What Does It Mean To Not Love The World?

J.D. Greear:

If you read through 1 John, you’ll come across a short statement that might seem a little confusing: “Do not love the world or the things in the world” (1 John 2:15). This is the same guy who wrote that “God so loved the world that he sent his only son” (John 3:16). Is John schizophrenic, or did he forget that he had written John 3:16? What does it mean to “not love the world?”

First, let’s make clear what John is not saying. John is not saying that we should hate…

1. The created order.

2. The economic and social structures of society.

3. Culture

4. The people of the world.

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