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If any man loves the world

If any man loves the world


"If any man loves the world—the love of the Father is not in him." 1 John 2:15

The love of the world which is referred to in the text, is utterly inconsistent with the love of the Father: "Friendship with the world is enmity with God!" If a man delights in the principles and maxims that govern the world; if his heart is given to its sinful pleasures and indulgences—then "the love of the Father is not in him."

Light and darkness are not more opposed to each other—than the love of the world and the love of the Father. There is indeed that in the true Christian which would find gratification in the world, for in "the flesh" dwells no good thing. But the love of the Father . . .
  subdues the flesh,
  delivers from the love of the world, and
  raises the soul to a sphere of holy enjoyment and satisfaction.

O God my Father, maintain in my heart a filial love of You—and while in the world, keep me from the evil of it.

The love of You, my Father, God,
Expels the love of worldly dross;
Leads me to prize superior joys,
And count earth's glittering gain as loss!

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