Idea: You are children of God, therefore do not love the world.
Intro: Logic of the context.
Four reasons to not love the world.
1. Love of this world is incompatible with the love of God.
2. Love of the world is not from the Father.
3. The world is passing away, and the lust of it.
Do you love God? Then follow Him. Love Him with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, all your strength. Then bring all the different complexities of this life into the light of this divine love, and bring them under Christ. And carefully guard against the desires of this world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. |
