The Love that God Hates

Love Not The World

The New King James Version Chapter 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.

What is the meaning of world? vs 15

1, 2, 3 John: MacArthur New Testament Commentary (The Command Not to Love the World)

The world and its things, which John warned his readers not to love, is the invisible, spiritual system of evil. It is the kosmos (“world order,” “realm of existence,” “way of life”) governed by Satan; as Paul reminded the Ephesians, “You formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience” (Eph. 2:2)

1, 2, 3 John: MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Reasons Believers Are Not to Love the World)

Even brief consideration provides a lengthy list of cultural agendas that are aggressively hostile to biblical Christianity: an attack on the traditional family by feminism; an active promotion of sexual promiscuity and homosexuality; an increasing acceptance of violence; an emphasis on materialism and hedonism by the secular media; a steady decline in standards of personal integrity and business ethics; an undermining of right and wrong by postmodern relativism; and so on.

The Letters of John: An Introduction and Commentary d. A Digression about the World (2:15–17)

The first is that the world has a different connotation in these verses. Viewed as people, the world must be loved. Viewed as an evil system, organized under the dominion of Satan and not of God, it is not to be loved. The second explanation is that it is the verb ‘to love’, not its object ‘the world’, which has a different shade of meaning. In the one it is ‘the holy love of Redemption’; in the other it is ‘the selfish love of participation’ (Alford). The first aims ‘to save the sinner’s person’; the second, ‘to share his sin’ (Ebrard).

What is the outcome of loving the world? vs 15

If you love the world the love of The Father is not in you

1 John 2:15-17 (MSG) 15  Don't love the world's ways. Don't love the world's goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. 16  Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him. 17  The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity.

What is in the world that is the problem? vs 16

The New King James Version Chapter 2

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.

lust of the flesh

These are cravings that go beyond the boundaries of God’s law

The ancient world in their idolatry glorified sex—It seems this is what is meant in this phrase the lust of the flesh

lust of the eyes

the lust of the eyes is not being satisfied with what God has given you

you want more

we are told to be satisfied with our Lord

Delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4)

pride of life

The pride of life is having an illusion that what you have is because of you

believing that you are because of you

Pride dethrones the Sovereignty of God and elevates man

What is the antidote to loving the world? vs 17

The New King James Version Chapter 2

17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever

Doing the Will of God!

What is the will of God?

The Will of God is the Bible

The Bible clearly says 5 times this is the Will of God

God wants us to have clarity about His will

Romans 12:2 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

We know that God wants us to do His will on earth as it is in Heaven Matthew 6:10 “Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.”

What is clearly stated in Scripture as the will of God

1) 1 Th 5:18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

2) 1 Pe 2:13 Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, 14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men

3) 1 Th 4:3–8. 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 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; 6 that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. 7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. 8 Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit

4) To be filled by the Holy Spirit Ephesians 5:17-18

The New King James Version Chapter 5

17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,

5) 1 Pe 4: 19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator

What is the result of doing the will of God? vs 17

You will live forever!

But do you get saved by good works?

NO!!

But it is the will of God for people to be saved

If you want to be saved and do the will of God how do you get saved?

Believe on the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved

To Believe on the Lord Jesus means that you are going to turn from your sins and trust Him to forgive you and take care of you