A Biblical Worldview Primer

(A Comprehensive Outline of the Will of God as the Foundational Basis for a Biblical Worldview)

by Gerald R. Thompson

Part 1: Creation Laws: The Laws of Nature: The Lex Non Scripta
Part 2: Human Conscience: Moral Awareness
Part 3: Jesus Christ: The Living Word: Christology 101
Part 4A: Bible as Law: The Divine Covenants: The Revealed Law
Part 4B: Bible as Government: Four Great Commands: God’s Laws of Authority
Part 5: A Biblical Worldview: Putting It All Together

GOD’S REVELATION
(Broad Outline of what follows)

GOD’S WORK (General Revelation)
1. The creation (laws of nature)
– God’s will impressed upon the creation (Ps. 19:1-4; Rom. 1:18-20)
– the Unwritten Law a/k/a the Lex Non Scripta
2. Human conscience or moral awareness (Rom. 2:14-15) [Future – Jer. 31:31-34]– God’s laws written on our hearts

GOD’S WORD (Special Revelation)
3. Jesus Christ (the living word)
– God’s personal revelation of His will (Heb. 1:2) [Future – Mic. 4:1-2]– Plus: Christology 101 – Who is Jesus?
4. The Bible (the written word)
– God’s verbal revelation of His will (2 Tim. 3:16; Eph. 3:4-5)
A. Law
– The Divine Covenants; The Laws of Nature’s God
– The Revealed Law (The Divine Law)
B. Government
– The Four Great Commands
– God’s Laws of Authority
– The Structure of Society

A Biblical Worldview (Putting It All Together)

CONTENT OF GOD’S WILL

SPECIFIC WILL (orders and commands)

GENERAL WILL
1. Creation laws (laws of nature)
– fixed, uniform and universal (applies to all people at all times in all places)
2. O.T. Divine Covenants
– Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses & David
– applies to the original parties and their biological descendants only, in perpetuity
– strictly speaking, none are based on faith, but on ancestry alone
3. New Covenant in Christ (i.e., Church)
– applies only to those who believe/consent
– covenant is based on faith alone

God’s General Will for all people is the same as “God’s laws” and the “commands of Christ.”

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