（羅馬書 Romans 12:2）
每一個人由出生到死亡，不斷地認識我們所處的環境，對它形成了一定的想法和好惡。這一大堆對周遭的人、事和環境的想法和好惡，成為我們生活習慣的規律，並遇事時反應的原則。我們稱這種認識和好惡感的整體觀念為世界觀，而每一個人都有他自己的世界觀，並以這種世界觀來生活和處事待人。
聖經把這種由我們成長到今天，經過與外界的人、事和物的交接而形成的世界觀稱為「世界」。這種世界觀在本質上與聖經的世界觀是衝突的，因為它是我們以自我為中心所形成的。神在這種世界觀中是沒有地立的，不重要的，因此是不符合神的旨意，更不會讓人親近神的，而且是非常自我，甚至是自己的。
聖經也有一種世界觀，就是以神為中心，藉著我們和神的關係來認識週遭的人、事和物，並由這種認識來作為我們遇事與人時的回應原則。
我們所說的重生或新生命，就是由前面那種世界觀轉變為聖經的世界觀，並由它來引導，以至決定我們對自己和身邊的人、事和物的新的認識和態度。這就是保羅在羅馬書十二章第二節所說的，「不要效法世界，只要心意更新而變化，叫我們察驗何為神的善良、純全，可喜悅的旨意。」基督徒的靈命成長也就是把自己舊的世界觀，藉著研讀聖經、禱告、事奉和生活的實踐，轉變成新的、屬於聖經的世界觀。基督徒的屬靈生活就是由這種聖經的世界觀來指導和決定我們日常的生活、遇事待人的態度和方法，並人生的目標等。
Everybody lives by his worldview. Our worldview will determine our perception and attitude toward people and situations. It will also form our lifestyle and value judgment. Our worldview will keep on developing as we interact with environments and people around us from the day we were born through out the years until we die.
Bible calls this worldview, which is formed by our interactions with the environments and people, the “world, or age, or pattern of this world”. This worldview by nature is conflicting to the biblical worldview, because it is formed with the orientation of our ego in its center. God has no place in this worldview, and His teaching has no influence in our lifestyle. By no means, this worldview will allow us to fulfill God’s will, and it is purposefully dragging us away from Him. This worldview will strengthen our ego-centeredness lifestyle, and make us more selfish.
The worldview given by the Bible is God centered, and in our relationship with God, we understand the situations, people and things in our lives. This biblical worldview will provide principles for us to interact with people and things.
How do we view our new life or life born again? New life is the transformation of our worldview from the old to the biblical, in which a new set of principles and guidelines are formed to determine the action and attitude toward people, things and situations. This is what Paul teaches us in Romans 12:2, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Spiritual formation in Christian life is to transform our old worldview into the biblical worldview through reading the Bible, prayer, service and life application of the biblical teachings. Christian spirituality is the lifestyle governed by the biblical worldview, which will determine our ways and attitude of daily encounter with things and people, and give us the direction and goal to our life journey.
