Romans 1-8 Worldview Analysis

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When I think of a worldview, I visualize life and the world from my particular lenses. The things that have shaped my opinions, my environment, and what I have been exposed to through experiences sums up my worldview. In the book of Romans chapters 1-8, Apostle Paul addresses certain components of a worldview. I will identify the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and culture through Paul’s teachings and reflect on how these teachings affect my worldview.

The natural world is the natural physical, or material world or life itself. In Romans 1:27 Apostle Paul states, “Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.” This particular scripture actually could be used in comparisons to human relationships, human identity, as well as the natural world. Paul describes the behavior of men and women invalidating God’s natural world by seeking after their own lustful sex and disregarding …show more content…
In Romans 2:14 Apostle Paul conveyed in words “for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves.” This scripture strategically relates to human identity. Paul describes a person who doesn’t recognize the righteous law will naturally contradict the law. In Romans 2:15-16 Paul continues to elaborate the importance of human identity as the work of the law is written in our hearts and conscience thoughts. After reading Paul’s teachings on human identity it affected my worldview towards human identity. From my understanding as a Christian It is written that what’s inside of a person heart and conscience thoughts will display itself. Therefore, a person will subconsciously disobey the law of God simply because of the lack of knowledge and

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