Having the Mind of Christ

O Text: Philippians 2:5-11 O The Christian must develop a Christian

worldview in the midst of a secular confused culture.

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Worldview Defined
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A worldview comprises ones collection of pre-suppositions, convictions, and values from which a person tries to understand and make sense out of the world and life. A worldview is a conceptual scheme by which we consciously or unconsciously place or fit everything we believe and by which we interpret and judge reality.

Introduction
O Romans 1:18 O Everyone has a worldview but only one is

in line with the will of God. O Colossians 2:8 O 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 cf. 2 Tim. 2:26

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Behaviors Patterns
The action(s) than an individual does based upon the pattern developed, which is an outgrowth of the values that are rooted in certain beliefs.

Values
Worth in usefulness; worthwhile

A form or mold; that which is reproducible

Beliefs
Our convictions; what we trust in based upon evidence.

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Modernism
Most of this material is from What is Modernism, Wayne Jackson; Post-Modernism , Tim Shoulders; IDEAS and Their Consequences, Arlie J. Hoover

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Defined
O Modernism is a determined effort on the

part of those who have lost their personal faith in the divine origin of the Holy Scriptures to convince others of their impoverished views. (Wayne Jackson) O Modernism is anti-religion O Modernism is another for infidelity

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O Theological modernism was technically set forth

in the writings of such men as F. D. E. Schleiermacher (1768-1834) and A. Ritschl (1822-1889). O Popularized in the works of men like Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969). Fosdick, an American Baptist minister, authored some thirty books, including The Modern Use of the Bible and A Guide to Understanding the Bible. He was quite influential in the liberal movement that now ravages modern Protestantism. O Many religious movements, to greater or lesser degrees, have been influenced by this insidious philosophy.
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Traits of Modernism
O Modernism repudiates the biblical

description of the nature of God. O Modernism attacks the scriptural account of creation, suggesting that the Mosaic record is simply an ancient myth (cf. The Interpreters Bible, I.460ff). O Modernism adopts a higher critical attitude toward the Bible, which ignores the testimony of Scripture itself.
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O Modernism contends that the Bible, as a

historical record, is not trustworthy. O Modernism, therefore, seeks to demythologize the Scriptures. O Modernism asserts that human conduct cannot be regulated by a rule book such as the Bible.

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Post-Modernism
O It hinges on so-called individualism O Its a means of embracing the moral

relativity born of modernism and the inner peace found in mysticism and New Age religion: O A religion where there are no absolutes, no truths, unless they are derived from my own culturally-created realities.
O Reason and objectivity are out the door,

feelings and intuitions are in

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The Christian Mind Has

O The right attitude
O The right attitude

toward God. O The right attitude to the scriptures. O The right attitude ones self.

toward others. O The right attitude toward sin. O The right attitude toward the church.

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What Will You Do?

In Christ SAVED

In Sin LOST!

R B

B C

Forgiven Reconciled Remission Of Sins Spiritual Blessings Confidence Assurance Gal. 3:26-27 Rom. 6:3-4 Acts 22:16

Without Christ No Hope