Conclusion to the Christian Worldview Series

In the past several posts I’ve talked about how a Christian worldview shapes a student’s thoughts, a student’s loves, and a student’s life, and that for these reasons, a Christian worldview matters in education.

This matters to Christians who have the desire to pursue higher education, but don’t want to compromise their worldview or have their education separated from their faith.

Because the world is full of people who deliberately reject Christianity and Biblical standards, Christians should make it their goal to learn all they can in accordance with Scripture to be a light in this dark world. And in turn, a truly Christian academic study ought to sustain that worldview, keeping followers of Christ “unstained from the world” (James 1:27).

As for those who do not believe, there is always hope. They have only to look upward and inward; upward to the God who made them and died to save them, and inward to realize their sinful nature and desperate need for His salvation.

Only God is worthy of being at the center of all things, because He created the world and sustains it for His glory and for the good of man. But when man brought sin into the world, mankind became sinful in nature, and in that sinful nature they value themselves above the Most High. They let their selfish thoughts interfere with things that are eternal and choose to focus on and love the things of the world. But the things of this world are only temporary, and no one can find true satisfaction in them.

The only One who can fulfill the longing of every heart is Jesus Christ, who emptied Himself by becoming a man and dying the death all men deserve. Though He never sinned, He paid the penalty for the sin of mankind and was raised after three days. Because this was accomplished on man’s behalf, anyone who confesses and believes in Him as their Savior will be restored to Him one day, to spend the rest of eternity giving Him the glory He deserves.

If a student can learn to replace his secular, self-fulfilling worldview with a Gospel-centered, self-emptying worldview, he will learn that only Christ is worthy of his thoughts, his loves, and his life.

So, friend, I encourage you to consider what this means for your own life. Challenge yourself to relate everything you learn to God and His Word, watch yourself and keep yourself from pursuing knowledge for the wrong purposes, and always seek to know the Lord who made you, above all else.

This post is the conclusion to a five-part series on the importance of a Christian worldview in education. I'd love for you to check out the rest of the series! Read the introduction here.