“Do NOT Crave What the World Offers!”
Do not love
this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do
not have the love of the Father in you. 1 John 2:15
Just what
are the THINGS that the WORLD offers? We
see the answer in verse sixteen: The WORLD
offers ONLY a craving for physical pleasures, a craving for everything we see,
and PRIDE in our achievements and possessions.
These cravings are NOT prompted by God, but they are from this
WORLD. They are the VERY things that
will PULL a person AWAY FROM God and into WICKEDNESS, EVIL, and a WORLD filled with
SINS galore. You cannot LOVE and SERVE
God and be caught up in these cravings.
They are tools of the devil used to KEEP you AWAY from SALVATION and an
ETERNITY in HEAVEN.
The craving
for physical pleasures is a craving for sensual gratification, this is the
LACKING in MORAL restraints, participating in LEWD or LUSTFUL acts. The craving for everything we SEE is a
craving for things we see and do not possess, but LONG for. It is COVETING and
DESIRING what we SEE and do NOT have.
The PRIDE of LIFE is being PRIDEFUL of what we have, and putting our
TRUST in EARTHLY THINGS, rather than putting our TRUST in GOD. These are NOT from FATHER GOD, but from an
EVIL, SIN-LADEN WORLD.
It is IMPORTANT
to KEEP in MIND that this WORLD will, one day, PASS AWAY and along with it
EVERYTHING that the PEOPLE CRAVED and CLUNG in order to SATISFY their
cravings. EXCEPT for those who have
given their HEARTS and LIVES to GOD, and have made the decision to TURN AWAY
FROM their sinful lifestyle with ALL the CRAVINGS, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE
REPENTANT HEART. They will LIVE throughout ETERNITY in HEAVEN, if they will
CONFESS their sins to God, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS. Then
BELIEVE, with ALL their HEART, that JESUS died for them, and that He is ALIVE
in Heaven, making intercession for them, before God. They MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION and
STOP participating in the CRAVINGS that the WORLD offers. Instead, they MUST
ACCEPT GOD’S plan for an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and ESCAPE
an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE. So, do this NOW, while you still can. He’s waiting and COMING SOON!!!
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