"WHAT DO YOU LOVE?"

1 JOHN 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. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”

>>> Our call to spiritual maturity affects how we live in the world.

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1 JOHN 2:15 “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.”

>>>(v.15) John gives a stern warning to these believers not to love the world.

*“love”=“agape” (intimate, personal love; taking pleasure in; cares)

*“World” is not just physical creation but wicked systems.

>>>(v.15) Finding pleasure/intimacy w/world does not have love of God.

*“Love of the Father” is “love for the Father.

>>>Believers are to be in a loving pursuit of God.

LOVING THE WORLD IS NOT LOVING GOD.

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1 JOHN 2:16 “For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.”

>>>This verse lists the “things in the world”.

>>>Desires of world/God are totally separate.

>>>Things in the world

*“Desires of the flesh”-Lusts of the body (old nature)

*“Desires of the eyes”-Wanting what is seen

*“Pride of life”-Boasting in material possessions

>>>All these things are temporary pleasures by the world.

DESIRES FOR THE WORLD IS NOT FROM GOD.

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1 JOHN 2:17 “And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”

>>>Everything about the world is temporary.

>>>Desires of flesh/eyes/material possessions will all one day vanish.

>>>Those who do God’s will