Do Not Love the World

I have been trying to address the issues as we have been going through them for the last year and a half and trying to help them be able to respond to the dramatic changes that are happening in the

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around us and understand them from a biblical perspective, this has been in In many ways a very difficult and difficult year, but in reality this has probably been the most exciting and joyful year of ministry I have ever known. I feel like Moses 40 years in Egypt 40 years in the desert and now I'm 80 years old and I'm just getting started, this has been, I know you're calculating that you don't want me for 40 years, but this has been a really incredible year for all his life at Grace Church Hasn.

It is not like this? It has been a wonderful year and our disappointment does not lie with our Lord. Our disappointment does not lie with the redeemed in your church, but as I look at it week after week and try to help you understand things from a biblical perspective I am well aware that there is enormous disappointment on the part of almost all of us who desire the honor of God and the honor of Christ and that we want an environment that protects virtue, that we want a safe place to live and raise our children, safe from the physical harm that can come to us and safe from the mental harm that is even greater. and that can come to us through entertainment, media and even education.

I get it, I know the level of disappointment and I know that if you follow the news, which is all bad all the time and never good, you can take your disappointment to a very high level and I think this is partly because we don't understand what we should wait. I think disappointment is related to the fact that you are expecting too much and I want to help you understand that and see that in a biblical way you are less likely to be disappointed if you don't expect anything and in a true

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sense. They should not expect anything, nothing that will help to allow help to improve and enrich the kingdom of God.

They are not an ally, they are the enemy, so I want you to open your bible to 1 John chapter 2 and I want to read you from Verses 12 to 17. I have titled this that the

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of God hates, so let's continue starting in 1 John 2 12 I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven for the sake of his name. you fathers because you have known him who has been from the beginning I write to you young because you have conquered evil I have written to you children because you know the father I have written to you fathers because you know him who has been from the beginning I have written to you young because you are strong and the The word of God remains in you and you have defeated the evil one.

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the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the desires of the flesh and the desires. of the eyes and the boasting of life does not belong to the father but belongs to the world the world is passing away and so are its desires but he who does the will of God lives forever note verse 15 do not love the world now I understand that God is a god of love in first john chapter 4 verse 7 we are told to love one another because love comes from god and everyone who loves is born of god and knows god and verse 8 says he who does not love does not know God, because God is love, I understand that it is repeated in verse 11 of chapter 4.

If God loved us this way, we must also love one another. It is repeated in verse 16. God is love and he who remains in love remains in God and God. abide in him we get us to understand that god is a god of love and we too must be people who define ourselves by loving the love of god the love of believers is a theme throughout the scriptures that we are very familiar with. If you delve into the old testament you will also find that god is a god who hates and loves psalm 97 10 says to hate evil. you who love the lord who sets the standard if you love the lord there are things you should hate, right?

I mean, love defines an attitude towards someone who is unique and anything that opposes that should be hated by the very nature of love. Psalm 119 104 of your precepts the psalmist says I have understanding, therefore I hate every evil way Psalm 119 113 I hate the double-minded but I love your law Psalm 119 128 I esteem all your precepts but I hate every false way and then again in that same psalm verse 163 I hate and despise lies falsehood I love your law the absolute love of God requires an absolute hatred of the things that God cannot love God does hate in fact in proverbs a couple of weeks ago we mentioned this and I will take it up again for a moment, proverbs chapter 6 in verse 16.

Listen to these words, there are six things that the lord hates, that the lord hates and it starts with a proud look and then a lying tongue and hands that pour out innocents. blood and a heart that devises evil plans and feet that run quickly towards evil and a false witness who tells lies and one who sows strife between brothers there are many things that God hates Malachi 2 16 says God hates divorce Isaiah 61 8 says God hates evil categorically the same in Hosea 9 15. in Jeremiah 44 verses 3 and 4 god hates idolatry the worship of anything or anyone other than himself amos 5 21 god says I hate hypocrisy revelation 2 god hates false religion god is a god of love who needs you to hate everything that is in contradiction with those things that he loves the more you love god the more you hate those things that dishonor him the more you love god the more you hate those things that oppose him the more you love to God the more we hate those things that blaspheme his name we are called to love but we are also called not to love go back to verse 15 of first John 2 let us not love the world or the things that are in the world this is love God hates that john wants us to understand if we should be defined by loving god go back to chapter 2 verse 5. he who keeps his word which is obedience in him the love of god has truly been perfected by this we know that we are in him that is why we are loving god verse 10 we must love one another he who loves his brother remains in the light if we must love god if we must love each other but there is also a negative we must not love the world which is not where our affections should be come first John chapter 4 and verse 4 you are from God little children and you have overcome them because greater is he who was in you, that in the world that is to say there is a person in you and there is a different person in the world and we know who these people are in you as the holy spirit in the world is satan those who are of the world speak as of the world and the world listens to them we are of God he who knows God listens to us he who is not of God does not listen to us for this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error the spirit of truth is the holy spirit the spirit of error satan and all his minions although there is a clear distinction in the kingdoms that we talked about months ago the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of light do not share common ground in chapter 5 john says in verse 4 he who is born of god overcomes the world this is the victory that has overcome the world our faith and who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that jesus is the son of God we have overcome the world we are different from the world the world does not listen to us we cannot expect to weigh with the world and get them to do what we think they should do with all the political power that right-wing Christians, in quotes, could want to amass the world, by definition belongs to satan and does not listen to the truth, we are not of the world we have. been delivered from the world from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of the dear son of God, all of that to say that we should expect nothing from the world if it grants us occasionally or even for a time in history some measure of respect if it has any measure. of respect for the word of God or for what we call Christian morality, that is an anomaly that is not to be expected, eventually the world is going to act as if the world were manifestly what it is, so we return to the command at the beginning of the verse 15 do not love the world or the things that are in the world now I want to give you several reasons why we are commanded not to love the world number one for what it is for what it is is the world now the world could mean several things cosmos is the term that could refer to the physical world acts 17 24 we know says that god made the world the cosmos and everything in it and we must see that creation and give it glory, so it is not that world that we should hate that world is a common grace which is a gift from god the heavens and the rest of creation declare their glory we can love the expression of god in the world and as believers we must do that that is why it is It is very important not to believe in evolution because it is not can give impossible and nameless credit for the magnificence of physical creation to an equation that says that no one multiplied by nothing equals everything, that is madness, the physical world must be appreciated and given a measure. of affection because it is a testimony to the greatness and glory and majesty of god we can love his creation we can love the human world in fact god even loves the human world god loved the world so much that he gave his only begotten son in chapter 2 first john and verse 2 we have an advocate verse 1 jesus christ the just who is the propitiation or satisfaction for our sins not only for us but also for those of the whole world god loved the world so much that he gave his son so that the world that It allows us to love and we must love is the created world and we must give God the glory for the magnificence of his creation.

Nothing irritates me more than hearing someone talk about Mother Nature. There is no such thing as Mother Nature. God deserves all the glory. full credit and if you want to know how the entire universe was created read the first two chapters of genesis and that's it and there was only one eyewitness and that was god and that's the only account we have say well what about The science? nothing to say about creation absolutely nothing because it was not a scientific event explainable by continually operating rules it was a miracle it was a miracle beyond all other miracles because out of nothing it created an entire universe what kind of miracle is it that you can No I explain it with science, that is ridiculous, but you can give glory to God for his creation and when you recognize God as the creator, then you have to recognize God as the giver of the law because part of that creation is the meaning of what is right and what is wrong.

Why do men flee from God as creator not because they don't like the idea that a god created but because they don't like the idea of ​​that god being their judge? So, if we can love the physical world in the sense in which we see it beauty and give glory to God for it and if we are called to love the human world as God himself does and came to the point that he actually sent his son into the world John 1 10 he was in the world the world was made by him the the world did not know him, he came to the world he loved, we must follow that pattern, he came because he loved and we must also love that world of humanity, so what is the world we are supposed to hate?

It is not the created one. world is not the human world it is the spiritual system of evil that operates in the physical realm it is the system of evil that opposes god that is a world in itself and we use the term world that way even in English we could talk about could say the world and you might think I mean the planet I might say the world and you might think I mean population or I might save the world and you might think I mean the world of sports or the world of economics or the world of education simply means a system a cosmos as opposed to a chaos a chaos is disorder a disorder of the cosmos some kind of ordered system there is a physical system there is a human system and there is a satanically dominated sinful evil system listen to the words of our lord in john 15 18 If the world hates you you know that it has hated me before you if you were of the world the world would love its own but because you are not of the world but I chose you from the world because of this the world hates you understands that you are starting with a wrong assumption if you think you can get the world to love you or admire your suggestions on how they should operate in the priestly prayer of jesus in john 17 verse 14 he said i have given them your word speaking of the apostles and the world has hated them because they did not They are of the world just as I am not of the world so what John is telling us is that you can We do not love the world for what it is, it is a system of evil completely opposite to everything that God desires, we use the word world that way Way, so says John John in chapter 5 of First John verse 19, really a surprising and complete statement. we know that we are of god and that the whole world lies literally lies in the evil one who runs the world the system the evil one unsaved people are called children of the world in luke 16 8. we are children of god first john 4 could you take a look at that beloved do not believe verse 1 every spirit tests the spirits to see if they are from god because many false prophets have gone out into the world the system is literally full of liars for this you already know the spirit of god every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is from God is not from God.

This is the spirit of the antichrist that you have heard is coming and is now in the world. You are from God, little children, and you have defeated them because the one who is in you is greater. that he who is in the world this is a clear and significant distinction jesus in john 12 31 calledsatan the prince of this world satan involves the entire racehuman of unregenerate people in their evil system listen to ephesians 2 2 before you were saved you were operating verse 2 according to the prince of the power of the air the spirit now works in the children of disobedience they lived in the lusts of their flesh, gratifying the desires of the flesh and the mind and were by nature children of wrath even like the rest when they understand what the world system is, they should reduce their expectations that they would do anything that please the church of jesus christ why would we expect it the world would not is our home Philippians 3 20 our citizenship is where in heaven the spirit of antichrist first John 4 3 already in the world the world chapter 4 verse 1 is loaded with liars and false prophets and the world cannot relate to us because we are children of God the world and the people of God are two completely incompatible realities first John 3 13 John sums it up don't be surprised brother if the world hates you then what am I going where am I going with this? what is beginning to happen to us is what we should expect is what we should expect the world will not listen to the truth listen to the liars they are of the world therefore they speak of the world and the world listens to them we belong to god we have overcome the world and in in that sense we live in a different domain a different kingdom our citizenship is in heaven the very nature of the world puts it in violent opposition to the kingdom of god the world is hostile to god just mark it it is hostile by nature to god the true god is hostile to Christ is hostile to godliness that's why Jesus in that statement in John 17 9 said that the world is so defined and so deeply imbued with its own identity that he said I don't pray for the world what statement I don't pray for the world Jesus gave himself himself for our sins in order to free ourselves from this present world peter talks about the inherent pollution of the world so that the world that is society how people think and function the complex of their ideologies their views and their behaviors is hostile to god hostile Christ hostile to the gospel hostile to the truth hostile to godliness is dominated as John says if you look at verse 16 by the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the boastful pride of life is dominated by carnal ambition is dominated by pride he is dominated by greed he is dominated by self-pleasure evil desire his opinions are wrong his goals are selfish his pleasures are sinful his influence is demoralizing his politics is corrupt his honors are empty his smiles are false and his love is fickle this system of rebellion against god is led by satan and established on earth as the very antithesis of the kingdom and church of jesus christ so christian don't love the world now what does the word love mean?

Well, identify love at the highest level, the Greek verb agapao means the ascending type of love, the highest type of love, the love of the world is giving to the affections of the world that is not worthy of receiving is letting the world possess and govern your soul or govern your expectations or determine the activities of your life this cannot be true for a Christian we cannot we cannot we must not assume that there is any redeeming virtue in loving the world with respect to its system, the system of the world is well defined and I go a lot to this text in second Corinthians chapter 10, where I think this is a very clear definition of verse 5 of second Corinthians 10 as we come out with the truth we are destroying speculations that are ideas logisms ideas thoughts philosophies psychologies theories religions any set of ideologies and every elevated thing raised against the knowledge of god and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of christ then what is it?

What is ministry? It is getting into all the lies, all the fabrications, all the deceptions that basically make up the world system organized by satan and asserting the truth so that we can set people free and take every thought captive to Christ who is setting people free. from darkness to light from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of the dear son of god so we don't love the world for what it is and by saying don't love the world don't give it your affections, it doesn't You don't deserve them and that means don't give it your worries, don't expect anything more than what you know the world would give you and that would be what its leader wants and who its leader is, Satan, so why would you do it? expect nothing less, I will confess that satan is subtle and satan does not want everyone to fully understand his strategies, so there may be a minimum of him covering true cowardly evil with some measure of civilized behavior, but behind it all is satan and blasphemy. then we do not love the world for what it is secondly we do not love the world for who we are let's go back to verse 12 of who we are I write to you little children because their sins have been forgiven you for the sake of his name I write to you fathers because you know the that has been from the beginning I write to you young people because you have defeated evil I have written to you children because you know the father I have written to you fathers because you know the one who spins from the beginning I have written to you young because you are strong and the word of God remains in you and you have defeated the evil one.

We do not love the world because of what the world is and because of who we are. We have conquered the world. We already read that and now he says that by conquering the world we have defeated the evil one. This is a really incredible portion of Scripture because it tells us in Verse 12 that we are all children, we are all children of God because our sins have been forgiven, that we were given that gift of forgiveness, redemption and justification, and along with it adoption came and we became children of God by adoption as well as regeneration, we are fully children of God, we are no longer the children of the devil that Jesus referred to in John 8.

Now, as children of God, we fall into three categories, notice them, there are fathers, there are young men and there are little ones. boys so in verse 13 he talks about fathers at the end of the verse and then he talks about boys right before that and he refers to young men in verse 14 he talks about fathers and young men let me sum it up this way, it's pretty simple As Christians, We are all children of God, some of us are babies and that is the point he makes at the end of verse 13. I have written to you children, because you know the father, that spiritual daddy, some of us are new believers and just we know the father we don't know much more than the father you know that you have been regenerated you have been born again god is your father christ is your savior and redeemer you don't know much more than that you have a you have a lot of vulnerability because because children tend to be shaken from a from side to side and carried by every wind of doctrine because you don't have the strength to protect yourself you don't have the discernment so it's easy for children to understand absorbed by some false form of Christianity or some weak form of Christianity and there are big places called mega churches where there are many cases of very, very weak children who have come to Christ and who are in the family of God but lack discernment, etc.

They are carried by every passing wind of doctrine and are like a child that crawls on the ground and puts anything in its mouth. You want to get out of that stage as quickly as possible and that's why I'm here, I don't know where that came from, thank you, so he says: I write to you young people, when you become a spiritual young man. In verse 13 he says they have defeated the evil one they refer to as a believer. I can reach a place where I have defeated the evil one yes, what does that mean? It doesn't mean that you will never sin because sin comes from your fallen nature, but what it means is that you come to a place where you are no longer. deceived by false doctrine that is what it says in verse 14. young people are strong because the word of god remains in you just as you go from being a child putting everything in your mouth carried to and fro by every wind of doctrine to Being a young spiritual means that you now understand the truth and can defend yourself from Satan's lies.

You are not going to suddenly enter a sect because you are strong in the word and you have overcome the evil one in the sense that the evil one operates as a liar and a deceiver and all his agents are liars and deceivers, says Paul, so that you can reach a point in your spiritual life where your doctrine is sound and you can defend and protect yourself and that is what it is to be a strong spiritual young man and then you love sound doctrine and you want to fight against the sects because you understand the truth you are no longer vulnerable to their lies but that is not the end of the spiritual pattern, says um Verse 14 I have written to you father because you know the one who has been from the beginning what is that as a child you are vulnerable because you lack discernment as a youth you are strong and you have defeated the evil one in the you feel that you are no longer tempted by lies and deceptions because your doctrine is solid and healthy from the word of god that is not the end of your journey you want to go beyond theology to know god you know the father this is spiritual maturity where it is not just your theology, it is your walk with God that has ascended to a level of intimacy, joy and understanding that transcends even your theology, spiritual father, so this is us, we are children of God, some of us are babies and some of we are spiritual young people who I have defeated the evil one and uh some of us are spiritual fathers I love this phrase who knows him who he is from the beginning you have an understanding of the realities of the eternal god in his nature this is who we are that has nothing What to do with the world, no one defined in those verses as part of that family could love the world as it is possible to love the world is not possible and that is why it says returning to verse 15 do not love the world or the things that are in the world if someone love the world the father's love is not in him if the father's love is in you you cannot love the world but it seems that we allow ourselves to be seduced into expecting more from the world than we should. simply behave exactly as the scriptures expect us to behave we are in the family of god we do not love the world or the things of the world if someone loves the world the love of the father is not in him this is this is completely inconsistent with being a Christian so you wonder how can I know if I am a true believer if you long for any book more than the word of God if you love anyone any song more than those that honor Christ if you love any people more than believers any fellowship more than the church if you love any activity more than worship if you love some effort more than service to christ if you seek any reward more than the good and faithful servant well done you are being seduced by that is why paul says put your affection on things above what is right colossians 3 do not let the world romans 12 don't let the world force you to follow its mold don't be seduced we don't love the world for what it is and who we are thirdly we don't love the world for what it does and let's go a little deeper what it does incites sin is designed that way it is designed that way by its ruler satan and verse 16 makes it clear to everyone that there is in the world this is a complete statement comprehensive coverage everything that is in the world the desires of the flesh and The lust of the eyes and the boasting of life is not of the father but of the world, so what is concupiscence? of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life are simply the categories in which the world intends to tempt you this is what the world does the christian usually will not love the world because it is opposed to god and is designed to tempting you is designed to tempt you towards pornography immorality lies deception racial hatred name it whatever division only wants to incite you opposes god generates sin it is as impossible for the love of the world to coexist with the love of god as it is impossible for light to coexist with the darkness stop loving the world that is a present imperative stop loving the world is completely inconsistent all your treasures all your pleasures all your honors all your powers all your positions all your wealth all your wisdom all your education all your philosophy all of the world and designed to seduce you chapter 3 of first john verse 17 he who has the goods of this world and sees a brother in need and closes his heart against him as the love of god remains in him just to mention that this world has its goods and some of They can be useful if they are obviously used for kingdom purposes, but in general we have no affection or reason to think that the world is offering us anything that can advance our Christian life and witness if you love the world the love of the father is not in you all the world does is incite sin father everything is not of the father now when eve was tempted back in genesis 3 satan came and saw the fruit and saw that it was pleasant to see it was good to eat and that it would make her like god that was the temptation those are the three doors to sin the lust of the eyes that look good the lust of the flesh she thought it would taste good and make her wise so that you may have the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life since genesis 3 we know what the gateway will be We'll talk about the lusts of the flesh for a moment, this doesn't necessarilyit means only your body this means your fall the basic remnants of your sinful nature that will be with you until we are transformed it is a beachhead for sin and it is very easy for you to be twisted and perverted to the level of your fallen flesh god provides nourishment and It gives you a mechanism called hunger so that you survive but hunger when it is perverted becomes gluttony thirst when it is perverted it becomes drunkenness tiredness when it is perverted it becomes laziness sex when it is perverted it becomes immorality and the works of the flesh which are the We can see in Galatians 5 this is very instructive Galatians 5 19 works of the flesh here they are immorality impurity sensuality idolatry witchcraft enmities strife jealousy outbursts of anger quarrels dissensions factions Does that sound familiar?

Does this sound like what you've seen over the last year and a half envy class envy ethnic envy drunkenness raucous wild revelry in the streets and things like this which I warn you about just as I have warned you those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God that you are seeing in our social decomposition of this nation immorality impurity sensuality idolatry witchcraft enmity strife jealousy outbursts of anger quarrels dissensions factions all that is how the world operates very different from the following verses the fruit of the spirit is what love joy peace gentleness goodness faith meekness self-control against that there is no law so there is the contrast between the world and the church anything that is driven to satisfy your carnal lust your sinful lust comes from the kingdom of darkness you cannot love the world when that is what it does in secondly the lust of the eyes I see it I want it if this is not the most serious case of I see it I want it in the history of humanity not only can you see it and want it you can receive it in 24 hours we are bewitched Lot's wife saw it and He wanted it and it became a pillar of salt Aiken saw it and wanted it and stoned it to death Samson saw it and wanted it lost his life David saw it and wanted it disastrous immorality Psalm 119 37 gives us a very important instruction set aside your eyes from contemplating vanity avert your eyes from contemplating vanity The world is designed and all its mechanisms are designed to attract you through the impulses of your flesh and your eyes.

I remember when I was a kid a phrase that stuck in my mind, for some reason, a guy was selling a car on TV, he said "feast." your eyes on that little beauty, I don't think a car salesman would say that anymore, it's a little archaic, but that's exactly what eye lust is, it's feasting your eyes on some temporary pleasure that appeals to your base or desires the lust of The eyes may be a little more acceptable and a little more sophisticated than the lust of the flesh, but you can be seduced by what you see and what you see may soon go from being the lust of your eyes to being the lust of your eyes meat third place pride in life boastful pride allazinea this is the one who is pretentious this is the most passionate selfishness that is such a part of our culture for decades and decades of hidden self-esteem and then educators tell children that they can be anything they want to be I want to tell you something you can't if you're slow you'll die slow if you're stupid you'll die stupid if you can't do math you'll die without being able to do math you can't do anything you want to do I'm sorry to tell you that I know it's a terrible disappointment but those kinds of lies turn people into maniacs trying to achieve something for their own exaltation that is in a category that is not realistic the pride of life touches every area of ​​life you want to have a life that is on display you want to show your life, does the Internet feed that feeds social networks destroy everything because it degrades everyone else?

Does it destroy everything? relationships because relationships only survive when people are selfless, that is why there are three sources of evil in the world system: sensuality, greed and pride, sensuality is the corruption of the lower part of man's being, gratification illicit of his bodily desires, greed is the corruption of a higher part the corruption of a legitimate appreciation for beauty that becomes an illegal abuse pride is the corruption of the still higher part of man, his being self and the ultimate corruption is self-exaltation so you go from the lowest gratification of your bodily desire, which is usually something you do in private, to greed, which is possessing something that you see with your eyes and that you do not mind sharing with other people, that is the point up to the highest level where all you want to do is exalt yourself. then you move on from the reality that satan wants you to do things that you have to hide, he wants you to do things that you can share and he wants you to do things that elevate you above everyone else because of sensuality we sink to a level lower than the animals out of pride we rise to a high level to compete with god this is how the devil fell he exalted himself with pride listen this is what the world does this is what it does so we do not love the world for what it is it is the kingdom of satan because of who we are we are the family of god because of what he does he seduces us into sin and one last point we do not love the world because of where it is going verse 17. some of you are saying I can't wait until the next election, I have news for you, it will be no different, distill the world, so this is what you should be looking for: the world is passing by and when it is gone, its lusts are gone, don't hitch your wagon either. that that's a losing strategy that's a losing strategy why why why waste your energy when the world is passing paragate is disintegrating it's falling apart it's in the process of dissolving because it's rotten from top to bottom from side to side forward backwards it will self-destruct because the principle of death is completely operative at every possible point it carries within itself its own destruction and then you add to it the destruction that god will bring 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 describes that destruction there will come a time when the lord will come and crush of course to the antichrist with the breath of his mouth chapter 2 verse 8 for the appearance of his coming that his coming was according to the activity of satan the power and false signs and wonders and all deception of evil for those who perish because they do not They received the love of the truth to be saved, so God will send them a deceptive influence.

They will believe the false. It will sound familiar to them so that all those who did it will be judged. I do not believe the truth but I take pleasure in evil the lord is coming chapter 1 describes what that will be like when verse 8 of chapter 1 or verse 7 the lord will be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels and flaming fire giving retribution to those who Those who do not know God and those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus will pay the penalty of eternal destruction far from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his power when he comes to be glorified in his saints on that day and to marvel us. among all of us who have believed and are waiting for him to come and this world is in the process of disintegration peter gives us even more detail second peter chapter 3 verse 10 the day of the lord will come like a thief in which the heavens will pass away with a roar the elements will be destroyed with intense heat the earth and its works will be burned not only will the system be judged because the people do not believe as Paul told the Thessalonians but the creation itself will disappear what you have in second Peter 3 10 is an implosion you have a non-creation you literally have an atomic event by the power of god that ends with the universe completely disappearing you say well then verse 13 a new heaven and a new earth in which justice dwells then john says the world passes your You are not verse 17 He who does the will of God lives what forever do not expect anything from the world you will not be disappointed first Corinthians 7 31 Paul said this the scheme the scheme the system of this world is passing but he who does the will of God it remains forever so we don't love the world for what it is for who we are for what it does and where it's going, but we love the kingdom well and we love the king and we love each other.

Our passion has to be that, while we don't love the system like God, we love the people. They are right and they are the ones who need to hear the gospel father, we thank you for your word that opens the truth to us on every pertinent issue. Thank you for displaying in such clear, direct and unequivocal terms the distinction between the children of God and the children of the devil. between the kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness between those who are headed for eternal destruction and those who are headed for eternal bliss between the world and the church the world is a prairie view of hell the church is a view preview of heaven help us Lord to invest everything we have in the church to seek justice, virtue, piety and obedience and show compassion to those who are in the system that perishes, give us the strength to fight against its seductions, which we can strengthen ourselves in the word so that we can overcome the evil one give us that type of victory that will allow us to live lives that make the gospel attractive to show the glory and power of Christ thank you for these precious people for your faithfulness thank you Lord for the work you you are doing in their lives miracle after miracle thousands and thousands of miracles of regeneration and sanctification happening right before us even this morning thank you for all the little children who are here who are being taught the gospel taught to love you and not love the world thank you for the young people for each age group each each person we know that life is hard there are struggles and great disappointments but help us Lord not to expect the world to give us anything but also to know that you use the difficulties the hardness of the world to perfect ourselves to deepen the strength of our faith to equip us through trials to be able to help others so that we can see your good hand even in difficult times and know that this does not come from the world this comes from heaven not even a sting in our flesh is to humble ourselves so that we are more useful and more like Christ so that we do not love the world but how we live in the world and we suffer because we are in the world but not the world guides us even through those sufferings to the patience that gives us makes it mature for the glory of Christ and we pray in his name, amen