Worldview

The Bible is more than a book of tips to help us live better lives.  Jesus did not come to leave us a good example of how to live.  Christianity is not just one of the world’s great religions.  Jesus didn’t come to reform us; He came to redeem us.  Most people in our country believe that people need education, money, and opportunities to make better lives for themselves.  But what we really need is a new birth in Christ.  It’s a difference in our worldview.  We are born in sin, grow up sinners and are basically evil to the core.  Our only hope is a changed life found only in repentance and faith is Jesus Christ.  He alone is our only hope.  We can’t do it for ourselves; we need Jesus.  Jeremiah boldly said in Jeremiah 17:9, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”  From education to the arts to public policy, we are all sinners in need of a Savior.  We need Jesus.  And even after a salvation experience, we still have a wicked human nature to fight against.  The apostle Paul, one of the best Christians to have ever lived, said in Romans 7:19, “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.”  Life is a constant struggle.  We need the dear Lord to move in our lives.  We need Him every day!