Worldview Inconsistencies
Everyone has a worldview and no one is neutral. We all experience the world and filter the information around us through our worldview. The atheist lives inconsistently with their worldview. The atheistic worldview stems from Darwinian evolution. At it’s core this is the belief that the universe and all of creation is the result of a cosmic accident. All that exists is merely the byproduct of time and chance acting upon matter. Therefore the appropriate motto for the atheist is, “The strong will survive and prevail.” According to the atheist, existence is purposeless and meaningless. This is a worldview of hopelessness and futility.
However, most atheists would agree that murder is wrong. They would agree that rape is wrong. And if someone stole their car, they would cry out for justice. But according to their worldview where the strong will survive and there is no ultimate authority, why is anything wrong? If they truly believe that their existence is merely the result of a cosmic accident and humanity has evolved from space bacteria, then there is no right or wrong. The strongest bacteria will survive. That is their worldview. So given that worldview, why is anything declared evil or wrong in a universe that is just the result of chaotic random accidents?
The atheist will also claim that they do not believe in God, they believe in science. They believe in things like evolution and the theory of induction, which is the belief that we can know things will be the same tomorrow based on what we saw yesterday. Induction is the belief in a consistent universe. For example, induction says that we know the sun will rise tomorrow because we saw it rise today. Scientific terms like induction state that there is a rhythmic consistency to the universe based on patterns of the past.
However, the science believing atheist also believes that the origin of all creation was an unexpected, random cosmic explosion. An atheist scholar named Michael Langford once stated that all that exists is the result of one big accident. The belief of an accidental big bang is not consistent with the scientific theory of induction, which many atheists claim to believe. According to the atheist, the universe is not consistent, it is extremely unpredictable.
Neither does the agnostic live consistently with their worldview. The meaning of the word agnostic literally means ‘without knowledge.’ The agnostic would say that we cannot know for certain that there is a God, because we cannot really know anything for certain. And to the agnostic that would make this assertion, I would ask, “Can you know for certain that that statement is certainly true?” The agnostic’s worldview falls apart within the very definition of their belief.
You see, the atheist who cries out for justice is actually living inconsistently with the worldview that they profess to live by. Justice is a Christian concept. Morality is a Christian concept. Induction is seen in the created order of God, not in evolution. The atheist and the agnostic have to borrow from the Christian worldview in order to make sense of their own. The profession of their lips is inconsistent with the worldview that they claim to believe in.
However, many times professing Christians also live inconsistently with their worldview. I have met so many professing believers who claim to believe in Jesus as their Lord and Savior. But they live their lives as if there were no God. They have little to no prayer in their lives, no pressing into to read the scriptures on their own, no desire to repent of their sins, and a love for the vanities of the world. For lack of a better phrase, they live as functional atheists.
There are even churches that claim to glorify Jesus, yet they promote and give approval to practices of sin that the scriptures clearly speak of as grievous abominations before God. In Matthew 15:8, Jesus said of these kinds of people, “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” They profess that Christ is their worldview, but they live by the ways of the world.
In the case of the person professing Christ yet living in rebellion, there are only two explanations. Either they are liars, or they are self deceived and have never known Christ. If Christ is our worldview, then we filter everything in creation through the lens of the word of God. This is not to say that the Christian never sins. But when the true Christian sins, it breaks their heart. They do not love their sins, but they hate them and desire to repent of their transgressions.
The most misunderstood doctrine in the Christian church is the doctrine of regeneration. It is the doctrine of what takes place when God saves a man or a woman. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
Spurgeon described regeneration like this; He called his readers to imagine that there was a fat, dirty pig. The nature of the pig is one that loves filth. The pig by nature loves to roll in mud. It loves to eat the slop, which is basically garbage, that the farmer feeds it in its trough. Again, this is the pig’s nature. It is what it loves from birth. And if you were to give the pig a choice between eating a clean steak dinner with all the fixings and eating slop, the pig would choose the slop every time.
Spurgeon then asked his readers to imagine that something supernatural happened to this pig. All of the sudden, the pig was transformed into a man. Immediately the man would notice that his mouth was full of garbage, and vomit in disgust. This man would be confused as to why he was lying in mud and desire to be clean. And he would devour the steak dinner instead of the slop. The man’s nature is not like that of a pig. He had become a new creation with new desires that accompanied his supernatural transformation.
In the same way, the natural desires of a lost person are focused on the flesh. Psalm 58:3 says that the wicked go astray from the womb. We are born with a sin nature. Like the pig, we do not naturally desire to be separated from the filth of the world. Rather, the lost man or woman loves it. If they were given a choice to indulge in the sinful pleasures of the flesh or to feed on the words of the Lord, they would choose their sins every time.
But as the Apostle Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians, something supernatural happens to the person that God saves. They literally are made into a new creation. They are given a new heart with new desires. In Christ, they no longer desire the slop of sin. The regenerated person now desires the righteousness of Christ.
Everyone has a worldview. Sadly, most people live inconsistently with their worldview. Even many who would profess Christ as Lord. If you are a Christian, does your worldview match the profession of your lips? The scriptures call us to examine ourselves in light of God’s word. Do not ask, “Have I made a decision for Jesus?” Ask yourself, “Have I been supernaturally recreated? Do I have new Godly desires and a distain for my sins?” And if not, cry out to the sovereign Lord of the universe to save you.
Salvation is a supernatural work of the Lord. And true regeneration results in a transformed life that has a worldview influenced by Jesus Christ.
However, most atheists would agree that murder is wrong. They would agree that rape is wrong. And if someone stole their car, they would cry out for justice. But according to their worldview where the strong will survive and there is no ultimate authority, why is anything wrong? If they truly believe that their existence is merely the result of a cosmic accident and humanity has evolved from space bacteria, then there is no right or wrong. The strongest bacteria will survive. That is their worldview. So given that worldview, why is anything declared evil or wrong in a universe that is just the result of chaotic random accidents?
The atheist will also claim that they do not believe in God, they believe in science. They believe in things like evolution and the theory of induction, which is the belief that we can know things will be the same tomorrow based on what we saw yesterday. Induction is the belief in a consistent universe. For example, induction says that we know the sun will rise tomorrow because we saw it rise today. Scientific terms like induction state that there is a rhythmic consistency to the universe based on patterns of the past.
However, the science believing atheist also believes that the origin of all creation was an unexpected, random cosmic explosion. An atheist scholar named Michael Langford once stated that all that exists is the result of one big accident. The belief of an accidental big bang is not consistent with the scientific theory of induction, which many atheists claim to believe. According to the atheist, the universe is not consistent, it is extremely unpredictable.
Neither does the agnostic live consistently with their worldview. The meaning of the word agnostic literally means ‘without knowledge.’ The agnostic would say that we cannot know for certain that there is a God, because we cannot really know anything for certain. And to the agnostic that would make this assertion, I would ask, “Can you know for certain that that statement is certainly true?” The agnostic’s worldview falls apart within the very definition of their belief.
You see, the atheist who cries out for justice is actually living inconsistently with the worldview that they profess to live by. Justice is a Christian concept. Morality is a Christian concept. Induction is seen in the created order of God, not in evolution. The atheist and the agnostic have to borrow from the Christian worldview in order to make sense of their own. The profession of their lips is inconsistent with the worldview that they claim to believe in.
However, many times professing Christians also live inconsistently with their worldview. I have met so many professing believers who claim to believe in Jesus as their Lord and Savior. But they live their lives as if there were no God. They have little to no prayer in their lives, no pressing into to read the scriptures on their own, no desire to repent of their sins, and a love for the vanities of the world. For lack of a better phrase, they live as functional atheists.
There are even churches that claim to glorify Jesus, yet they promote and give approval to practices of sin that the scriptures clearly speak of as grievous abominations before God. In Matthew 15:8, Jesus said of these kinds of people, “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” They profess that Christ is their worldview, but they live by the ways of the world.
In the case of the person professing Christ yet living in rebellion, there are only two explanations. Either they are liars, or they are self deceived and have never known Christ. If Christ is our worldview, then we filter everything in creation through the lens of the word of God. This is not to say that the Christian never sins. But when the true Christian sins, it breaks their heart. They do not love their sins, but they hate them and desire to repent of their transgressions.
The most misunderstood doctrine in the Christian church is the doctrine of regeneration. It is the doctrine of what takes place when God saves a man or a woman. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
Spurgeon described regeneration like this; He called his readers to imagine that there was a fat, dirty pig. The nature of the pig is one that loves filth. The pig by nature loves to roll in mud. It loves to eat the slop, which is basically garbage, that the farmer feeds it in its trough. Again, this is the pig’s nature. It is what it loves from birth. And if you were to give the pig a choice between eating a clean steak dinner with all the fixings and eating slop, the pig would choose the slop every time.
Spurgeon then asked his readers to imagine that something supernatural happened to this pig. All of the sudden, the pig was transformed into a man. Immediately the man would notice that his mouth was full of garbage, and vomit in disgust. This man would be confused as to why he was lying in mud and desire to be clean. And he would devour the steak dinner instead of the slop. The man’s nature is not like that of a pig. He had become a new creation with new desires that accompanied his supernatural transformation.
In the same way, the natural desires of a lost person are focused on the flesh. Psalm 58:3 says that the wicked go astray from the womb. We are born with a sin nature. Like the pig, we do not naturally desire to be separated from the filth of the world. Rather, the lost man or woman loves it. If they were given a choice to indulge in the sinful pleasures of the flesh or to feed on the words of the Lord, they would choose their sins every time.
But as the Apostle Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians, something supernatural happens to the person that God saves. They literally are made into a new creation. They are given a new heart with new desires. In Christ, they no longer desire the slop of sin. The regenerated person now desires the righteousness of Christ.
Everyone has a worldview. Sadly, most people live inconsistently with their worldview. Even many who would profess Christ as Lord. If you are a Christian, does your worldview match the profession of your lips? The scriptures call us to examine ourselves in light of God’s word. Do not ask, “Have I made a decision for Jesus?” Ask yourself, “Have I been supernaturally recreated? Do I have new Godly desires and a distain for my sins?” And if not, cry out to the sovereign Lord of the universe to save you.
Salvation is a supernatural work of the Lord. And true regeneration results in a transformed life that has a worldview influenced by Jesus Christ.
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