The following
passage from I John 2:16 has bothered me for several years because it seems to
indicate we must give up everything to be Christian:
Do not love the world or anything in the
world. If anyone loves the world then the love of the Father is not in him. For
everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of the eyes and
the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the
world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of
God lives forever.
I think I
figured out what it means (and I didn’t get it from The Bible for Dummies):
Preoccupation
with physical desires, craving possessions; and fixation on self-achievement
brings disappointment and discouragement because we can never get enough of
worldly things; this displeases God in two ways: We aren’t putting him first in our lives; and we are focusing on the wrong things.
God values generosity, self-control and humble service.
God wants us to relish life, delight in friendships, enjoy healthy activities and savor all the natural beauty that he placed here for us.
God values generosity, self-control and humble service.
God wants us to relish life, delight in friendships, enjoy healthy activities and savor all the natural beauty that he placed here for us.
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