For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
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… 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. …
… 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. I think there was no future in it. …
… It's to cross over into the devil's work. John makes a statement in 1 John 2 that all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is of the world, is not of God, and it's all passing away. So what contribution can it possibly make to the eternal kingdom? James says, friendship with the world is enmity with God. Choose your side. And I think you know what side you're on, and you need to stay there. We talk about separation. That's essentially what I'm talking about. has become like Peter, offering a better way than bold, faithful, compassionate, loving proclamation of the full gospel that offends the sinner, terrifies the sinner, terrorizes the sinner for popularity, acceptance, and money. The apostles, by the way, turned the world upside down. They did that with no help from it. The evil kingdom of darkness hates all that God loves and loves all that God hates. God and truth and Christ don't make alliances with Satan and lies and anti-Christ. …
… THE WORLD. IF ANY MAN LOVE THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM. FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD, NOW HERE'S WHAT THE WORLD IS, ARE YOU READY? FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD, THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE. THAT'S ALL THAT'S IN THE WORLD. I MEAN, THAT'S IT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE SUM TOTAL. 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 THE WORLD PASSETH AWAY, AND THE LUST THEREOF. BUT HE THAT DOETH THE WILL OF GOD ABIDETH FOREVER." NOW, ONE ILLUSTRATION IS WORTH THOUSANDS OF WORDS. I DON'T KNOW A BETTER ILLUSTRATION THAN THE LIFE OF A MAN NAMED LOT, WHO WAS A SAVED MAN, WHO WAS SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD, AND YET WHILE HE WAS SAVED BY GRACE, FAILED TO LEARN THE LESSON THAT TITUS TAUGHT IN TITUS CHAPTER TWO, VERSES 11 AND 12. NOW THIS TIME I WANT YOU TO TURN TO THE SCRIPTURE, AND I WANT YOU TO TURN, UH, TO SECOND PETER, UH, CHAPTER ONE, SECOND PETER, CHAPTER ONE. …