15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If
anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that
is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride
of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is
passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides
forever.
Romans 12:2
2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of
God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Matthew 5:10-11
10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness'
sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when others
revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on
my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so
they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
James 4:4
4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship
with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of
the world makes himself an enemy of God.
John 15:18-21
18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before
it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own;
but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world,
therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A
servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also
persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But all these
things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him
who sent me.
I am going to put these here on Christmas Day to remind myself that I should not love the World. World with a capital W. The love of the World manifests differently for each person, and I think I know what my love of the World is, and do my best in my brokenness to fight against it. Jesus didn't come into this world to be king of this world. Else he wouldn't have come as a babe in a manger in a cave. He wouldn't have told Pilate that if He were king of this world, He would have sent His angels to come and save Himself (John 18:36).
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