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Jun 28, 2015

Our Enemy: The World | Part 3

Passage: 1 John 2:15-17

Preacher: Travis Fleming

Series:Invisible War

Detail:

The Bible says that we are at war with the world.  If we are to find victory in this battle, then it requires us to...

1.  Examine the words used to describe it.
     The word can be used to refer to the...
        A.  Planet we live on.
        B.  People who live in it.
        C.  Philosophy fallen man lives by.

2.  Employ a proper definition.
     The world is "anything that makes sin look normal and
      righteousness look strange." -- David F. Wells

3.  Identify its dimensions.
     Can be found in our...
        A.  Attitudes.
        B.  Appetites.
        C.  Ambitions.
        D.  Allegiances.
     And where we seek...
        E.  Approval.

4.  Recognize its dangers.
     Worldliness...
        A.  Stunts your spiritual growth.
        B.  Shouts to God that you hate Him.
        C.  Shipwrecks your faith.

5.  Learn to defend against it.
     Requires us to...
        A.  Love God more than man.
        B.  Learn what is pleasing in God's sight.
        C.  Leave behind that which is passing away.
        D.  Live for that which is permanent.

Questions to consider:
     Does God...
        A.  Convict you of your sin?
        B.  Approve of what you are doing right now?
        C.  Tell you something needs to change?