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1 Benchmark—Gospel Essentials Amber Sweatt Grand Canyon University CWV: 101 David Farbishel 5/19/2024
2 Benchmark—Gospel Essentials Gospel Essential Beliefs A worldview is defined as the way an individual perceives the world around them. An individual’s worldview dictates how they will think and act when they encounter different situations. One’s morals, values, and beliefs are applied when navigating their everyday life. Each person has their own worldview that is shaped by a variety of defining aspects like their culture, religion, and environment. Although people who share these defining aspects typically share many key characteristics within their worldview, each person’s worldview is unique to them. Two people coming from the same culture can practice two different religions causing their worldview to vary even though they share some key aspects. Today I will be discussing the Christian Worldview, which incorporates the Bible and the word of God to dictate one’s morals, values, and beliefs. The purpose of this essay is to define the nature of God, human, and Jesus; explain what is needed for restoration; highlight key components of the Christian foundation; and finally analyzing the implications of the Christian Worldview (Diffey & Holland, 2022). Nature of God The nature of God essentially answers the question, “Who is God?” The answer to this question can be found within the Bible as God describes Himself. The Bible states that God is the Father of Creation. God is represented not only in physical creation through the world and through Jesus Christ, but he is also represented within spiritual creation through the Holy Spirit. God is sovereign, because he is the ruler and creator of all of the universe, and he existed before all of creation (Payn, 2016). In many passages it shows that He is welcoming. These characteristics are demonstrated because God invites us to have a relationship with him and to share all of our concerns and short comings. God is forgiving, loving, and accepting which he
3 shows through giving forgiveness for our sins and still loving us. He is reliable because everything he promises comes true. He is infinite wisdom because he knows all. He knows the past, present, and future and he knows and understands all situations. The Bible states that He is all powerful. God is perfect and is with out flaws. All of the Characteristics possessed by God are positive because he is all good (Wildman, 2008). Nature of Humanity Our human nature is the characteristics that make up the essence of who we are as people. Human nature is different from personality traits in that one’s personality can be impacted by the culture, environment, race or even gender of the individual. The characteristics that all humans have make up our human nature. Each of these characteristics were given to all humans by God. Our ability to think, feel, and reason separate us from God’s other creations. Because we are made in God’s image, we possess many of the characteristics that God possesses. Although, we are not perfect like God, we have the ability to utilize these characteristics that he gave us. God is love; therefore, we can love Him and each other. God gave us many positive qualities such as compassion, patience, kindness, and loyalty which are all qualities of God. God made man with the purpose of praising him, bringing forth new generations and teaching them about God, and to appreciate and take care of all God’s other creations, such as the nature, animals, and each other. The characteristics given to us by God help us to fulfill these purposes. God also gives us understanding, so we can not only understand His word and what it means, but to also be understanding with other people. Even if they are not living a Christian lifestyle or are in a backsliding condition we can be loving and understanding with them and help them to get back on track (Diffey & Holland, 2022) Nature of Jesus
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