Why would you do that?
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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.
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.
Introduction:
Why would he do that?
Title: Why Would You Do That?
Title: Why Would You Do That?
I. Why? Would You Love the World
I. Why? Would You Love the World
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.
John gives a command to the believers saying. "Don’t love the world or the things in the world.”
Saints were not to LOVE the WORLD,
THE WORLD, meaning earthly goods, riches, advantages, pleasures
Saints were not to LOVE
take pleasure in (EARTHLY GOODS, RICHES, ADVANTAGES, PLEASURES)
to prize it above everything else (EARTHLY GOODS, RICHES, ADVANTAGES, PLEASURES)
and to be unwilling to abandon it or do without it (EARTHLY GOODS, RICHES, ADVANTAGES, PLEASURES)
A. The World Detest God and His disciples
A. The World Detest God and His disciples
18 “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.
14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.
16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
B. The World is Directed by the Devil
B. The World is Directed by the Devil
2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
C. The World is Doomed by God
C. The World is Doomed by God
17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
Hear the words of James in James 4.4
4 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.
JAMES CALLS THEM ADULTERERS AND ADULTERESSES because LOVING THE WORLD IS CHEATING ON GOD
Even trying to be friends with the World.
Paul was in prison and awaiting execution because of his faith in Christ and one of his fellow workers in the Kingdom left him. Listen to Paul’s words to Timothy in 2 Timothy 4:10
10 for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica—Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
II. Why? Would You Live According to the World
II. Why? Would You Live According to the World
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.
Loving the things in the world is loving the lust of the flesh & eye, and the pride of life. These are the things the world offers. The world appeals to you.
Your desires
A. It’s Passions
A. It’s Passions
11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
4 that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
5 not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God;
11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,
12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,
B. It’s Pride
B. It’s Pride
Look at what I can do! Look at me!
5 Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Though they join forces, none will go unpunished.
The Lord God warns His people to stay away from being proud, boastful, or arrogant.
In Jeremiah 9:23-24, He says
23 Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
24 But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the Lord.
13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.
CONCLUSION:
DON’T DO IT!
DON’T LOVE THE WORLD
DON’T LIVE ACCORDING TO THE WORLD
THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 12:2
2 And 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.
PROVE THAT You have the greatest prize, JESUS
PROVE THAT You have the greatest person, JESUS
Jesus made it clear that He wants it all. He also declared in Matthew 6:24
24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Jesus said that saints must love with ALL
37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38 This is the first and great commandment.
the purpose of LOVING is to Promote Him
the character of LOVING is to Elevate Him
the meaning of LOVING is to Satisfy Him
the goal of LOVING is to Glorify Him
the result of LOVING is to Obey Him
NO MATTER WHAT the world offers, Love Him
NO MATTER WHAT the world says, Love Him
NO MATTER WHAT the world does, Love Him
NO MATTER HOW the world laugh, Love Him
NO MATTER HOW the world gossips, Love Him
NO MATTER HOW the world hates, Love Him
NO MATTER HOW the world criticizes, Love Him
NO MATTER HOW the world despises, Love Him
Love caused Jesus To leave heaven’s glory
Love caused Jesus To preach the gospel of the Kingdom
Love cause Jesus To heal the sick, raise the dead, and open the blinded eye
Love cause Jesus To endure the lies
Love cause Jesus To endure the cross
Love cause Jesus To give His back, His hands, His head
Love cause Jesus to give His life