This is directed to my fellow believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are not supposed to do the things this world does. We are not supposed to act like the world and live like the world. If we do, what differs us from those who do not have a relationship with God?
And how are we going to share the Gospel if our lives are not worthy of the Gospel?
We are not to love the world.
So, where does your love lie?
Do not love the world [of sin that opposes God and His precepts], nor the things that are 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 and sensual craving of the flesh and the lust and longing of the eyes and the boastful pride of life [pretentious confidence in one’s resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father, but are from the world. The world is passing away, and with it its lusts [the shameful pursuits and ungodly longings]; but the one who does the will of God and carries out His purposes lives forever.
1 John 2:15-16 AMP
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