THE WORLD IS NOT MY HOME (4 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17
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The World Is Not My Home (4 of 4)
Series: Collide With The World
Jeff Strite
1 John 2:15-17
A father told of taking his 5-year-old to Disneyland. It was all the little boy could talk about for weeks and now they finally there and the boy loved the idea that he'd get to see Goofy and Mickey and Minnie and the gang. He was hyped.
They parked the car and could see the castle and the rides in the distance. They made their way to the ticket sales and then entered through the gates, into a relatively small area where families could have their pictures taken with all the Disney characters. Then they were going to go into the main park... but the little boy didn't understand that. He thought that THAT was the park (where they'd met the characters) and when his dad tried to herd him into the park itself, the boy threw an absolute fit.
The boy thought that, here they'd just gotten to the wonderful world of Disney and his dad was going to take him home. He fought it... but as his dad brought him around the corner, there was the park with all the rides and the boy's cries to became shrieks of joy.
Think about it: the boy had to leave what he thought was good; to get to what his dad knew was better.
One of my favorite Gospel songs is this one. Sing the chorus with me:
"This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through,
My treasures are laid up, somewhere beyond the blue.
The angels beckon me, from heaven's open door.
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore."
That song declares that this world is just "GOOD", but heaven is "BETTER."
Our text today takes it even one step further. I John 2:15 tells us "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him."
And that's repeated elsewhere in Scripture:
- James 4:4 says "Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity (hatred) with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the ...
Series: Collide With The World
Jeff Strite
1 John 2:15-17
A father told of taking his 5-year-old to Disneyland. It was all the little boy could talk about for weeks and now they finally there and the boy loved the idea that he'd get to see Goofy and Mickey and Minnie and the gang. He was hyped.
They parked the car and could see the castle and the rides in the distance. They made their way to the ticket sales and then entered through the gates, into a relatively small area where families could have their pictures taken with all the Disney characters. Then they were going to go into the main park... but the little boy didn't understand that. He thought that THAT was the park (where they'd met the characters) and when his dad tried to herd him into the park itself, the boy threw an absolute fit.
The boy thought that, here they'd just gotten to the wonderful world of Disney and his dad was going to take him home. He fought it... but as his dad brought him around the corner, there was the park with all the rides and the boy's cries to became shrieks of joy.
Think about it: the boy had to leave what he thought was good; to get to what his dad knew was better.
One of my favorite Gospel songs is this one. Sing the chorus with me:
"This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through,
My treasures are laid up, somewhere beyond the blue.
The angels beckon me, from heaven's open door.
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore."
That song declares that this world is just "GOOD", but heaven is "BETTER."
Our text today takes it even one step further. I John 2:15 tells us "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him."
And that's repeated elsewhere in Scripture:
- James 4:4 says "Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity (hatred) with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the ...
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