Back to Basics: Love God Instead the World
1 John 2:15-17

Define “World.”

1. He is not referring to people.

· God so loved the World…John 3:16

1. He is not referring to nature.

· “The earth is the LORD’s and everything in it Ps.24:1

· Creation is proof of God’s existence: Rom 1:20

· Creation speaks to God’s greatness: Psalm 19:1

· So, what does he mean by “the World"?

1. The World’s System is the subject.

Two Reasons why we must love God Instead of the world:

I. The Incompatibility of the World’s Standard

The Trinity of Evil:

1 Lust of the Flesh:

· It started in the Garden Gen. 3:6

2Lust of the eyes:Gen. 3:6:

· David’s watches Bathsheba bath: 2 Sam. 11:2

We must discipline ourselves: Job 31:1

3. Pride of Life: Gen. 3:6

· I can be like God: Gen 3:5

II. The Transience of the World

· The parable of the rich fool: Luke 12:16-21

· Learn to be content in Christ: Phil. 4:11-13

· God is not the God of the dead but the living: Mt. 22:32

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