How to Have a Christian Worldview | Filtering Through A Woke Worldview | Ed Young

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#wokeworldview #christianworldview #biblicalworldview #worldview #sermons #fellowshipchurch #whatthebiblesays How to Have a Christian Worldview | Filtering Through A Woke Worldview | Ed Young We live in a world that is constantly bombarding us with messages. Some are true. Some are false. We need a lens to interpret these messages so we can understand the world around us. A worldview is like a pair of sunglasses. For many Christians, the constant barrage of worldly ideologies has caused our Christian worldview to slip. Like a swimmer diving to the bottom of the pool to retrieve his sunglasses, we need to reclaim a Christian worldview that aligns with Scripture. Much of the nation and media are infatuated with “being woke” right now. The concept of being woke has infiltrated every arena and deceived us into thinking “wokeism” is the right way to love our neighbor. Wokeism is the exact opposite. It is: Contrary to the things of God at every turn Satanic seduction in covert and overt ideology When you step back and look at these ideologies, does anything stand out as concerning? All three sins (envy, pride, and pleasure) are weapons the enemy uses against us. Just look at the story of Adam and Eve. First, the serpent caused them to want something they couldn’t have (envy) by tempting them with the fruit. Then their hearts filled with pride upon hearing his deception that they could be like gods. Finally, they both took a bite of the fruit, searching for the pleasure it would bring. Deception is sneaky, so we must examine the world’s ideologies closely. Philosophers of our day consider our society postmodern. In the former era of modernity, people looked outside of themselves for answers. Now, in a postmodern culture, they look inside of themselves. No matter where people look, the truth cannot be found apart from God. The enemy likes to take things that sound true and twist them. This is what’s so sad about wokeism. Wokeism has hijacked some beautiful things from Christianity, like compassion and biblical sexuality. How Do We Develop a Biblical Worldview? First, we must accept a God-centric worldview. A worldview is a comprehensive, panoramic perspective from a particular standpoint. And there are only two worldviews: following Jesus or turning away from the transcendence of God and looking within ourselves (called paganism). Logical Consistency - The reasoning of the Scriptures is sound and reliable. Imperial Adequacy - The historical evidence of the events in the Bible speaks for itself. Existential Relevancy - It answers the questions that humans have always asked. As the Bible predicted, though, the “wokers” of our day see everything upside down. What’s right is viewed as wrong, and what’s wrong is viewed as right. These ideologies can confuse and deceive us if we don’t keep Christ as our firm foundation. How do you achieve this? By having Christ as the foundation of your: Identity The woke ideology says you should identify as a victim, basing your worth on how you’ve been wronged. But Galatians 4:7 says, “So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are His child, God has made you also an heir.” Our identity should be in Christ alone. Thoughts Wokers take pride in their humanistic thought. The National Science Foundation says that we each have between 12,000-50,000 thoughts daily. 80% of them are negative, and 95% are recurring. So isn’t it important to pay attention to what’s on our minds? 2 Corinthians 10:5 tells us, “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” Feelings seem to run everything these days. The world views emotions as the central driving factor of our lives. This is not how Jeremiah saw it. In verse nine of chapter seventeen, it says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked;” We know that feelings are merely a byproduct of our circumstances. We can express our emotions about each scenario, but that doesn’t change the truth. It is all too common these days that people live to glorify themselves. This is the opposite of what God asks. We were made to glorify Him! Galatians 2:20 emphasizes this, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” 1. Is My IDENTITY In Christ? 2. Am I Taking THOUGHTS and Making Them Captive? 3. Am I Living God’s TRUTH and Not My Own? 4. Are My FEELINGS Subject to Truth? 5. Am I LIVING Out God’s Greatness in All That I Do? Follow #EdYoung​ on social Ed Young Facebook: http://bit.ly/EdYoungFB Ed Young Instagram: http://bit.ly/EdYoungIG Ed Young Twitter: http://bit.ly/EdYoungTW https://www.fellowshipchurch.com/ https://www.fellowshipchurch.com/locations/frisco https://www.fellowshipchurch.com/locations/dallas https://www.fellowshipchurch.com/locations/fort-worth