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Scripture Reading

James 4:7

James 4:7 ESV

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Illustration

How would you feel if your spouse, needing something for the house, went to the next-door neighbor and got some money? Or if your child, needing help, always went to another instead of coming to you? It would break your heart.

This is what we do to God when we go the world’s way in trying to meet our own needs. It is as if we are saying, “Lord, you aren’t adequate. You don’t know the best way for me. I’m going to have to get what I want by myself.”1493

We are ALL a part of this world

We have to learn not to be ashamed

Scripture Reading

1 Peter 5:6-9

1 Peter 5:6–9 ESV

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

There is no way to escape the reality of your expected devotion

Although we live in this world we are not exptec to live as if we’re a part of it

Scripture reading

1 John 2:15-17

1 John 2:15–17 ESV

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.

James 4:4

James 4:4 ESV

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

But we Must Resist