3 Loving the World or the Will of God 1 John 21516 The World Kosmos 1 John 21516 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 16 For all that is in the ID: 564741
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Slide1
Guard Your Heart
(3)
Loving the World, or, the Will of God
(
1 John 2:15-16
)Slide2
The
World
Kosmos
:
1 John 2:15-16
15 Do not love the
world
nor the things in the
world
. If any-one loves the
world
, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the
world
, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the
world
. Slide3
The
World
Kosmos
:
(
1
) an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order
(
2
) ornament, decoration, adornment: 1 Peter 3:3
(
3
) the world,
i
. e. the universe: Acts 17:24; Rom 4:13
(
4
) the circle of the earth, the earth: Mark 16:15
(
5
) the inhabitants of the world: 1 Cor 4:9Slide4
The
World
Kosmos
:
(
6
) the ungodly multitude; the whole mass of men alienated from God, and therefore hostile to the cause of Christ John 7:7
(
7
) worldly affairs; the aggregate of things earthly; the whole circle of earthly goods, endowments, riches, advantages, pleasures, etc., which, although hollow and frail and fleeting, stir desire, seduce from God and are obstacles to the cause of Christ: Gal 6:14Slide5
The
World
Kosmos
:
The world of selfish ambition, pride, and the love of success or flattery (
J.M. Boice
)
Do not court the intimacy and the favor of the unchristian world around you; do not take its
customs
for your laws, nor adopt its
ideals
, nor covet its
prizes
, nor seek fellow-ship with its
life
. (
Law
)
NEB
, “Do not set your hearts on the godless world or anything in it.” Slide6
The
World
First
we want
what can’t have (
lust of the flesh
).
Then
we see
what we can’t have and want it anyway (
lust of the eye or mind
).
Finally
we get
what we shouldn’t have wanted, and we get prideful (
pride of life
).Slide7
The
Will
of God
1 John 2:17
17 The
world
is passing away, and also its lusts; but
the one who does the
will
of
God
lives forever
. Slide8
The
Will
of God
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
1 Peter 4:1-2
Matthew 5:8
Romans 12:1-2
2 Cor 6:14-18Slide9
Say “NO” (more often) to the time-soaking, brain-draining, attention-grabbing demands of media technology.
Daniel 2:19-23