FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD IS ENMITY WITH GOD (James 4:4)
The world is the system which man has built up for himself in an effort to satisfy the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. In this system there is no room for God, or His Son. It may be the world of art, culture, education, science, or religion. It is a sphere in which the name of Christ is unwelcome or even forbidden, except as an empty formality. It is the world of mankind outside the sphere of the true church. To be a friend of this system is to be an enemy of God. It was this world that crucified the Lord of life and glory. It was the religious world that played the key role in putting Him to death. How unthinkable it is that believers should ever want to walk arm-in-arm with the world that murdered their Savior!
The world is the system which man has built up for himself in an effort to satisfy the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. In this system there is no room for God, or His Son. It may be the world of art, culture, education, science, or religion. It is a sphere in which the name of Christ is unwelcome or even forbidden, except as an empty formality. It is the world of mankind outside the sphere of the true church. To be a friend of this system is to be an enemy of God. It was this world that crucified the Lord of life and glory. It was the religious world that played the key role in putting Him to death. How unthinkable it is that believers should ever want to walk arm-in-arm with the world that murdered their Savior!
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