The Bible has so much to say about loving the world more than God. We can use the world, but not seek its friendship. The Scripture teaches that those who love the world make themselves enemies of God. We all know many people that we would describe as basically good, generous, likable, and kindhearted, yet who live without any reference to God. They would acknowledge that they have no love for God. Does that make them His enemies? The world measures selfishness by outward excesses. A man is considered to love the world too much only when he sacrifices his family, ruins the careers of others, or destroys his health in the pursuit of it. But the Bible reckons this sin inwardly, by how contrary it is to the nature of God. The Lord’s opposition to those who love the world arises from His own holiness. God is worthy of all of our love. To choose to love things that are infinitely inferior to Him is a terrible sin. So, the perspective of the Bible is very different from that of natural human reason. Our viewpoint on important matters like this must be shaped by God’s word.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Loving the World
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Last night on the news I saw that someone had purchased a Batman comic book for over a million dollars. I felt such grief at the thought- when so many people are suffering and starving to death- that great amounts of money would be exchanged over such trivia.
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