• Worldliness – of or relating to the concerns of this life as distinguished from the life to come.
  • Prohibitions against worldliness
    • John 7:14
    • John 17:15
    • Romans 12:1-2
    • James 4:4
    • James 1:27
    • II Peter 1:4
    • Matthew 6:33 – We have a choice to make!
  • Worldliness is of the devil
    • II Corinthians 4:4
    • Revelation 12:9
    • I Peter 5:8-9
    • John 5:19
    • Matthew 7:13-14
    • John 12:31
  • II Timothy 4:10
  • Luke 10:38-42 – The story of Mary and Martha. Martha was more concerned about Jesus’ physical well-being than listening to what Jesus was saying.
  • Luke 12:13-21
  • This world serves the goddess of pleasure.
  • I Timothy 6:10 – There is nothing wrong with money, but we can’t let money come before serving God.
  • “Covetousness is going crazy about things.”
  • Philippians 3:8-15
  • II Timothy 4:6-8 – Let us follow Paul in this.
  • Let us refuse to be servants of this world but always seek God first!