The journey to a life of grace, truth, beauty and fulfillment is not an easy one. The Scriptures warn us that there is an unholy trinity that seeks constantly to lead us astray and to sabotage our progress: The Devil, the Flesh, and the World. This is what we are up against.
In previous weeks we have seen that we have a real Enemy, and the Enemy’s chief strategy is to lie about the nature of reality and what is the true path to abundant life. We have also looked at how powerful these lies can be as they feed into our own disordered desires, what the Bible calls our “Flesh.”
The battle becomes even more difficult when those lived lies become normalized in our sinful society which is referred to in the New Testament as “the World.”
Today and next week we are going to be looking together at the World. We will consider questions like these:
-What does the Bible mean when it speaks of the world?
-How do we become more aware of the world’s deceptions?
-What have been the strategies of Christians who’ve come before us?
-How are we to live in a post-Christian culture?
The Good News is that we do not fight the battle alone, we have one another. And, most importantly, we trust in Jesus’ promise: “I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)