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What in the World are

you looking for?

1 John 2:15-17

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

What in the world are you looking for ?

Summary of chapter 2:Summary of chapter 2:

To truly know God is to:To truly know God is to:

Love him, displaying in obedience.Love him, displaying in obedience.

Love each other daily in a fresh way as Love each other daily in a fresh way as family growing together.family growing together.

Not loving the worldNot loving the world

What in the world are you looking for?

What does John mean by “the What does John mean by “the world”?world”?

That system or that way of living of That system or that way of living of which God is not the ruler.which God is not the ruler.


First of all, It’s a preoccupation with the temporal things of this life. Secondly, it is accepting and going along with the values and practices of society around us without discerning if they are biblical”.

Jerry Bridges – “Respectable Sins: Confronting the sins we tolerate”.


Both way-of-of-life systems require Both way-of-of-life systems require full allegiance. So…full allegiance. So…

Only one can be paramountOnly one can be paramount..

Matthew 6:24, Colossians 3:2Matthew 6:24, Colossians 3:2

One chokes out the other. Matthew 13:22One chokes out the other. Matthew 13:22


3 areas that define worldliness:3 areas that define worldliness:

Desire or Craving of the fleshDesire or Craving of the flesh

Desire or Craving of the eyesDesire or Craving of the eyes

Arrogance of the quantity of our daily Arrogance of the quantity of our daily lives.lives.


Desire of the FleshDesire of the Flesh

The preoccupation with personal The preoccupation with personal pleasure. pleasure.

Wanting my way and wanting Wanting my way and wanting convenience.convenience.


“worldliness is simply pride and selfishness in disguises. It’s being resentful when someone snubs us or patronizes us or shows off. It means smarting under every slight, challenging every word spoken against us, cringing when another is preferred before us. Worldliness is harboring grudges, nursing grievance, and wallowing in self-pity. These are the ways in which we are most like the world”.

David Roper – “Strength of a Man”


Desire of the EyesDesire of the Eyes

Wanting what looks good without Wanting what looks good without regard to its true state.regard to its true state.


Corn Syrup, Citric Corn Syrup, Citric Acid,Salt(Butterscotch only), Titanium Acid,Salt(Butterscotch only), Titanium Dioxide color, Artificial and Natural Dioxide color, Artificial and Natural Flavors and Artificial Colors. (FD&C Flavors and Artificial Colors. (FD&C Yellow 5, Red 40, Red 3, Yellow 6 and Yellow 5, Red 40, Red 3, Yellow 6 and Blue 1)and Soya Lecithin.Blue 1)and Soya Lecithin.


Arrogance or Boasting of daily life.Arrogance or Boasting of daily life.

A craving for importance based on A craving for importance based on externals.externals.

Picture of all being well based on Picture of all being well based on what I have acquired.what I have acquired.


Demas – Mentioned 3 times in scripture:Demas – Mentioned 3 times in scripture:

Twice for his involvement in God’s work. Twice for his involvement in God’s work. Colossians 4:14, Philemon 1:24Colossians 4:14, Philemon 1:24

The last time having left God’s work for the The last time having left God’s work for the world. 2 Timothy 4:10world. 2 Timothy 4:10

What in the World are you looking for?

“…“…the world is characterized the world is characterized by an unholy trinity of what by an unholy trinity of what the body hankers for and the the body hankers for and the eyes itch to see and what eyes itch to see and what people toil to acquire” people toil to acquire” Dr. Dr. Robert YarbroughRobert Yarbrough


Remedy for Worldliness.Remedy for Worldliness.

It is not promising not to be worldly.It is not promising not to be worldly.

It is not trying harder.It is not trying harder.

It is living an increasingly It is living an increasingly godly life.godly life.


The greater your affection for God, The greater your affection for God, the less attraction the worlds way the less attraction the worlds way will have to you.will have to you.


This is about a Passing course This is about a Passing course of life vs a Permanent course of life vs a Permanent course of life.of life.


““Hold fast Christ. For you Hold fast Christ. For you he became temporal that he became temporal that you might become eternal” you might become eternal” AugustineAugustine

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