Christian Worldview: The Story of Our Lives

By Rob Warlick adapted from Erik Dressel's TruthEpic Talk

[click here for Erik Dressel's speaking notes]

“Christianity, if false is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance.  The only thing it cannot be is moderately important” - C.S. Lewis.

The Story of Our Lives

In all the great stories, the Epic stories, there is a common plot:

+ Once upon a time…

+ Villain comes to the scene

+ Hero battles

+ Happily ever after

At one point in time of lives, we have all dreamed of being a similar story.  I must admit I would have loved to fight along side William Wallis (Braveheart) or be Spiderman.  We all fantasize about being that hero in that story. Have we not?

*Just think of some of your childhood fantasies.

Well, what if I told you that we are in a similar story? Actually, it is the ultimate story from which all the others mimic.  The story I am talking about is record found in la Bibilia.

The general plot that we live out today (as recorded in the Bible) is exactly what I am talking about.

*video collage of clips from Epic movies all telling the story of the Bible, the story of our lives.

As mentioned, we are living out this epic tale.  So let us look at our plot to see what role we play…

+ Once upon a time…

Creation – Everything’s good. // Man is innocent, desiring what God would have for him.

+ Villain comes to the scene

Satan – cannot hurt the hero, so he attacks what the Hero loves (Man). And now man’s desires change to please self

+ Hero battles

God limits Himself in flesh and sacrifices Himself to give us a second chance to align our desires with His

+ Happily ever after

God’s triumphant return and the gathering of the faithful

Summary: God is the unlimited being who created all things; and purposed for us to choose to worship.  And when we failed; loved us enough to limit Himself as a sacrifice to give us a second chance to choose worship Him.

Or let me throw it to you like this:

In the Beginning, it was all good. We lived our lives purposed to give God our focus. And now that we messed things up and lost that focus, God still supplied us with another chance to focus on Him.

So what role do we play?   We are in that battle of good and evil, which really isn’t much of a battle.  And it is our duty to match our desires to that of God’s.  To focus on pleasing Him and share with others their ability for a second chance and to join the train awaiting the return of a triumphant Hero.

Rob Warlick wrote this message based on the TruthEpic talk from Erik Dressel.

[click here for Erik Dressel's speaking notes]