Parent Connection - 3.1.2020
The Consequences of Belief
Objective: Students will realize that our beliefs have
consequences in the real world and will be challenged to treat all people as
image bearers of God.
Key Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27
Key Thought:
What happens if you’re right?
Lesson Summary: Tonight’s lesson was the fourth in a four-part series called “What? A Conversation About Worldviews, Creation, Evolution, Darwin,
Consequences, Facts, Faith, Science, Semantics, Finches, Fossils, Microscopes,
and Mousetraps.” In this lesson, students learned that worldviews affect
behavior and have consequences in the real world. This lesson explored the
consequences of believing the Christian worldview versus the worldview of
Darwinian evolution.
First, students
learned about the concept of the image of God, which is foundational to the
Christian worldview. Being made in God’s image means that:
1. We are made
to be in relationship with God and others.
2. We can
reason and be creative.
3. We are
responsible beings given the care of creation.
We then asked
the students to answer three questions if the image of God is a truth: “What is
true?” “What is valuable or important?” “How then should you behave?”
Students
discovered that if we were made in God’s image then we were purposefully
designed. As a result, all people have inherent dignity, value, and worth.
Therefore, we ought to love others and treat them with respect (this does not
mean we have to agree with them). On the other hand, if evolution is true, we are
an accident. God does not exist, and our personal fulfillment is the most
important thing in the universe. As a result, we will naturally do whatever it
takes to get ahead, even if it is at the expense of others. Of course,
believing evolution does not automatically mean you believe those things, but
you have to steal from the Christian worldview if you want to believe that
humans are inherently valuable.
Have you taken
time to consider the logical outcomes of your beliefs? What happens if your
beliefs are true? What is valuable or important? How should you behave as a
result?
If the Bible is
true, all people deserve to be treated as image bearers of God. Who is it in
your life that needs your forgiveness because you have mistreated them? Make a commitment
with your student to make restitution with anyone you have mistreated. Maybe
you need to make something right with your student specifically.
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