The World

In the Bible, the “world” can refer to the world of people (as in “God so loved the world”) or it can refer to the created world (as in God saw all that He had made--and it was very good). But there is another “world” referred to in the Bible that isn’t the world of people or the world that God created but another world--the world or realm of Satan and of sin. If anyone loves that world, the love of the Father is not in him. 

James says, “Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the worldʼs friend makes himself Godʼs enemy” (James 4:4 NETBible).

John says, “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, because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world. (1 John 2:15-16 NETBible).

Proverbs 4:23 says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it” (NIV). 

Which world will you choose?

Margot Armer