Episode 58: 1 John #20 - A Negative Response to God's Positive Action - 1 John 2:15-17

God's good news is so good that we can scarely believe it! It is easy to bask in the theological thoughts and principles but the Bible is always practical and brings us back to earth and how we are to live. John states it in the negative - Do not love the world. The world is always calling for Christians to return to its love. It is tempting and the call of the world can sound sweet. But it is antithetical to God-love, it is temporary and valueless. You will eventually become like that which you love. God, who is love, is Who we want to become like so we learn to live out our lives in God-love rather than world-love.