Worldliness Part 1

What is worldliness and why is it so serious?

Worldliness is essentially love of the world as it manifests itself in the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. It is so serious because it is in complete opposition to the love of God.

Worldliness needs to be seen against the background of the Christian’s position in the world.

How did God describe the world? Gen 1:31

What is the world like now? Rom 5:12

Under whose power does the world lie? John 12:31, Eph 2:2

How are Christians described in Gal 1:4?

How are we to respond to 1 Cor 5:10-11? Look also at Phil 2:15

What are we to resist? Rom 12:2

What does Gal 6:14 mean?

What does John 17:14-20 teach us?

What is the world and how are to respond to it? Mat 28:19-20, Mat 9:38, Phil 2:15-16

Defining Worldliness

Worldliness is the expression of what? Mark 7:21-23

What does 2 Tim 4:10 teach us?

What is worldliness? 1 John 2:16 What is the first thing?

What dominated our lives before salvation and what has changed and why? Eph 2:3, Titus 2:12, 1 Peter 4:2-4, 2 peter 1:4

What causes personal conflict and quarrels in our lives? James 4:1-4

How are we to safeguard ourselves from worldliness? Gal 5:16 (read also verses 17-25)

What was the first thing Christ was tempted to do in Luke 4:2-3?

What is worldliness? 1 John 2:16 What is the second thing?

Our eyes are organs of what? Jos 7:21 What commandment was broken here?

What does Luke 11:34 teach us?

What does Job 31:1and Mat 5:28 teach us?

What can covetousness lead us to? 2 Kings 5:19-27, 2 Sam 11:2-5, 15, 27, 12:19

The lust of the eye is what the devil uses in Luke 4:5