It happened in the days of Adam, in the days of David, in the days of Jesus and still happens today. Worldviews are a politically correct way of explaining why people put their own ideas in front of God’s ideas. The majority of the world follows a post modernistic or an Islamic worldview (which will not be discussed). Postmodernism is a term used to describe a way of thinking ruled by humanistic relativism. Its beginnings can be found in the writings of Nietzsche, Marx, and Freud. These ideas are very close to new age thinking which allows each individual to create his own reality and morality. God and traditional teachings tend to be ignored. There is no absolute truth, no absolute right and wrong.
This flies in the face of a Christian or Biblical worldview which is founded on the Bible and accepted by Christians and Jews to be the infallible Word of God. It sets moral boundaries as found in the Ten Commandments and requires a total commitment to all of its tenants. If you disagree with one part, you must then disagree with all. In addition, if you agree with a Biblical world view, as stated in James, you must live it for faith without works is dead. A Biblical Worldview requires action while a Post-modernistic worldview requires adherents to do nothing.
We are constantly under a barrage of messages from a worldly view of today’s society through the TV shows we watch, the commercials we see, the emphasis in most news reports to even the teachings in the classroom. Just recently this country celebrated the legalization of gay marriage. And those who would normally offer services for wedding ceremonies and would prefer not to be involved in such a union can be sued and their lives and livelihoods destroyed. Those who did not agree with this were called intolerant, homophobic, haters, and a raft of other unflattering names. Similar things happened in the days of Noah, people had left what they knew was right and fell into sexual sin. As a result of the sinfulness, which went far beyond deviant sexual appetites, God had Noah build an ark and He flooded the world and started again with Noah’s family. But people again fell away from God and it became most apparent in Sodom and Gomorrah which were eventually destroyed once Lot was rescued by angels.
It does not take long to see that although those with a post-modernistic view may say that everything is relative and truth is relative; adherents become extremely intolerant of a Biblical world view. Those who believe in public prayer, disagree with sex before marriage, abortion, selling of fetal body parts, transgenderism, same sex marriage and the right to adopt and raise children are ridiculed, targeted as the object of crude jokes, skipped over for promotions, or run out of business. The two philosophical concepts are totally diametrically opposed, there is no common ground.
There are many “Christian” churches that are not Christian at all. They have set aside teachings in the Bible and replaced them with statements such as “God is Love” and theorize from that statement that God loves all mankind and would never sentence anyone to an eternity in hell. While it is true that God does love all mankind He loves the sinner, but hates the sin. Thus, if the sinner does not repent of his sin, there is no alternative but hell. For if we do not accept the mercy offered by Jesus Christ, we must face the judgement of the law. As Jesus stated in John:
John 3:16-18 (NIV)
“16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”
One can say that he believes in Jesus Christ but then again, so does Satan. It is not enough to acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God and that He came to die for our sins. One must repent of sin and acknowledge that His only way to heaven is through the blood of Jesus Christ. To purposely live in sin indicates that in your heart and soul, you have one accepted Him as your Lord and Savior because you are following your rules rather than His. Think of what Psalm 19 says.
The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
9 The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever.
The decrees of the Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous.
If the law of the Lord is perfect and his statues trustworthy and the precepts right, then it is incumbent on a believer to follow them. If an individual can set aside emotion and simply compare the two worldviews, it begins to become obvious that some serious introspection needs to be done. I will leave you with one more bible verse to consider.
18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price.Therefore honor God with your bodies.”
1 Corinthians 6:18-20