OVERCOMING
instead of LOVING
THE WORLD
- “Do not love The World, nor the things in The World.
- If anyone loves The World,
- the love of The Father is not in him.
- For all that is in The World,
- the lust of the flesh,
- the lust of the eyes,
- and the boastful pride of life,
- is not from The Father,
- but is from The World.
- And The World is passing away,
- and also Its lusts;
Why continue wanting
to be thrilled just in passing
with them in exchange for
ETERNAL LIFE ITSELF
to be thrilled just in passing
with them in exchange for
ETERNAL LIFE ITSELF
from and with GOD!?!?
- but the one who does THE WILL of GOD ---
{ THAT we individually live
THE LORDSHIP &
THE CHRISTHOOD of JESUS }
THE LORDSHIP &
THE CHRISTHOOD of JESUS }
- --- abides forever”
---- >>1st John 2:15-17
- “For this is the love of GOD,
- that we keep HIS commandments;
- and HIS commandments are not burdensome.
- For whoever is born of GOD
- overcomes The World;
- and this is the victory
- that has overcome The World of QUESTS for Recognition, Fame, Fortune, Influence, Position, Power, & Sovereignty
And who is the one who
overcomes The World,
overcomes The World,
- but he who believes that JESUS is THE SON of GOD?”
---- >>1st John 5:3-5
- “…… The physical World lies in the power of the evil one.”
---- >>1st John 5:19
- “This is pure and undefiled religion
- in the sight of our GOD and Father,
- to visit orphans and widows in their distress,
- and to keep oneself unstained by The World.
---- >>James 1:27
- The earth as since created by GOD ---- is the place where we are.
- In contrast,
- The World consists of
all the unawares among us
as masterfully controlled by
the order and/or systems
- under which man lived since Adam and Eve
- brought to earth
--- ENTREPRENEURSHIP ---
- as she was enticed by the devil and together with Adam sinned by
their GIVING PREFERENCE TO THE DICTATES of their
- lusts of their flesh
- [the craving for sensual gratification]
- as better than what GOD has expressly provided them
- lusts of their eyes
- [the longings for imagined good & advantages]
- as better than what GOD has expressly provided them
- and their pride of life
- [security and stability based on one’s resources resulting from entrepreneurship]
- instead of confining themselves to what GOD have earlier provided them
>>Genesis 3:6,
>>1st John 2:16
>>1st John 2:16
- For emphasis then,
- The World is not only around us;
- It includes us ---
it includes our cravings,
longings, and even security
in our living when based
on the things around us!
{Mga KAHIGWA-OS Sa TAWO }
longings, and even security
in our living when based
on the things around us!
{Mga KAHIGWA-OS Sa TAWO }
- GOD created the earth and all HE planned with it;
- after that,
- the devil, with our active participation in the name of entrepreneurship,
- brought about The World:
- consisting of these Political, even THE RELIGIOUS, Financial systems, structures, infra-structures
- and their ramifications thru education in arts and sciences,
- in their applications for control in the business/employment/professional sectors
- even in what ought to-be highly objective ---- engineering, medicine, food, charitable, service institutions and organizations,
- communications, transport, entertainment worlds, etc.
- … which pracically all of us NOW(!) are convinced living cannot be without them any more
- .... as its author, the god of This World
- has blinded the minds of those who do not believe and live THE CHRISTHOOD of JESUS (>>2nd Corinthians 4:4)
- as he succeeds, and in fact doing better with the passage of >>> TIME,
- at governing us jointly and severally
- as we are embedded in this increasingly organized, fully-controlled, and effectively programmed high-tech total system by remote control from wherever he is .
It is not any surprise then
that The World through Its
wisdom did not come
to know GOD
(>>1st Corinthians 1:21)
that The World through Its
wisdom did not come
to know GOD
(>>1st Corinthians 1:21)
- hated THE CHRIST (>>John 15:18)
- and cannot receive The Spirit of The Truth (>>John 14:17)
- In fact, friendship with the world is hostility toward GOD (>>James 4:4)
- as its works [ENTREPRENEURSHIPS] are evil (>>John 7:7),
- {glorifies the entrepreneur --- >>Genesis 11:3-4
- contradicts >>1st Corinthians 10:31}
and GOD is a JEALOUS GOD! --- >>Deuteronomy 5:9}
- In the most particular sense,
- JESUS shortly before leaving This World after some 33 years of living here
- declared HE has overcome The World (>>John 16:33)
- and that afterall,
HIS KINGDOM
WE ARE >>> TO SEEK
is by all certainty
not part of This World
and vice-versa
(>>John 18:36).
WE ARE >>> TO SEEK
is by all certainty
not part of This World
and vice-versa
(>>John 18:36).
- Among them who are ignorant of GOD’s WORD
- and even them who are not as ignorant BUT not-as-yet indwelt by The Holy Spirit,
- SATAN is increasingly finding it easy to establish his kingdom in the world
- by utilizing US in The World
- and the activities and the entrepreneurships now(!) in The World,
- via industrialization, technologies and organizations [>>Genesis 6:5-6] he brought into earth
- after Adam and Eve succumbed to his temptation.
- He is “the prince of This World” (>>John 12:31, >>14:30 >>16:11)
- and “in The World” (>>1st John 4:4).
- because only at the very end of time will he
- be shown as having headed many people
- in the worlds of businesses, governments, religions, mass media, communications, transportation, sports, entertainment, culture, education, charity, etc...
- to the kingdom contrary to that of JESUS our LORD
- and the many who are used by him
- should therefore now(!) realize they are the many anti-christs
- that have already come (>>1st John 2:18)!!!!
Truly, “The physical World
lies in the power of
the evil one”
lies in the power of
the evil one”
(>>1st John 5:19).
- But, GOD is uncompromising on this particular matter ---
- “Now is the judgment of This World;
- [we are not here called to pronounce judgment on the things resulting from entrepreneurship]
- now shall the prince of this world be cast out.”(>>John 12:31)
- This is because GOD is seeing the mind behind all these.
- There is in advancing progression a direction contrary to HIS will.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
- Are you not, in yourself,
going to pronounce in yourself
judgment against
these order and systems
- by which SATAN is confining us
- and ruling over us?
While we go for whatever good the things from entrepreneurships can bring to us in specific situations
- >>Luke 10:3
we are to pre-determine
the minimum extent ---
the inescapable adverse effects
that can get to us
--- & provide safety nets
the minimum extent ---
the inescapable adverse effects
that can get to us
--- & provide safety nets
- as in OVERCOMING
- >>>T#027
while living in This World
we have been long a part of
we have been long a part of
- as to be our matters for REPENTANCE!
- >>>T#002
JESUS is counting on
you to OVERCOME
This World
This World
and
our
--- ideas & opinions ---
from our intelligence
--- unreasoned desires
& cravings ---
from our emotions
--- lusts ---
from our urges & appetites
and
--- decisions ---
from our will!
>>>T#032
~~~#~~~
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