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a) 1 John 2:15
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the
world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
1 John 5:19
“We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the
control of the evil one.”
The world is not inherently evil. In fact God approves of all that He has
been created.
B. The Problem: The World
A) Worldly Ideas
* Some popular philosophical, psychological and artistic theories such as
existentialism and humanistic psychology view man as a completely
independent unit, sovereign of himself with no goals other that self-realization
and the exercise of freedom.
* Scientific theories such as behaviorism tend to view man as a machine to
be programmed and redesigned for greater efficiency.
* Many contemporary thinkers dismiss objective truth. To them, truth is
subjective and relative: truth is different for different people in different
circumstances.
B. The Problem: The World
c) Worldly Values
1) What is it?
a) A Christian community, such as ours in CFC, is a group of people who ope
proclaim the lordship of Jesus and declare their love of God by sharing
their lives with other Christians.
An environment in which members can observe, learn and practice the new
ways of thinking and relating. This gives life to teachings.
b) Personal Relationships.
• Receiving God’s love through other Christians is one of the most
effective
means of healing and change in the Christian life.
c) Pastoral
Guidance.
• We have the help of our household leaders, elders in CFC and other
mature
brothers and sisters.
D. Christian Community: the light of the world
1) In CFC, we can become free from bondage to the world. But CFC has
another purpose, ultimately more central to God’s plan of salvation?
a) John 17:15-16 “My prayer is not that you take them out of the
world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not
of the world, even as I am not of it.”
b) CFC has two purposes: to free men from their bondage to the world and al
to be a source of life for the world.
• John 17:18 “As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the w
• Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world. A town built
on a hill cannot be hidden.”
D. Christian Community: the light of the world.
II) Thus a Christian community does not stand isolated from the world, but
instead stands in the world as a visible, tangible witness to the love of God.
Expressed in love and unity among our members, in service to others and
in
our work of evangelization and renewal.
We in CFC are to love the world but combat its ways. We are to help
liberate
men from worldly bondage but call on them to return to serve in the
world.
E. Conclusion.
• Jesus wants to free us from the bondage. We can grow in a new life in
the Spirit. CFC is our help and God’s gift to us.
The Bottomline.
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
Cursed are the defiled in heart, for they shall not see God.
Prayer for Protection