High School | What You Shouldn't Love (1 John 2:15-17) | Collin Warner

Main message: The sermon warns believers not to love the sinful world system because it is opposed to God and is passing away. True love for the Father is shown by rejecting worldly desires and doing God’s will, which lasts forever.

Key points:

• “World” here means the fallen system under Satan’s influence, not simply the earth or the people in it.
• Loving the world and loving the Father are mutually exclusive; you cannot serve both.
• The world’s main temptations are the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.
• These three categories cover rebellion against God and were illustrated through Jesus’ temptation and Lot’s wife.
• Worldliness develops gradually, so believers must examine themselves and resist its pull.
• The world is temporary, but those who do God’s will abide forever.

Scriptures mentioned: 1 John 2:15-17, Acts 17:24, John 12:19, John 3:16, John 12:31, John 14:30, John 16:11, 1 John 5:19, John 17:15-16, Matthew 6:24, Luke 17:32-33, Genesis 1:31, Romans 8:8, Galatians 5:19-21, James 1:14, 1 Corinthians 7:31, Matthew 16:24-26