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· 1 viewHuman behaviour in the world is now characterised by self-centredness as a result of sin. Believers are called upon to renounce such sinful behaviour.
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Is your Life centered on a self Kingdm or Christ Kingdom
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.
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.
Since heaven itself is God’s temple, every place we go, everything we do, and every conversation we have will be an act of worship. This is worship as it was meant to be.1360
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See also Ex 20:17; Pr 27:20; Lk 12:15; Lk 21:34; Jas 4:4; 2 Pe 2:18–20
In indulgence
In indulgence
Jas 5:1; Jas 5:5
See also Job 21:7–13; Ps 73:2–3; 2 Ti 4:10
In intellectual pursuits
In intellectual pursuits
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.
See also Ga 4:3–5; Eph 2:3
In a weak will
In a weak will
“You shall not follow the masses in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to pervert justice;
See also Job 31:34; Ro 6:17–19
Though remaining in the world, believers are not of the world
Though remaining in the world, believers are not of the world
“I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
“Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You;
for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
“I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours;
and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.
“I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.
“While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
“But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.
“I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
“I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.
“They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
“Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
“As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
“For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
Believers are to renounce the passions of the world
Believers are to renounce the passions of the world
Through a renewed mind
Through a renewed mind
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
See also Ga 1:4; Eph 4:23; Col 3:5–10
Through obedience
Through obedience
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
See also 2 Co 10:2–5; Ga 5:24; Ga 6:15; Eph 5:17; Tt 2:12; Jas 1:27; 2 Pe 1:4
Through having spiritual priorities
Through having spiritual priorities
“And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.
“For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things.
“But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
See also Mt 10:39; Lk 14:26–27; Lk 17:33; Jn 12:24–26; 1 Ti 6:6
Through growing to maturity
Through growing to maturity
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.
See also Heb 5:12; Heb 6:1–3
The futility of worldly pursuits
The futility of worldly pursuits
They bring no lasting material gain
They bring no lasting material gain
For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.
See also Job 1:21; Ps 49:17; Ec 5:15; 1 Ti 6:17–19
They bring no spiritual gain
They bring no spiritual gain
“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?
“For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
See also Job 20:4–5; Ps 17:14; Lk 16:25–26