Possibly the main reason why so many who claim to be born-again Christians do not have a biblical worldview is because they have fallen prey to what Paul warned about in Colossians 2:8:
Take heed lest there shall be any one that takes you as their spoil through their philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elementary principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
There is a popular saying that you are what you eat. This is not true in the natural. If you only eat tomatoes, you will never become a tomato. Spiritually, however, this statement is true. If we are spending more time absorbing the perspectives of the media and other earthly sources than we do seeking Gods perspective, we will be skewed in our vision as well as in our hearts.
There is also a popular saying that one can be so heavenly-minded that they are no earthly good. But in truth, we can be so earthly-minded that we are neither good for heaven or earth. Our goal must be to get heavens perspective of the earth, and thereby help bring heaven to earth. Whether we see accurately is not determined by what we are looking at, but rather from the perspective with which we are viewing it. Are we looking from Gods perspective or mans? In one of the most shocking rebukes in Scripture, the Apostle Peter was called Satan by the Son of God. Why? Were told in Matthew 16:23, when Jesus says to him:
Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but mans. The Lord also said that one of the last things we would ever want to be is a stumbling block to even the least of His little ones, yet here Peter is being a stumbling block to the Son of God by not setting his mind on Gods interests, but mans. What is our mind set onthe interests of God or men? This is a most basic and crucial issue if we are going to perceive the truth and walk in it. Otherwise, we will end up stumbling, and even worse, become a stumbling block to others.
What do we do to gain the heavenly perspective and be able to distinguish it from the human, earthly perspective? As the Lord taught, where our treasure is there will our hearts be (see Matthew 6:21). If the eyes of our hearts, or our spiritual eyes, are going to be opened as Paul prayed in Ephesians 1:18, so that we see from a kingdom perspective, then our hearts must be in the kingdom more than the things on this earth.
The first mention of Gods house in the Bible is in Genesis 28 when Jacob dreams of a ladder that reaches into heaven, and he sees the angels, or messengers, of God ascending and descending upon it. His response in verse 17 is: How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. That is exactly what Gods house is supposed to bethe gate of heaven. It is supposed to be where Gods people, His messengers, are able to ascend into heaven and return to the earth with evidence of heavens reality, and by this, begin to bring heaven to the earth. Gods house is His church.
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