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Don't Let the World Get into You

August 19, 2018 Speaker: Michael Knight Series: Temptation

Topic: Christian Growth Passage: 1 John 2:15–17

A true Christian will desire to love and serve God and will desire to STOP loving and serving the world. Why? Because the world is at odds with God and is an enemy to the Christian.

  1. The Definition of the World: The organized system of human civilization that is actively hostile to God and alienated from God
  2. The Definition of Loving the World: Being devoted to the fallen world
  3. The Description of the World
  • Lust of the flesh = Temptation from within
  • Lust of the eyes = Temptation from without to stir up the inward lust of the flesh
  • Pride of Life = Temptation of boastful pride
  • The description of the world is a description of the depraved sinful heart.
  1. The Doom of the World
  • The world is temporary.
  • Living for worldly lust is temporary.
  1. The Deliverance from the World
  • Accepting the gospel changes everything.
  • A focus on the cross draws our hearts away from the empty and deadly pleasures of the world, and the world loses its appeal.
  • Resist the bait of the world by gazing at the wondrous cross.