The World vs. The Word
To be in the world and not of the world means noticing the sneaky little ways this world goes against God’s perfect Word
The world says: be successful and rich
The Word says: be humble and generous
The world says: put yourself first, others second, God third
The Word says: put God first, others second, yourself third
The world says: eating animals is murder but abortion is human rights
The Word says: “Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you” (Genesis 9:3) and “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed”(Genesis 9:6) “And you, be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 9:7)
The world says: praise pride
The Word says: “Pride comes before disaster” Proverbs 16:18
The world says: bigger is better
The Word says: “My grace is enough for you, because power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9
The world says: my body my choice
The Word says: Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 RSV
The world says: GOAT= Greatest Of All Time while a sheep is dumb, weak, blind.
The Word says: “and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.” Matthew 25:33
The world says: treat yourself
The Word says: deny thyself
Matthew 16:24
Luke 9:23
Mark 8:34
