Paul’s letter to the Romans in the book of Romans chapters 1-8, gives us a foundation for a biblical Christian worlview. A worlview is how we see life, the word, our beliefs, and making sense of it all. Everyone has a worlview whether it is good or bad. A Biblical worldview is how God wants us to see the world. Paul address the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and culture. Decisions and the actions we make is based on our system of beliefs and worldview. A worldview forms us, directs us, and impacts our entire life.
The Natural World
The natural world is all around us. In Genesis, we learn of God’s creation from His spoken Word. Genesis 1:1 (NKJV) addresses creation, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” John 1:3 declares, “All things were
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Sin and failure still thrive in present time. When God’s way is abandoned and people are free to do as they please, it can be a treacherous freedom. We have free will and God will allow us to make our own choices, but the Bible warns us that going against what he has designed, will have consequences. Paul addresses this in Romans 1:26-27, “For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.” God allows people to depart from his ways. When we stray, we will suffer the consequences. Paul tells us that salvations is available to everyone and we are all subject to God’s judgement (Stott, 2014). He demonstrates the universality of our sin and then divides everyone into sections and makes accusations. (Stott, 2014). God’s wrath is clear in Romans and he will allow people to depart from his design and will abandon them to their willful ways (Stott,