"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the worldthe cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and doescomes not from the Father but from the world" (1 John 2:15-16 NIV).
Although the Christian is to love God as well as other Christians, John presents a negative after speaking so much about love i this epistle. Here, he admonishes Christians to not love the world, that is the invisible spiritual system of evil dominated by satan and all that it offers in opposition to God, His Word, and His people. While the world's philosophies, ideologies, etc., may appear to have much to offer, and may even appear attractive and appealing, this is nothing more than deception, for its true nature is evil, harmful, and satanic, and its deadly theories are raised up in opposition to the knowledge of God and holds men's souls captive. There can be no middle ground or fence-sitting. Either you love God, or you love the world; either you serve God, or you serve satan by embracing the things of the world. Where do you stand this morning?
Rev. Jack Howell
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." (Romans 1:16)
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