1 Jn. 2:15-17 “Do not love the
world or 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 world—the
lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life—is not of the
Father but is of the world.”
17 “And the world is passing away,
and the lust of it; but he who does the
will of God abides forever.”
What is the World ?
Not the earth – Gen. 1 “good”
What is the World ?
Not the earth – Gen. 1 “good”
Not the people on the earth –Jn. 3:16
What is the World ?
“Pure and undefiled religion before
God and the Father is this: to visit
orphans and widows in their trouble,
and to keep oneself unspotted from
the world.”
Jas. 1:27
What is the World ?
“Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you
not know that friendship with the world
is enmity with God? Whoever therefore
wants to be a friend of the world makes
himself an enemy of God.”
Jas. 4:4
1. The world Appeals to our Flesh
“Lust of the Flesh” v. 16
Life
dominated by the senses
Lead
Gal.
us away from God
5:19-21 “works of the flesh”
14 But every man is tempted, when
he is drawn away of his own lust, and
enticed.
15 Then when lust has conceived, it
brings forth sin: and sin, when it is
finished, brings forth death.
Jas 1:14-15
2. The world Appeals to our Imagination
“Lust of the Eyes” v. 16
Outward
show
Happiness
in things
Covetousness
Materialism
“Let your conduct be without
covetousness; be content with such
things as you have”
Heb. 13:5
“He who loves silver will not be
satisfied with silver; Nor he who
loves abundance, with increase.
This also is vanity.”
Eccl. 5:10
3. The world Appeals to our Pride
“Pride of Life ”
Puffed
v. 16
up and arrogant – Prov. 16:18
are to be humble – 1 Pet.
5:6; Jas. 4:10
 Christians
1. Appeals to our cravings
2. Appeals to our imaginations
3. Appeals to our Pride
1. Recognize that this is not
God’s perfect love
We
are seeking the will of the Father
God
offers much more than the world
1. Recognize that this is not
God’s perfect love
“Now we have received, not the spirit of the
world, but the Spirit who is from God, that
we might know the things that have been
freely given to us by God”
1. Recognize that this is not
God’s perfect love
“by which have been given to us exceedingly
great and precious promises, that through these
you may be partakers of the divine nature, having
escaped the corruption that is in the world
through lust.
2. Recognize that the world
does not deliver what it offers
Will
ultimately make us unhappy

All
these things pass away
3. Recognize that loving the
world will cost us our souls
Doing
God’s will gives us hope
will be destroyed – heaven is
eternal
 World
Dangerous to love anything more
than God
Demas - 2 Tim. 4:10
“do not be conformed to this world, but
be transformed by the renewing of your
mind, that you may prove what is that
good and acceptable and perfect will of
God”
Rom. 12:2
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Hannibal
Napoleon
1 Jn. 2:15-17 “Do not love the
world or 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 world—the
lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life—is not of the
Father but is of the world.”
17 “And the world is passing away,
and the lust of it; but he who does the
will of God abides forever.”
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Hear
Believe
Repent
Confess
Baptized
Faithful
John 12:48
John 8:24
Luke 13:3
Matt. 10:32-33
Mark 16:16
Matt. 24:13