Dictionary of Bible Themes Though the world is fallen, God still loves the world and is committed to it. Commitment by believers to worldly pursuits and evil is to be avoided as they are called upon to be "in the world" but "not of the world". Galatians 1:4Commitment to this world to be avoided because it is a fallen and sinful place 1 John 5:19See also 2 Corinthians 4:4Ephesians 2:2; 6:12 2 Peter 1:4 1 John 2:16-17; 3:1,13 John 3:16 Though the world is fallen, God still loves it See also 2 Corinthians 5:18-20James 4:4 Preoccupation with the things of this world is incompatible with holy living 1 John 2:15See also John 17:14-16Acts 2:40 Romans 12:2 1 Corinthians 7:31 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 Isaiah 52:11 Philippians 2:15 Colossians 3:2 Titus 2:12 James 1:27 1 Peter 1:14; 2:11; 4:3 1 Timothy 6:17 Commitment to the world is seen especially in materialism See also Matthew 6:19; 19:23Luke 12:16-21 pp Lk 18:24 Luke 9:25The outcome of worldly commitment Spiritual loss See also pp Mt 16:26 Matthew 13:22pp Mk 8:36 2 Timothy 4:101 Corinthians 11:32 See also God's judgment John 12:31; 16:11Ephesians 5:6 Luke 21:34 See also Carelessness with regard to Jesus Christ's return Matthew 24:38-39Luke 12:40,46 1 Thessalonians 5:1-9 See also 4026 world, God's creation5812 concealment 5869 greed 6744 sanctification 8266 holiness 8778 materialism 8848 worldliness |
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