🗺️ My Life Intents: My Worldview
A worldview is the lens through which I see the world and how I choose to interact with the world. Everyone has a worldview, although, many people do not realize they do because they haven't taken the time to write it down. Writing down a worldview is important because a written statement about how you see the world becomes real to you and will (should) help to drive you toward accomplishing your goals.
Who is responsible for the universe?
The questions of, “Who is responsible for the universe?” as well as the question, “Who created the universe?” I believe are one and the same. Therefore, my response is to answer both at the same time. I have made the more scientific reasoning of my arguments and of how and why I have concluded the following in an article I am calling: Fear, Faith, and Fact.
I believe that the Triune God (Trinity of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit), whose name is “The Lord”, is the Cause, the Creator, and the Effector of the infinite universe that we do not know, as well as the parts of the infinite universe that we do know. I, also, believe that the Holy Bible was and is the inspired, immutable, and intelligent Word of God:
- Inspired because I believe that the Holy Bible (the Canonical 66 Books) was written by the Holy Spirit and who used humankind as His pen and paper to write out God's informational, love, and warning Letters to us.
- Immutable because I believe that the Bible itself (God's inspired Word, Promises, and Prophecies) will never change with any amount of time passed. Although, humans have been trying to destroy the Bible since the beginning of the first written words: the Promises themselves won't ever change, the Prophecies will always come to pass, and the Word of God will endure forever.
- Intelligent because even though God used a total of at least 35 Authors, the Bible has an elaborate plot line, over a timetable of over 2,000 years from the first to last written books. Furthermore, all the Books weave together to form a completely intelligent design and plot that tells the story of God wanting to create a world inhabited by humans; how the humans disappointed God and allowed the entrance of the devil into Creation; and finally, how God Himself devised a plan to mitigate the sin problem by making the ultimate sacrifice and all that before mankind ever fell. The story concludes with Jesus ascending into Heaven after His Resurrection and Instruction for His Disciples to, “...go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel.”
The Bible, then, is not only the most important Book of all time, it is perhaps the most reliable Book as well. Evidence has been gathered to support the Bible's Narrative throughout history. All the Science's either corroborate or provide no real contention and viable alternative of the most fundamental and foundational aspects of the Bible's claims. This is not to be misunderstood that there are no real questions about the Bible, on the contrary there are many, many questions. However, I argue that many of these questions do not contribute empirically to proving the Bible false, but instead rely on the Bible to ask the questions. Thus, if a person were to base their life on the questions of the Word of God, they would be in much more peril; than if they were to base their life on what we know to be true of the Bible. We should never stop asking questions about anything, and least of all the Bible! However, the questions that do exist do not provide enough support for me to doubt the overall truth, reason, and historicity of the Book itself. Aside from these reasons, the most important reason of all and the only reason that matters to my destiny, is that a certain love has been ignited in my heart for God and others. A Book that can change the heart, soul, mind, and physical condition of my destiny is bound to be full of mystery, evidence, and wisdom.
The Bible provides for a life of meaning, purpose, fulfillment, and even happiness in this current life—no waiting required. If the Bible was somehow proven categorically false, with no possible rebuttal, those of us who based our lives on this Book would lose very little and likely nothing. Yet, still likely be much further ahead in life than if we had not based our lives on the Bible.
Takeaways
- “The Lord”, is the Creator of the Universe.
- And “The Lord”, is responsible for the Universe.
What is right and wrong?
If God is responsible for the Universe and the Bible is God's written Word, then we can trust its definitions of right and wrong, and truth and lie.
God is Truth. Truth and Right have existed since before the beginning of time (Psalm’s 119:142).
The devil is a liar and the father of all lies (John 8:44). Sin can be defined as:
- Wrong and thus unrighteous (I John 5:17).
- Transgression of God's Law (I John 3:4).
- The knowledge of the right thing but not the action to do the right thing is sin (James 4:17).
Is right and wrong opposite of each other?
Right and wrong are not polar opposites, as many have been led to believe. If God is righteous and the devil is wrong (sinful), to say that the devil is the polar opposite of God is to say that the devil is God's equal. God has no equal and no opposite. The devil, however, does have an opposite who is the Archangel Michael (KJV, Revelation 12:7-10). As a created being, the devil was not defective, but demoted from Angelic status to demonic status. Thus, making him chief of the demonic angels who he corrupted before they were cast out of Heaven.
Everything the devil is, is simply an absence and a corruption of everything that God is: Hatred (for example) was not formed from God or the devil, but is the pure absence of God's Love. When the devil was thrown out of Heaven, God demoted the devil and all those that followed him, below the lowest Angelic being. When this happened the devil became hateful, not because it was created, but because all love was lost, and this left something behind which we call hatred.
Takeaways
- Truth and Right is who God is and is part of His nature. When we are honest with God and ourselves, we are exercising part of God's infinite nature of Righteousness.
- Lie and Wrong are nouns we use to describe the absence of who and what God is. When we lie and do wrong things, we exercise that part of the devil that gives him greater power in our lives.
- God has no opposite. God did not create Truth, Righteousness, or Love; God is all of those things. God has always existed and thus has never been created.
- The devil did not create evil: it became evil as he purged all righteousness from himself. The devil was created by God and was known as the Light of the Morning. Before his rebellion: the devil was one of the most powerful and beautiful creatures in Heaven.
When did time start, and when will it end?
- Time began on the first day of Creation. God created the instruments by which we measure time on the fourth day of Creations when He created the Sun, Moon, and Stars (Genesis 1:14).
- The Bible says time will be, “...no longer...”, in the last days after the Seventh Angel has appeared (Revelation 10:6).
Many Scientists and other Experts agree that the world is not likely to be more than 10,000 years old. However, this is using the empirical data and sources of information independent of the Bible. The Biblical Narrative timeline, from Genesis to Revelation, may place the world as young as 6,000–7,000 years old.
Where did we come from, and where are we going?
God created the Heavens, the Earth, and Humans within six days and rested on the seventh day. God made 'Adam' (literally translated as 'human' or the 'first human': Reference: The Explanation) and shortly thereafter, God made 'Eve' (translated as the 'first woman') on the sixth day of Creation.
The Bible tells us that there are two places that humans will undoubtedly spend eternity after their death here on Earth. These places are Heaven and Hell:
- Heaven is being made as a habitable place for God's loyal remnant of Believers. A place of perfect beauty, wealth, health, nature, and wisdom. God desires everyone to make it to Heaven (II Peter 3:9).
- Hell was made for the devil and the devil's followers. Thus, it was built as a place of containment and punishment for the enemy of God for the responsibility of being the cause and instruments of pain, suffering, disease, sin, and death.
Why are we here?
The Bible is clear about our reasons for being on this planet and inhabiting this part of our Solar System:
- We are here to have dominion (to be good stewards) over the entire Earth and to reproduce humans over all the Earth (Genesis 1:28).
- Before the Fall, we find that God, Adam, and Eve, often conversed together openly and enjoyed each other's company and fellowship. The first two chapters of Genesis indicate various instructions by God and conversations with Adam and Eve. So, I believe the second reason of our being here is to provide fellowship with God and our neighbors.
- Elsewhere, in the Bible we, also, find where other Biblical Authors have asked themselves these same questions. Here are a few of their answers:
- We serve the purpose of worship (Psalms 95:6).
- We are to obey God and Fear Him (Ecclesiastes 12:13).
- And we are to show others God's Love and walk humbly with God (Micah 6:8).
God created each of us individualistically to equip us for our own unique roles in God's overall Architecture for Humanity. Individualism enhances diversity of thought, pleasures, worship styles, and approaches to outreach. Each individual has a responsibility to unashamedly enhance their life to the best of their ability by developing those natural gifts, skills, and talents that God has bequeathed to them. Moreover, to use every problem as an opportunity for growth and to seek solutions, not victimization.
Takeaways
Ephesians 2:10, states: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
How do I improve myself, and how do I interact with the world around me?
Everyone starts the improvement of themselves in the same way: to resolve a difficulty, we have to understand that there is one. The Human Condition, as I have come to call it, is a predicament of sin, disease, negativity, and an overall ugly situation that the first humans brought upon themselves by disobeying God's one and only Law. Because of human’s inability to comply with just one rule, much of the Old Testament Bible is spent instructing the Israelite's of how to not disobey God any further. The Old Testament, also, spend a good deal telling the Israelite's of a coming Savior (Jesus) that will bear all the sin of humanity and destroy it by His death and resurrection.
Jesus, in the New Testament (Matthew 22:37-40), gave us two of what He called the Greatest Commandments to remedy the Human Condition problem.
First, is to love the Lord God:
To love God the way He wants us to love Him, we need to follow these simple Salvation steps:
- I improve my predicament and condition of being a sinner, by first acknowledging my carnal (sinful) nature (Romans 3:23). As humans, we have something God gave us called Free-Will (Joshua 24:15, I Corinthians 10:13, John 7:17). This means that God gave us the ability to choose to serve Him or oppose Him. Nowhere in the Bible is there an implication of a third option. We can decide for ourselves what we do, who we serve, and what our nature will be. God designed a free moral agency because no meaningful relationship can exist outside of choice.
- I must then confess and repent of that sin and turn away from and shun it completely (Ezekiel 14:6, and I John 1:9).
- Then, and only then, can I trust and believe that God fulfills His Promises and adopts me as one of His own Children (Galatians 2:6, and James 2:24). Both of these verses instructs us to believe via Faith of God's Mercy and Love that makes us a new Creation and cleanses us from sin. However, it, also, teaches us the importance of the works of a changed heart. Believing Faith gives us a changed heart and the new works to prove it, but so does the works of the new life lend to the support of our new relationship with God. These new works will bear Fruits of the Spirit, which are simply attributes and characteristics of God Himself. If we fail to bear fruit, we will be cut off and put in Hell for the sin of fruitlessness.
Second, is to love our neighbor as ourselves:
The first Law (above) tells us how to save ourselves and how to repair our relationship with God. The second Law tells us how to tell others about how we got saved and how we now enjoy a new relationship with God and ourselves.
Much like the first Law, we must love our neighbor using the following steps:
- Step 1: We must understand that God established Free-Will for all humankind, not just us. God did this without the intention, but certainly a Redemption plan, that humans would yield to an evil temptation. Sin, pain, killing, disease, mold, fear, death, and suffering amid others: these are terms that had no meaning before the Fall in Genesis Chapter 3. All of these things were the results of the first humans desire to “...be as gods...” (Genesis 3:5). Immediately, upon their sin, the world changed. A whole host of spiritual and physical conflict, previously unknown to our world, now plagued it. Sin began the immediate process of degrading, infecting, corrupting, and polluting everything down to the minute molecule and smallest parts of a cell and atom. Nothing was left untouched or unscathed. The Human Condition has been a hereditary problem ever since, and has been the cause of every major and minor evil in the World. This is step one in fulfilling the second Law: We (as God's Children and Ambassadors) must realize the hurt and sin that plagues our world. Our compassion and love for the lost must reach a level that pushes us to do whatever it takes to tell the sinner about Jesus.
- Step 2: is acting upon our new-found compassion and love for the lost. We must reach out and take a chance to tell others about Jesus. This will have a two-fold result:
- Our relationship with God becomes much stronger and pushes along on our desire to fulfill the first Law.
- This will change our perception of humanity. We will see the pure depravity of how far humankind has truly fallen. The world may even harass, insult, curse, and attack us for trying to fulfill this second Law. The devil does not sit idly by and watch us tell the devil's followers about Christ. We can be sure that the devil will fight us every step of the way. However, God likes to keep the devil on a leash, so we can be certain that whatever and wherever the devil attacks us, that Jesus will also be there rooting for us and guiding us along the way. The key is to fulfill the second Law, regardless of the perceived results on our end. It isn't our job to see results as much as it is our job to obey God in telling others by loving our neighbor.
Takeaways
Definition: A worldview is the lens in which we see the world and interact with it.
My worldview answers all the following questions:
- Who is responsible for the universe? God is. What is right and wrong? God is right. The devil is wrong.
- When did time start, and when will it end? God created time. God will end time.
- Where did we come from, and where are we going? God created us for a purpose. However, we decide where we will spend eternity.
- Why are we here? We are here to love God first, and to love others second.
- How are we to improve ourselves and interact with others? We improve ourselves by loving God and following His Commandments. We should interact with others by loving them and telling them about an alternative of a future life without sin.
My worldview prioritizes loving God first, my fellow neighbor (as myself) second, and then to love myself last.
About Me I am a life-long student who happens to be a freelancer, hobbyist writer and coder! I love writing, thinking, and tinkering with anything Open-Source! I am passionate about privacy and security online, and protecting people proactively and reactively online using Open-Source Intelligence! You can contact me via my Proton Mail here: me@jacobpeabody.com
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