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1 John 2:12-17

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12 Dear children, I'm writing to you because your sins have been forgiven. They have been forgiven because of what Jesus has done.

13 Fathers, I'm writing to you because you have known the One who is from the beginning. Young people, I'm writing to you because you have won the battle over the evil one. Dear children, I'm writing to you because you have known the Father.

14 Fathers, I'm writing to you because you have known the One who is from the beginning. Young people, I'm writing to you because you are strong. God's word lives in you. You have won the battle over the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

15 Do not love the world or anything in it. If you love the world, love for the Father is not in you.

16 Here is what people who belong to this world do. They try to satisfy what their sinful natures want to do. They long for what their sinful eyes look at. They brag about what they have and what they do. All of this comes from the world. It doesn't come from the Father.

17 The world and its evil longings are passing away. But those who do what God wants them to do live forever.

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Do Not Love the World Part 2

Damian Kyle

Who do you love, and how do you live, a couple of key questions we’ll explore today on According to the Scriptures as we continue through First John. This would be a good time to look in the mirror and examine our affections to see if they need to be realigned with God’s will! The fact of the matter is there are a good number of people in love with the world, or the things of this world, and that will all pass away one day. But those who do the will of God will live forever.

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1 John 2:12-17 Part 3 of 3

Gideon Levytam

1 John 2=12-17 Why Believers Should Not Love the World part 3

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That Your Joy May be Full Part 5b

James Kaddis

At Christmas time we love to shower our kids and grandkids with gifts. But have you noticed, after the initial excitement and playing with the toy for a few weeks… very often it ends up in the back of a closet or in the next yard sale! Today on Light on the Hill we’ll be reminded that the things of this world will never truly last or satisfy the soul! What will? Listen and find out.

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Flirting with the World

Stuart and Jill Briscoe

Why is the world such a dangerous place for Christians? Because worldly pleasures are developed by the evil one for the purpose of drawing you away from Jesus. Just like a true friend would warn you of impending danger, John cautions us in 1 John about the danger of being seduced by worldly things that are not from God but are from Satan—things that pull us away from Jesus and into harmful circumstances. In this message, Pete Briscoe shows us what’s at stake when we maintain a flirtatious relationship with worldly things.

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Things We Should Love To Hate, Part 3

Jack Hibbs

Weʼre looking at a section in chapter two where the apostle states why he is writing to men who believe: children, young men, fathers... He writes that the true believer is not to love “the world” or the things “of this world.” His point being that we are to love that which God loves, and despise that which God despises!

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Do Not Love the World Part 1

Damian Kyle

Life is likened to a vapor in the Bible, and the older we get the more we see how true that is! It sure goes by quickly doesn’t it? And today on According to the Scriptures we would like you to consider who you love! The world, or God and His will for your life! While many are choosing to live for things that are temporary, pastor Damian Kyle will encourage us to consider what lasts forever and invest in that!

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