Love not the world

1 John 2:15–21 “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, because everything that is in the world—the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance of material possessions—is not from the Father, but is from the world. And the world is passing away, and its desire, but the one who does the will of God remains forever. Children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. But they went out, in order that it might be shown that all of them are not of us. And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because every lie is not of the truth.”

The world and it’s system

Sin - self

Sin - what system do you trust?

Coming out of Egypt

Exodus 14:5–18 “And it was told to the king of Egypt that the people fled, and the heart of Pharaoh was changed and that of his servants toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have released Israel from serving us!” And he harnessed his chariot and took with him his people. And he took six hundred select chariots and all the chariots of Egypt and officers over all of them. And Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and he chased after the Israelites. (Now the Israelites were going out boldly.) And the Egyptians chased after them, and they overtook them encamped at the sea—all the horses of the chariots of Pharaoh and his charioteers and his army—at Pi-hahiroth before Baal Zephon. And Pharaoh approached, and the Israelites lifted their eyes, and there were the Egyptians traveling after them! And they were very afraid, and the Israelites cried out to Yahweh. And they said to Moses, “Because there are no graves in Egypt? Is that why you have taken us to die …”

Let us serve. They didn’t miss the sin of Egypt, they missed the system. They missed what gave them their everyday life: pleasure, food, life, death, wages. Wifi, internet access, social media and all it’s platforms, I want to be famous.

It’s not always the easy road - Via Maris - The way of the sea, or the way of the land of the Philistines. They went in a southeasterly direction, crossed the Red Sea and then went to Mount Sinai. A new way of life, requires covenant, an agreement, new ways, God’s system. A

As it was and as it will be - not just like it is. God is the God of it all, the gods of Egypt were powerless.