Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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… and they come now with Bible verses. 1 John 2.15 says, Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. You know, really? That's so out of context. You post a picture. Hey, I had a great laugh with some people. Oh, you know, let your laughter be turned to sorrow and your joy into mourning. Well, these are verses in the Bible, but people are misusing them. And there are some people that use the Bible to beat people down rather than build them up. And there are people out there that will mistreat you. They'll slander you. They'll hurt you. So what do we do with these people? Well, one thing you can do on social media is block them. And I love to block people. I love it. Now, if you say something I don't agree with, I might delete your comment. But if you attack, I'll block you. And I wish I could do it in real life. Of course, you can't do that. …
In 1 John, the apostle said, Do not love the world nor the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. And the world is passing away and the lust thereof. But whoever does the will of the Father, whoever does the will of God, is his. when you love the word eventually you will forsake the world when you love the world eventually you will forsake the word the seed will produce or you will love what is competing with it enough that it will get choked out now the thing is so far we've looked at three different hearts all of these three and the fourth can all be in church. Can't tell by looking. Can't tell the real from the fake. I remember as a kid, we used to eat ice cream, but then the manufacturers came up with imitation ice cream. My mom would buy that because it was cheaper. Then the manufacturers came up with something called ice milk, which is a drag. …
… Let's show you two verses that look totally opposite each other up here on the screen. 1 John 2.15, by the way, they're written by the same guy. John wrote the book John, and he wrote 1, 2, and 3 John letters. And in 1 John chapter 2, he says this. Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. if you love the world you cannot love the Father. Whoa, that's pretty clear. Now, that same guy who wrote that also wrote this the most famous verse in the Bible. God so loved the world. Well, what is it? I mean, huh? That looks like a big contradiction right there. God so loved the world and then he says, but you, you're not to love the world and if you love the world, the love of the Father is not in you. Well, which is it? You need to understand the meaning of the word world. The world is used two different ways in the scripture. …
… I want you to listen to what he says in 1 John 2, verses 15 through 17. Don't love the world or the things in the world. Everything that is in the world, the craving for whatever the body feels, the craving for whatever the eyes see and the arrogant pride in one's possessions is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world and its cravings are passing away. But the person who does the will of God remains forever. I think this is interesting. 38 times, I think, in the gospel or in 1 John, 38 times in 1 John, John mentions the word love. Almost always he's telling us to do it. This is the only time where John is telling us not to do it. He says, don't love this. Don't love the wrong thing. Now listen, possessions are okay. Everybody needs possessions. We need clothing. We need shelter. Most of us need transportation. We need food. We need a lot of these things. …
… Look at verse 15. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And look at this. The world is passing away and the lust of it. But he or she who does the will of God abides forever. I had a friend growing up who had a really impressive Beanie Baby collection. Did anybody else know any Beanie Baby collectors? And he told me what a great investment it was, how they were in mint condition, with the tags on. And one day, the way he described it to me, he was already planning on retiring on the Beanie money that was surely going to come pouring in when he would get to collect on these beanie babies. I don't think that wherever he is, he's living large on the beanie money today. …
… WORLD OF FASHION. NOW PUT THIS VERSE IN YOUR MARGIN. FIRST JOHN TWO AND VERSE 15. FIRST JOHN TWO AND VERSE 15, LOVE NOT THE WORLD, NEITHER THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORLD. IF ANY MAN LOVE THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT ANYONE. NOW THAT'S A VERY STRONG VERSE. YOU CANNOT LOVE THIS WORLD SYSTEM AND LOVE GOD ALMIGHTY AT THE SAME TIME. NOW LET ME GIVE YOU FOUR WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER P, JUST AS A MEMORY DEVICE TO HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WORLD SYSTEM IS. THE VERY FIRST, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF SCRIPTURES. YOU MAY WANT TO GET OUT A PIECE OF PAPER AND JUST JOT THESE DOWN FOR FURTHER REFERENCE, BECAUSE VERY FRANKLY, I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY TODAY THAT IF WE SEARCH OUT AND TURN TO EVERY SCRIPTURE, WE'LL NOT BE ABLE TO GET FINISHED. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM TO YOU RATHER QUICKLY. BUT FIRST OF ALL, PUT DOWN THIS, the world has a prince, a prince. Who is the prince of this world? Put this scripture down. …