Whether or not a person realizes it, they have a worldview. Everybody presupposes things that affect their outlook on life. Think of a worldview as a pair of glasses that alter the way a person views life and the world we live in. What sort of worldview do you have? Are your "glasses" altering the way you see life in this world?

I was chatting online earlier with a guy who said he didn't need to be saved. He said he wasn't worried about eternity. I asked him who or what he was answerable to for what he does, and what or who did he consider to be his source of truth.

He told me that he was answerable to himself. I then asked him how he determined the way he interacted with other people. How did he know how to treat them? His answer was refreshingly honest.

He told me that however they treated him, that's how he would treat them back. "So," I asked for confirmation, "You repay people with whatever treatment they treat you with. Is that right?" He told me that was correct.

I asked him if he had ever heard this saying...."And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise."
He answered no. I told him that Jesus had said that, and that if it was put into practice, it was a life changing principle. I also told him that Jesus had said many such wise things and that he was and is very good. I told him that ultimately it was his goodness that drew men to him, and that it was worth his looking into.

He said, "Ok."

That might mean something and it might mean absolutely nothing. If you've had some of the reactions I've had when speaking to people about Jesus, telling them He is worth their while, you probably realize that a response like this can often be the first step toward an investigation that leads to a relationship with Him. I hope that is the case here.

I believe there are two questions whose answers sum up a person's worldview. I would welcome commentary from anyone who thinks this is too simple, but here goes:

1. Who is your God? and..
2. What is your source of truth?

The argument can come back immediately. "I don't have a God!" So in the case of the young man tonight I left that question out. It often opens the door to endless philosophical infighting and is frequently counterproductive when you're trying to share with somebody about Christ.

Bob Dylan sang a song 20 or 30 years ago where he said something like, "But you're gonna haveta serve somebody. Yes indeed, you're gonna haveta serve somebody. Now it may be the devil, or it may be the Lord, but you're gonna haveta serve somebody."

Those really are the only two choices. If you're not serving Jesus in this world, you're serving whatever is against Him. Unbelievers can come up with all sorts of reasons that what they do in life is worthwhile and good, and indeed, there are people who reject Jesus as a myth, but try to help others. That may be commendable, but it doesn't last.

The Bible says that the god of this age, namely Satan, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe in Jesus, so that the light of His truth shouldn't come to them. This should emphasize in our minds as Christians, all the more reason we are to be "light" and salt in this world. We are to let the goodness of God be seen in us to shed light on this dark world so that others can see it for what it is and make the comparison between it and God's amazing goodness.

For Christians the answer is easy. Jesus is our God and He is our source of truth. Our God's Word the Bible is His love letter to us, our handbook for living. There isn't anything from God in it to us that can be shown to be false. It can be disagreed with, but His word is impossible to made false.

The true, rightness of His commandment to "love your neighbor as yourself" is just impossible to be shown as anything other than a righteous and holy directive and a loving and equitable and just way to live.

Any answer to the second question other than Jesus, God or the Bible, in my opinion should be an obvious opportunity to show the person you're talking with some of the wisdom of God from His Word. I mean, there are buckets of it, overflowing from the pages for us to share. I handed this man one simple sentence from God tonight and after all of his rambling and trying to garner attention from people by stating the outrageous for no reason, he stopped and for a moment read the words.

I didn't have to do anything but type them out for him to see. If we had been speaking in person, I simply would have spoken them to him. God's Word is so wonderful, ".....for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes," Romans 1:16