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1 John 2:15 “Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
John is not speaking of the physical world, nor is he speaking about the inhabitants of the world. The “world” spoken of by John in this passage is the highly organized, seductive system that lures Christian’s away from the plan and purpose of God. "This world"then comes to mean a system of values that are in direct opposition to the values of God.
What truly has value in your life? That which you honestly value will become evident in where spend your time, energy, and money. Do we truly “value” the provision, security, stability, and relationship that God has to offer? Or do we seek the provision, stability, security, and relationship from the “things of this world”.
“If only I had more money, I could be happy.” “If only I had a job with a 401k, I could have security.” “If only I could win the lottery, I could provide for all of my family and friends.” If only I had a boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife, then I could feel loved.” Do these statements sound familiar?
We live in a generation of self-indulgence. Material things are believed to give us worth, social status, happiness, security, stability, pleasure, etc. We love the world system because we believe that it will satisfy our souls. To love the world in this way is to rebel against the values and priorities of God. When we adopt the values of this world, we begin to consider ourselves more important than God. Our lives become all about self-satisfaction, self-glorification, self-recognition, and self-serving selfishness. This is the reason that John says, “the love of the Father is not in you”. The love of the Father is not in us because the love of self is in us and takes precedent. Depositing into and withdrawing out of the world system keeps us from amounting into anything for God and leaves us in Spiritual bankruptcy. On the other hand, depositing into and withdrawing out of the love of God gives us a never-ending abundance of Spiritual prosperity. It is paramount that we seek the love of God and break away from our love affair with "this world".
John is not speaking of the physical world, nor is he speaking about the inhabitants of the world. The “world” spoken of by John in this passage is the highly organized, seductive system that lures Christian’s away from the plan and purpose of God. "This world"then comes to mean a system of values that are in direct opposition to the values of God.
What truly has value in your life? That which you honestly value will become evident in where spend your time, energy, and money. Do we truly “value” the provision, security, stability, and relationship that God has to offer? Or do we seek the provision, stability, security, and relationship from the “things of this world”.
“If only I had more money, I could be happy.” “If only I had a job with a 401k, I could have security.” “If only I could win the lottery, I could provide for all of my family and friends.” If only I had a boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife, then I could feel loved.” Do these statements sound familiar?
We live in a generation of self-indulgence. Material things are believed to give us worth, social status, happiness, security, stability, pleasure, etc. We love the world system because we believe that it will satisfy our souls. To love the world in this way is to rebel against the values and priorities of God. When we adopt the values of this world, we begin to consider ourselves more important than God. Our lives become all about self-satisfaction, self-glorification, self-recognition, and self-serving selfishness. This is the reason that John says, “the love of the Father is not in you”. The love of the Father is not in us because the love of self is in us and takes precedent. Depositing into and withdrawing out of the world system keeps us from amounting into anything for God and leaves us in Spiritual bankruptcy. On the other hand, depositing into and withdrawing out of the love of God gives us a never-ending abundance of Spiritual prosperity. It is paramount that we seek the love of God and break away from our love affair with "this world".
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posted by Buck at 9:01 AM 
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c'mon buck! if you are going to contiue to write these things specifically to me can't you just email them to me so everyone else doesn't know what's going on with me. love ya bro!
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