christ. “Creation alone isn’t enough.” The Creator, Christ, came to die & rose, & will come again to save the fallen human race (John 1:1-14). Hence, we are bid to worship Him (Rev. 14:6, 7). In our teaching, Christ & His coming must be the center.

THURSDAY: One may argue sinners can’t determine what is morally right. Michel Foucault, when asked to advocate for the annulment of corporal punishment in France further called for the prison system to be canceled (Deut. 12:8, Judg. 17:6, Prov. 12:15). Though we are sinners, God’s moral code (the law) can help us to discern what is right & wrong (Deut. 6:5, Mark 12:29-31, Rev. 14:12, Rom. 3:20, GC, p. 63).

FRIDAY: Love is the basis of true education. True education aims to restore the image of God in the soul. Adventist education must focus on having a biblical worldview of the universe. This filter—the Bible, must be used in all fields of our education (e.g. history, science, culture & so on). We can’t view the world from a neutral perspective. Christ must be at the center always.

—Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 595.

Keywords

PP- Patriarchs and Prophets

GC- The Great Controversy

Captions

SUNDAY- “the Eyes Of The Lord”
MONDAY- Leibniz’s Question
TUESDAY- The Biblical Worldview
WEDNESDAY- Worship The Redeemer
THURSDAY- The Law Of God

Discussion Questions

📌 What are examples that you can think of from history in which entire systems of education were (or even are) very destructive? What were some of those places, what were students taught there, and what can we learn from them? How can we protect our own educational systems from these destructive influences?

📌 This week’s lesson looked at some of the key points of a Christian worldview: the existence of God, the Creation, the Bible, the plan of Redemption, and the law of God. What other important elements should be included in any complete formulation of a Christian worldview?

📌 An eighteenth-century thinker once wrote: “O conscience! Conscience! Thou divine instinct, thou certain guide of an ignorant and confined, though intelligent and free being—thou infallible judge of good and evil, who makes man to resemble the Deity.” What’s right, or wrong, with that position?

📌 Look at this Ellen G. White statement again: “The true object of education is to restore the image of God in the soul.” What does that mean? How does this show us why Adventist education must be so different from much of how the world itself views education?

For October 17-23. Happy Sabbath.

—Michael Adarkwah Agyemang

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