And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2

I hope that you are born again, and therefore indwelt by the Holy Spirit. I hope you are squared away with the first two questions of a biblical worldview: (1) Where did we come from? and (2) How will everything end? What is next?

Being saved and knowing the beginning and end of all things is an essential start, but developing and living by a biblical worldview does not end there.

Did you catch the word developing in the previous sentence? As mentioned in the previous post, each and every one of us is responsible to learn what the Bible teaches—about everything. Everything? Yes, everything. In the Bible God reveals everything we need to know about everything. Let me unpack that.

First, the Bible does not tell us everything we may want to know, but it does tell us everything we need to know. Isn’t that what 2 Peter 1:3 says, “[By] His divine power [God] has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.” But we dare not miss what Peter says next (v.5): “…also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue [excellence], to virtue knowledge.”

We do not add anything to our faith to be saved, but we do need to add knowledge to saving faith to mature in our salvation. Why? Because we do not automatically know everything God has revealed in His Word because we are saved. Rather, because we are saved we can understand His Word, and we have a desire to know more and more of God’s will as revealed in His Word. It is not enough to believe the Bible is the inerrant (unable to err) Word of God, and be content to not know what it says. We must develop a biblical worldview by being life-long learners of God’s Word.

Second, God’s Word reveals everything we need to know, either explicitly or implicitly. More on that next time.