DAILY TRUTH - Evangelicals Don’t Get What It Means To Be “Worldly”

Theology Applied

Right Response Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 801 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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What does it actually mean to be “worldly”? While we’re on this topic, let’s talk a little about “manliness” as well.

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0:00.0	In less than a year, our podcast has gone from an average of 10,000 downloads a month to 50,000
0:05.3	downloads. What made the difference? You leaving us a five-star review. The more positive reviews,
0:11.6	the more the algorithm picks us up. And more people are confronted by the law and gospel of Jesus
0:17.5	Christ. Help us press forward the crown rights of King Jesus by leaving us a five-star
0:24.0	review on your favorite podcast platform. Thanks. The reason why people choose not to believe in Jesus
0:32.4	is because they are still in love with the world. Now using the world in this context to mean the demonic system
0:40.4	underneath Satan's domain. I am not saying that the one who is condemned loves the world
0:47.4	insofar as the world represents humanity. I'm not saying that the one who is condemned loves the
0:52.4	world insofar as the world represents the created cosmos. I'm saying the one who is condemned loves the world insofar as the world
1:00.4	represents all that which is antagonistic to the character of God. I'm speaking of the lust of the
1:08.9	eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the boastful pride of life. I'm speaking of the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the boastful pride of life.
1:12.7	I'm speaking of worldliness in the terms that first John speaks of worldliness.
1:18.3	Or what we see in the very beginning in the garden in Genesis chapter 3.
1:23.6	Eve, who is deceived by the serpent, she saw these three aspects of worldliness.
1:31.0	She saw that the fruit, that it was good for making one wise.
1:36.1	That is the boastful pride of life.
1:38.2	She also saw that it is good for nourishment.
1:41.4	That's the lust of the flesh.
1:43.0	She also saw that it was beautiful, appealing, attractive to the eyes. That's the lust of the flesh. She also saw that it was beautiful, appealing,
1:45.8	attractive to the eyes. That's the lust of the eyes. That's worldliness. To be in love with the
1:52.3	world and the sinful sense is to love that which stands in direct opposition to the things of God.
2:00.8	It is the love of money, for instance.
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