Life is Really Very Simple
Part 3, There is God’s Worldview… and Everything Else
Is this World chaotic enough for you yet? It seems our crazy planet has exploded into a highly polarized, militant, and even radical hotbed of “ideology clash”. It seems that everyone is required to oppose someone else, based upon religious, moral, ethical, or lifestyle ideologies. The last election cycle only exposed the great divide in our American culture that already existed and has existed for some time, a divide that is only widening. The radical right has had its Klan, its anti-establishment militias, and its Neo-fascism. And now the liberal left has bred their counterpart, called by some, the “alt-left”. This faction is composed of radical and even militant souls, who have at least matched the vitriolic diatribes and threats of the radical right.
But are radically differing views on religion, morals, ethics, and lifestyles something new, something 21st-century? No, they are not! They surfaced even as early as Cain vs. Able and climaxed with Noah vs. The World. The ideology clashes then restarted in Isaac vs. Ishmael, Jacob vs. Esau, Daniel vs. the other presidents and 120 princes of Persia, Mordecai vs. Haman, with Nehemiah vs. Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, with the Macabees vs. Antiochus IV Epiphanes, with John the Baptizer vs. Herod Antipas, and with Jesus the Incarnate Son of God vs. the envious, hate-filled Sanhedrin (who knowingly crucified a man that they KNEW to be God-sent, simply because they were afraid to lose their place, i.e., their governing seats of honor, and their nation, i.e., their national pseudo-sovereignty).
What we have witnessed in the Bible’s account of the approximately 6-millennia history of our planet is a culture clash as old as Satan in the Garden of Eden deceiving the first woman, or even going back pre-history, to Lucifer rebelling against his Creator and becoming the Satan. What we see today is just the latest chapter of an age-old battle of worldviews: God’s worldview vs. Everything Else!
There has always been, and always will be, capital “T” Truth: God’s Objective Truth. God has, down through human history, progressively revealed more and more of His “Truth” to humanity through godly, set-apart patriarchs and prophets. God’s revelation to mankind climaxed with the Living Word, Jesus Christ. Hebrews 1:2 reads, And Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son. And God’s revelation was finalized with Christ’s post-resurrection Revelation to the Apostle John. The Holy Bible is the summation of God’s capital “T” Truth revealed to humanity. Jesus testified to the Father, …thy Word is truth (John 17:7).
And so, argue as we may, hate as we choose, justify as we might, the baseline FACT is that we either see things God’s way, or we rebel and CHOOSE to exist in spiritual delusion. And yes, I use the word “choose” deliberately and truthfully because Paul explains in Romans 1:21, Because that, when they KNEW God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. God says that every human being in their conscience knows that He exists, has a basic moral code, and knows that God deserves worship. But in rebellion, we have simply chosen to worship ourselves!
Jesus IS God. He is THE Way, THE Truth, and THE Life (John 14:6), He is the Eternal God-Man, the Creator, Jehovah God manifested in eternal Flesh. And He has warned that every human being will stand before Him in judgment! Friends, please don’t live in self-delusion. Come to Truth with a capital “T”.
God bless and consider!