Worldview (def.,) = What humans express through their religion (loyalty/truth), ethics (values/justice) and culture (identity/beauty) as the answer to the question, “why do we exist?”

1. People should reject all forms of Christianity not only because its doctrines are unethical but also its worldview.

1.1. There are three main branches of Christianity: Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestant/Evangelical Christianity that exist in the world today. All three prove to be completely unethical (and therefore false) w/regard to the following:

1.1.1. their doctrines of Trinitarian Monotheism (Joh 8:17-18 “two-witness rule requires the witnesses be separate beings), Original Sin (Eze 18:20; Rom 5 and 7 teach sinful inclination/impulse/drive [not the stain of sin/original sin] was passed on from Adam – which was the popular belief w/in ancient Judaism known as “ha yetzer ha-ra”[Heb.] See W.D. Davies, Paul and Rabbinic Judaism, p.20), Perfectionism and Total Depravity (Deu 28:1 w/30:11-14).

1.1.2. their embrace of a FAG (i.e., we are ultimately only saved by what God/Christ has done on our behalf) (Eze 33:18-20 w/Rev 20:12) which includes the belief that Christ was punished for our sins (Jer 31:27-30 w/31-34; Eze 18:4 w/20; Lev 27:29).

1.1.3. their creation of a new religion (Joh 4:22 “we worship what we know for salvation is from the Jews”) = Judaism is the religion from God. Anything not consistent w/that is worshipping what “you do not know” – i.e., false religion. If Jesus had created a new religion – one not demonstrating consistency/continuity with Judaism, then He was a false teacher Who deserved to die (Deu 12:32-13:3). The fact that He (Jesus) established a “new covenant” confirms He was not starting a new religion since such a statement implies an already existing religion. Rather, Jesus established, New Covenant Judaism, the fulfillment of Jeremiah 31:31. Christianity (in all its modern manifestations) is a new religion. It bears no continuity with Judaism as testified to also by its FAG - or rejection of the gain and maintain mechanics that are a part of every saving covenant and gospel in the Old Testament – most especially original - or OC Judaism.

1.2. What however may prove to be the most overlooked evidence of Christianity’s unethical nature, is the worldview created by its false gospel and doctrines: “This Life Is God’s Testimony” = God created this world as the place where He would testify to our complete inability to do anything that could please Him or get us to heaven (“you suck”) and His abundant mercy in sending His Son to do it all for us (“Jesus is the Only One Who doesn’t suck”). Getting to heaven requires we not only adopt (believe in) this as our worldview but also practice daily self-abasement (e.g., Wayne’s World, “we’re not worthy!”) and cessation from anything that might imply we can contribute something to our salvation (e.g., Tim Keller, “we need to repent of our repentance”; Tullian Tchividjian, Jesus Plus Nothing Equals Everything). Why this worldview is unethical: Based on their beliefs, God is the reason we suck. God should therefore be apologizing not rubbing our noses in it. Likewise, Christ should not be viewed as an act of mercy, but the obligation He possess to fix His screw-up.

1.3. Given the apostasy that for some time has characterized all main branches of Christianity, we must reject not only the religion but also the term “Christian” as our identity. New Covenant Judaism is our religion, and “New Covenant Jews”, our identity.

2. The worldview taught in the God’s Word and therefore by His religion, New Covenant Judaism, is “This Life Is A Test.”

2.1. God created this world as humanity’s temporary testing site, the place where – based on our life performance, we choose what in the future will serve as our permanent and eternal home (heaven/Reboot/New Creation or hell). This is the worldview taught in God’s Word and therefore by those following His religion, New Covenant Judaism (Pro 17:3 = Through testing the heart [the place determining our actions – Mat 12:34], God is able to determine who among humanity has chosen to be precious moral metal and who has chosen to be moral dross).

2.2. This worldview (“This Life Is A Test”) therefore possesses two salient points: 1) every single person’s life in this world (every circumstance good or bad) is their personal and particular test (their test-life). 2) God is going to give to every person who has ever lived, what they by their responses to the circumstances of this test-life chose (deserve) as their future, permanent and eternal version of life (Gal 6:7-8 “what a man sows…”) = We – not God, are the ones determining by our choices our eternal home. Those persons who therefore choose “sow to their flesh” – or choose self and the inequity of this world as what they follow, have inadvertently also chosen to fail their test and possess hell as their future, permanent and eternal home.

2.3. What was told to ancient proselytes of Judaism: 1) “Be informed that the world to come exists only for the righteous (for Jews who keep the commandments of God).” (Yabamot – 47). 2) “In paradise at some future time, there would be a banquet, the Messianic feast, where the meat of Leviathan [will] be served, as [will] wine preserved in its grapes since the days of Creation.” – Samuel Sandmel (Judaism and Christian Beginnings).   

2.4. To pass the test that is our life – or be worthy of eternal life with God in the new Creation (the Reboot/new heavens and new earth) (Rev 21-22), a world full of happiness, unending love (or righteousness) - and therefore free from inequity (or wickedness and sin) and unhappiness, requires we - during our test-life, “sow from the Spirit”(Gal 6:8) – i.e., we choose to love all freewill beings (e.g., God and humans) with equity by not only gaining a marriage covenant relationship with His Son Jesus Christ (His love gift to us - 1Jo 4:9) through baptismal rebirth/a vow of faith in His church, but also maintaining that covenant through frequent table observance, faithful obedience to all His laws (Mat 22:37-40 = God’s Law is how we love/show equity to Him and others; Rom 13:8-10) and loyalty to Christ and His covenant family over our blood family for the rest of our life (i.e., God made humanity as His weaker vessel [image] for the same reason He made the woman for the man – to create loyal family – not friends who have families loyal to them) (1Pe 3:21; Gal 3:26-27 [Rom 3:28]//Mat 28:19-20; Phi 2:12, 3:8-16; Jam 2:24//Act 2:42, 46, 20:7; Luk 22:14-23 w/Joh 13:1-20; 1Co 11:23-26//Mat 5:17-20//Mat 10:34-37, 19:29-30; Mar 3:21 w/31-35; Luk 14:25; Joh 13:34-35// Mat 16:26-27 “deeds” = This life is our test not our treasure).

2.5. Beside the aforementioned, loving God and others with equity also includes:

1) bold evangelism of the lost – especially blood family (Joh 14:16-17 w/Joh 16:8 = no conversion w/o HS conviction, no HS conviction w/o bold evangelism [sin, righteousness and judgment]; Mat 10:27 w/32-37 = Jesus will view people who are weak in their confrontation of family [bc they are worried about losing them] as loving them more than Him).

2) immediate separation from the unrepentant – especially from blood family (1Co 5:9-13; 2Jo 1:9-11; 2Co 6:14-18; Mat 19:27 w/29)

3) implementing staunch measures against the idolatry of dissipation – especially bc of blood family (Luk 21:34 w/Mat 24:42-51 did not prepare for the “thief”/their “master” = Dissipation; also Mat 25:24-30; 1Co 7:29-31).

2.6. It is clear that not everybody is given the same opportunities in life or potential to experience and possess the same things. Any worldview therefore that teaches this life is the only place where will we be able to experience the good things of Creation (e.g., Atheism) is inherently inequitable (since some were given more than others). Knowing however that this life is simply the test, and that it is my choices – or responses to the test –and not where I start or what I get in this life that determines the kind of life I will possess in eternity means that the test-life of every single human being who has ever lived has always been perfectly equitable. In short, though you cannot pick your test-life (i.e., the circumstances of your life in this world), you do determine your performance on the test and therefore where you will end up in eternity – which means (once more) every single situation that a person could end up in this life is completely equitable and fair.

2.7. Ignorance of the “test” worldview is a major reason many people have a hard time accepting hard things in their life - or the lives of their loved ones (e.g., child with cancer; this was the main reason for Job’s confusion and his friends’ bad counsel). 

3. God has perfectly customized your life tests to produce in you those things necessary to realize your greatest potential and desires in the Reboot.

3.1. This too is why our life-test is ethical. We (by our potential and desires) are essentially ordering up the kinds of tests (circumstances) we need to pass in order to realize (or be qualified to receive) those things in the Reboot (e.g., the tests or career-trajectory of someone who wants to qualify or competently function as a doctor).

3.2. (Job 34:10-12) = God shows Himself equitable (“The Almighty does not pervert justice”) not only by “pay[ing] a man according to his work” (He gives us what we chose/deserve based on our responses to life’s tests) but also by the fact that He only “makes [us] find” as our tests those things “according to [our] way” – i.e., those things that will qualify us to realize our greatest potential and desires.

(Psa 37:1-6) = Those who did not follow the worldview of the wicked (life is about cultivating the world/getting out of it as much as I can for myself), but rather saw their life in this world as the test - or place to instead focus on – or “cultivate faithfulness”, will be found on “judgment” day to have passed the test in “righteousness” and will - as a result, receive the “desires” of their “heart” in the Reboot.

4 . Those despising or attempting to avoid God’s prescribed tests are despising or attempting to avoid going to the Reboot.

Hence the reason James says what he does in (Jam 1:1-12) (v4) “lacking in nothing” (that would keep you from passing the final test). IOW: we need to be tested so we can pass the final test (i.e., Judgment Day) and get to the Reboot (hence the title of this point).

(v5) “lacks wisdom” (regarding what else is true regarding life’s tests); the wisdom they are lacking:

1) (v9) = The more tests (“humble circumstances”), the more potential for glory or a high position in the Reboot.

2) (v10=11) = The fewer the tests (e.g., life of a “rich man” or those defined by worldly “pursuits”), the fewer the chances of getting to heaven (his eternal end will be in “humiliation”; Luk 16:25; 1Co 3:10-15).

3) (v12) = Passing the tests (“persever[ing] until trial”) will win you the “promised” “crown of life” (eternal life in the Reboot; 2Ti 4:7-8 “the righteous Judge” = The Judge giving to everyone exactly what their responses to the tests deserve). Notice (btw) James confirms that those passing the tests and receiving this eternal prize are “those who love Him.” The entire test that is this world is a test of love. God only wants to spend eternity with those who were accurate image-bearers of Him (and “God is love” – 1Jo 3:8).

5. The only tests that can be beyond your ability to conquer - and therefore possessing the power to re-enslave you and send you to hell, are those which are self-inflicted.

5.1. (Jam 1:13-18) = God’s tests are the “perfect gift” since they are both trials we can pass (God is not tricking us or setting us up for failure, “in Him there is no variation or shifting shadow”) and intended to confirm us as “first fruits” or new creations fit for the coming New Creation/Reboot. This is in contrast to those tests that come from our own unrepentant “lusts.” Such trials (v13 “tempted”- verbal form of the word translated “trial” in v12) are neither intended for our good nor guaranteed to be the kinds of tests we can pass. Hence why they often lead to “death” (2Pe 2:9 and 19-22 w/3:17-18).

5.2. Again, God is just or equitable in allowing for this since it is our choice. They are “self-inflicted” –i.e., we are freely choosing to do it to ourselves. God is not going to force us to do right – or stop us from falling back into sin if that is what we want. In short, we are free to choose (hence Deu 30:19). 

6. Not changing what God sees as the source of your sinful anger, forgetfulness of His laws and slanderous speech will prove to also be the reason you fail life’s tests and forfeit your reservation in the Reboot.

1) you get angry when your life - or view of life, is confronted or corrected by God’s Word because you are unteachable (Jam 1:19-21) “quick to hear [or listen], slow to speak, slow to become angry” = You are teachable, giving your full attention and trust to understanding and valuing every single word being spoken to you when confronted or corrected by God’s Word – especially when it is spoken to you via your covenant bros/sis – versus getting angry and defensive which often also includes being distracted w/your thoughts and discrediting what they say. Such anger forfeits that person’s ability to learn righteousness (or v20, “achieve the righteousness of God”) (Jam 5:19-20; Psa 141:5; Pro 27:6).

2) you forget God’s laws because you think too highly of yourself (Jam 1:22-25) = The reason a person becomes a “forgetful hearer” and not an “effectual doer” of God’s law is b/c they refuse to believe what His law reveals about their true spiritual state/health (they see who they are in God’s “mirror” but “immediately” forget “what kind of person” they are). IOW: they choose to believe their state to be better than what was revealed. Because of such overvaluation, they undervalue the seriousness of their moral situation – and as a result, their need to be vigilant in remembering God’s laws (Psa 119:9-16) = David’s passion in seeking to remember/not forget God’s laws is fueled by the knowledge of his fragile moral state (vv10-11 “that I may not wander…that I may not sin”= No seeking to remember will result in plenty of wandering and sin; Jer 17:5, 7, 9-10; Rom 7:18).  

3) you don’t bridle your tongue because your heart’s devotion is not preserving and protecting the equity of others and minimizing your own sin (Jam 1:26-27) “bridle his tongue” = Keep it from speaking slanderous/unrighteous things against others. “keep oneself unstained by the world” = Our forgiveness/cleansing from sin has a limit. If we are not aggressive about avoiding sin and removing its practice from our life, we run the risk of re-corrupting our spirits. Once that happens, the ability to receive further or future forgiveness/cleansing is lost. Hence (again 2Pe 2:19-22 w/3:14; 1Ti 6:14; Phi 2:14-15; 2Co 7:1) “visit orphans and widows in their distress” = In the ANE these two groups represent those persons most vulnerable to inequity and therefore most in need of others to protect and preserve equity for them. This is what it means to follow Christ (Mat 16:13-25) = Whatever Jesus means by follow Me, we can rule out [e.g., multiple choice strategy]: 1) belief or trust in Jesus’ person and work (13-20), 2) selfish for Jesus’ well-being (21-23 = Jesus forgoing the cross would make God unjust). Which leaves us with only one answer = To follow Jesus means to imitate Him or bear His image/identity/heart disposition which was preserving and protecting the equity of others (not self/self-preservation; Mar 10:45). Hence why we must “take up [our] cross” and “deny self” in order to do it (Phi 2:1-5; Spock, “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or one”) This is btw how we fulfill (Mat 7:12 and Mat 22:37-39).

CLOSING CONTEMPLATION: Why would Jesus forgoing the cross make God unjust?