Name Patrick Hadley
Course CWV 101
Date March 31, 2019
Instructor Dr. Jeff Jibben
Benchmark - Gospel Essentials
There are many worldviews out there. Everyone’s decisions and how they treat others is
all established from their worldview. Christian worldview is one of the most common
worldviews out there. Christians dedicate their lives to the followings and teachings of Jesus
Christ. God, Humanity Jesus and Restoration are all fundamental ideals of the Christian
worldview.
God
God is love. God is everything that surrounds us. He wants all of us to be prosperous in
all things that we do in life. God is great, He is good, He is loving, He is understanding, He is
forgiving, He is almighty, He is jealous, He is holy. Most of these “attributes can be seen through
what God created” (Diffey, 2015).
In Christian belief, God exists in the Trinity. The Trinity is
the union of three persons – God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit/Holy Ghost –
in one Godhead (Kilby, 2011). In Genesis 1:1, God created the universe. Some believe He not
only created the universe, but He
is
the universe. God created everything. His most memorable
creation is the creation of Adam and Eve. He made Adam from dust and He created Eve from
one of Adam’s ribs (Genesis 2). God made human to be a spitting image of Himself. God is very
spiritual and personal.
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Humanity
In Genesis 3:9, God said to Adam, “Where are you?” This indicates “not that God really
had no clue where he was, but that Adam and Eve were no longer where they should have been –
walking with God (Lecture 3). The story of Adam and Eve really starts off the topic of humanity
and human nature. God made humans to be a spitting image of himself. “Humans were supposed
to operate their lives according to wisdom under God’s kingly reign” (Diffey, 2015). The lesson
