A worldview essentially denotes the framework of beliefs, ideas, philosophies, or ideologies that shapes how an individual or a group of individuals make sense of the world (Cosgrove, 2006). For instance, a three-year-old child believes that the world revolves around them. Equally, a secular humanist’s life is driven by the belief that only the material world exists. In essence, everyone has a worldview – whether conscious or unconscious. For Christians, the Bible is the ultimate influencer of their worldview. Christians believe that the sole reason for human existence is to serve God. This means that every action, decision, and emotion is driven by the desire to serve God. That is the fundamental attribute of a worldview – it influences every aspect of an individual’s life. It affects how an individual interprets the character of the world, human nature, and the purpose of life (Hiles & Smith, n.d.). Christians have their own worldview or beliefs with regard to the nature of God, humanity, Jesus, and restoration. This paper describes these beliefs, eventually analysing the strengths of the Christian belief and how it influences a person’s thinking and behaviour.

God

According to Christianity, there is only one God. The Bible describes God as a supernatural, eternal being responsible for everything in the universe. He commands the oceans, He makes the birds sing every morning, He makes the sun rise from the east and dawn in the west, He makes the moon shine over the earth at night, and He gives life to every breathing creature on earth – from human beings to birds of the air, animals, and insects (Acts 17: 24-27). Essentially, God is a divine, all-powerful being, whose magnificence and splendour surpasses human understanding. The Bible also teaches that God exists in three forms: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit. This is the doctrine of the Trinity.... Christians view God as not only omnipotent, but also omnipresent (He exists everywhere), omniscient (He knows everything), omnibenevolent (He is all-loving and means good in everything He does), and holy (He is righteous) (Schwarz, 2011). For Christians, no other being can take the place of God.

Humanity

Christians believe humans solely exist to serve and worship God. By worshipping God, humans acknowledge His divinity, mightiness, intelligence, love, and purpose of creating the universe (Miller & Delaney, 2005). In His power, God has gifted humans with reason to comprehend their own nature and, most importantly, pursue the will of God. However, humans sometimes use reason for selfish purposes. Pursuing selfish ambitions in place of God’s will creates what Christians term as sin. Sin separates humans from God. The notion of sin is described in the second and third chapters of the book of Genesis. These two chapters are especially important for understanding the nature of humans. In spite of having everything they desired or wanted, the first humans – Adam and Eve – still disobeyed God. That sin is the root cause of human problems. Upon sinning, Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden of Eden, and condemned to a life of pain, hard work, illness, and eventually death (Wiegel & Prud’homme, 2015).

Jesus

As mentioned earlier, Jesus is one of the three forms of God. The Bible describes Him as the son of God (John 3: 14). To bring man closer to Himself, God sent Jesus to die for man’s sins. By suffering humiliation, dying on the cross, and resurrecting on the third day, Jesus bridged the gap between God and humans. This makes Jesus central to the Christian worldview. Indeed, the entire concept of Christianity as known today originates from Jesus. Without the life, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus, Christianity would be non-existent…