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(J.C. Ryle)
" 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. For
all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and
the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. " 1 John
2:15-16
The possession of the whole world and all that it contains,
will never make a person happy. Its pleasures are false and deceptive! Its
riches, rank, and honors, have no power to satisfy the heart! So long as we have
not got them--they glitter, sparkle, and seem desirable. The moment we have
them--we find that they are empty bubbles, and cannot make us feel content!
And, worst of all, when we possess this world's good things
to the utmost bound of our desire--we cannot keep them! Death comes in and
separates us from all our property forever! Naked we came upon earth, and naked
we go forth--and of all our possessions, we can carry nothing with us.
Such is the world, which occupies the whole attention of
thousands!
Such is the world, for the sake of which millions are every
year destroying their souls!
" And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but
he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." 1 John 2:17
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