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1 John 2:15-17, Don't love The World
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Feb 19, 2025
We just looked at 1 John 2:7-14 and in those verses, the apostle John put a huge emphasis on loving other brothers and sisters in Christ. As a matter of fact He said that not loving another brother or sister in Christ is a clear sign that one is still unsaved ( walking in the dark). He ended up that portion of the Scriptures by naming the people to whom he was writing. And we said that he did it to make sure his message reached the ears of the right people. We also recalled that the church had been infiltrated with false teachers who were promoting licentious living. So when John wrote this letter, he wanted to make sure that the people group that would read the letters would be able to tell the difference between genuine believers and frauds. We’re going to continue today with verses 15-17.
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hello good morning this is tayiba
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types.com today is friday
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it's a bit windy outside but it's gonna
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be a nice day
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it's not gonna rain or anything so i'm
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hoping that you're preparing for the
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weekend
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so we're gonna continue our study of the
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book of john this morning
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and today we're going to look at chapter
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2 verse 15 to 17
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and the title is done love the world so
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i'm going to jump into my intro
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and then we're going to kind of recap
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what we've done so far
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so a couple of days ago we looked at
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first john 2
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verse 7 to 14 and in those verses the
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apostle john put a huge
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emphasis on loving other brothers and
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sisters in christ
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and as a matter of fact he said that not
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loving another brother or sister in
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christ
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is a clear sign that one is still
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unsaved or walking in darkness
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and he ended up that portion of the
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scriptures by naming the people to whom
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he was writing
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he said i write to you young man i write
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to you
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young children i write to you fathers
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and he said
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he pretty much told them that they were
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saved
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and that they had a relationship with
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god so he was really singling out
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a certain people group to to to create a
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distinction there and we're going to see
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why
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and we say that the reason why he did it
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is because he wanted his message
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to reach the ears of the right people
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because we recall that the church had
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been
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filled and infiltrated with false
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teachers who were promoting
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licentious living so john wanted to make
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sure that
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listen i want to make sure my message
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reached reaches
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the right people so they know i am
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referring to them
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and then he also wanted to make sure
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that the people that were listening to
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his message
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will be able to tell the difference
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between genuine believers
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and frauds so now we're going to
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continue today with
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verses 15 to 17 and it's still the same
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trend so
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i'm going to read the passage and then
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we are going to
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analyze it verse by verse
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so we are only looking at verses 15
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through 17
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and the scripture says do not love the
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world or the things in the world
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if anyone loves the world the love of
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the father is not in him
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for all that is in the world the desires
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of the flesh
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and the desires of the eyes and pride of
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life
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is not from the father but it is from
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the world
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and the world is passing away along with
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his desires
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but whoever does the will of god
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abides forever so this is the word of
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god
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now let's look at it more closely so now
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we're going to look at verse 15
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by itself scripture says do not love the
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world
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or the things in the world if anyone
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loves the world
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the love of the father is not in him so
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what is john saying to us here
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john is saying he has just finished
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giving a discourse
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about loving one another and he goes
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from that
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to exalting his readers to not love the
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world so we have to remember that there
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were false
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cheat and teachers in the church so
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genuine believers could misinterpret
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john's exhortation to love one another
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and use that as an excuse to tolerate on
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the sinful lifestyle of the false
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brothers
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and we do that today too where people
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say well we are called to love one
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another
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but then john also says do not love the
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world or the things in the world
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so we have to make that distinction
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basically john is telling his readers to
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develop a hatred
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toward the world and anything that is
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consistent with the way
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the world operates and we need to
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understand what that means
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now what does that represent the world
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that john is referring to represents
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everything that is anti-god because the
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world is dominated by
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mindsets that are set on the man or
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woman
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without the spirit of god and the
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scripture says that
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those who do not have the spirit of god
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in them cannot think
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and operate like god because they are
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not sons and daughters of god this is
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romans 8
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verse 7 through 9. and we also told in
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romans 12 verse 1 to 2 to no longer
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conform
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to the pattern of this world the schema
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of the world
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and we need to explain what schema means
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schema means
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outlined model plan or theory
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basically we are told by scripture
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don't operate like the world does
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and john adds that the person that
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exudes a deep
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affection for the ways of the world or
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the schema of the world
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does not have the love of god in him or
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in her
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in other words you can't love god
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and the world simultaneously it's an
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impossibility
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and john has been talking about the
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contrast between light and darkness
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since chapter one
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and this trend continues in chapter two
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because he doesn't want to leave any
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stones unturned
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okay if you love the world according to
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john and according to the scripture
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the love of god is not in you and we're
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going to see why because he's going to
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explain that is verse 16.
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let's go to verse 16.
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he says in verse 16 for all that's in
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the world
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the desires of the flesh and the desires
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of the eyes and pride of life is not
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from the father
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but it is from the world the fo
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r4 means because okay he's explaining
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why he's saying that
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because he had just said don't love the
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world or anything in the world and if
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any
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anyone loves the world the the love of
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the father is not in him
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because all us in the world the desires
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of the flesh and the desires of the eyes
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and pride of life is not from god but it
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is from the world
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okay because he explains it john is
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explaining why a person who loves the
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world cannot love god
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and to understand that i want us to look
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at galatians 5
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where paul the apostle contrasts the
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fruit of the spirit
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and the fruits of the flesh now this is
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what the scripture says in verse 19 of
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galatians
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5 from 19 to 24.
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now the works of the flesh are evident
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see you don't have to think too hard
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they are evident
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sexual immorality impurity
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sensuality idolatry
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sorcery enmity strife jealousy
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feats of anger rivalry dissensions
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divisions envy drunkenness orgies
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and things like this see in paul stein
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those
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were heavy and we still have those today
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same thing it hasn't changed we still
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have
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sexual immorality rampant even worse now
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impunity sensuality is all about your
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senses
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idolatry we love and worship everything
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else for god
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we may not worship like idols like those
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people where we have a little thing
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built
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but we worship money we worship people
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we worship ourselves
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self-worship is actually worse now we
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love ourselves so much that we worship
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ourselves
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enmity we fight against one another
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strife
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jealousy fates of anger oh boy
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rivalries always dissentions divisions
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the country is not divided all eyes from
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the devil
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envy drunkenness orgies and things like
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this i mean you name it there's a lot of
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things like this
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and paul says this i warn you man i warn
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you as i warned you before
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that those who do such things will
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not inherit the kingdom of god
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make no mistakes if you live like that
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you will not inherit the kingdom of god
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and then no
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oh well god loves me because no no you
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will not
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inherit the kingdom of god according to
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the scripture
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then he gives us the fruit of the spirit
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but the fruit of the spirit
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is love joy
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peace patience
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kindness goodness faithfulness
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gentleness self-control
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against such things there is
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no law because the spirit of god
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cannot be bound by the flesh meaning if
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you exude
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those qualities those are god given
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qualities and there is no law against
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that
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who hates love who hates joy who hates
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peace who hates patience
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who hates kindness who hates goodness
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and faithfulness
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who hates gentleness self-control
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these are the fruit of the spirit okay
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this is what john is saying and he said
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listen to paul here in verse 24
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and those who belong to christ jesus
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have crucified
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the flesh with his passions and desires
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okay you've crucified the world and his
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passions and desires those are the
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the desires of the flesh that are bad
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those those things that we mention in
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verse 19
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if you belong to the lord those things
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will be crucified in your life
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they may still happen every night and
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then but you are no longer
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in bondage to those things because you
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have victory
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okay so john is saying those things are
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not from god
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if you exude those uh
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fruit of this the flesh in verse 19 yeah
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a child of god you're not because you
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will not inherit the kingdom of god
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according to the scripture
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and it's important that we know that
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because those fruits of the flesh and
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the fruit of the spirit are
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diametrically opposed
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so if you're exuding any of these
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qualities maybe
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you are not a child of god let's not
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make any mistakes let's not fool each
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other
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let's be honest and tell each other the
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truth
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because why should i sit here and tell
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you well god loves you anyway
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it doesn't matter what you do with your
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life that's what those false teachers
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were saying that
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the matter that the body doesn't matter
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that all that matters is your spirit
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that whatever you do with your body
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doesn't have any bearing
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on your eternal life that you can do
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whatever you want as long as you worship
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god in your spirit that's okay
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and we have that today people do all
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kind of
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crazy stuff and claim our love jesus
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that's an impossibility you can't love
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god and love the world at the same time
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or the schema of the world and think you
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are a child of god
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you're fooling yourself now let's go to
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verse 17.
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now scripture says and the world is
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passing away
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along with his desires but whoever does
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the will of god
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abides forever
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so eventually the system that's evil the
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evil system of the world will come to an
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end that's gonna happen
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but the man who does what pleases god
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abides forever scripture says
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what good is it for a man to gain the
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whole world your forfeit is sold
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so you can choose to enjoy the temporary
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benefits of sin
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today but there will be a reckoning for
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it on judgement day
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there will be a reckoning for it and the
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other alternative is to humble yourself
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before god
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repent and believe the gospel and then
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you will receive the holy spirit
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as a deposit guaranteeing your eternal
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salvation
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so ultimately
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the question is examine yourself to see
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if you are in the faith
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what are the desires that take
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precedence in your heart like
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take do an inventory of your own heart
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do you love the things of the world that
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we mentioned
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is that you what motivates you on a
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daily basis
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is your daily bread to do the will of
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god is that what you want to do
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or do you just love the things of the
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world
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let's tell each other the truth okay
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so scripture says that without faith
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it's impossible to please god
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and scripture also says that faith comes
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by hearing and hearing by the word of
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god
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in other words there is nothing you can
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do to please god apart from god
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working in your life both to will and
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act
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according to his good purpose so if you
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are hearing his voice today
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i will exalt you to first evaluate your
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life in light of the word of god
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then repent believe the gospel and then
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you receive
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the holy spirit okay
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let's not play games guys let's not play
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games
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have a wonderful day and i'll see you
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next time