How does a Christian world view compare to societies world view? There is nothing that shows the contrast between the world's view of life and the believer's view of life like the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) in general and the Beatitudes specifically. In this short devotional it would be impossible to outline every lesson that proves that statement but picking just one of the Beatitudes can shed much light on the thought:
Matthew 5:5
“Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
The world's view of life is that the "earth" and all its possessions goes to the strong and the mighty. It goes to the those who can defeat and beat the other. The one with the most money, power, position and prestige wins and accumulates. But, Christ debunks all that in one simple statement by saying that those who are gentle and humble will actually inherit all the earth. In our world the "meek" are almost always looked at as "weak." Let's reshape our minds into a proper Biblical and Believer's world view. It is the Meek that will inherit the all things. We are to be gentle and humble in our approach to life. We are not to be bullies and strive for attention and power. We are to be meek servants waiting on God's reward at the end of the journey. When the world shouts out, "Grab" we are to refuse and rather than clinch our fists and tighten our fingers we are to have an open palm of offering and waiting. We should offer grace to those who hurt, hurt us and hurt others. We are to be the offering of gentle grace. That is the Believers world view. When Jesus was reviled He did not retaliate. He allowed Himself to be abused and waited for the resurrection to assume His right position of power. And even now He genteelly waits for those who reject Him to still come to Him. The gentle will inherit the earth.
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