Love Not The World

"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."  I John 2:15.  Life has a choice.  We either love the world with its pleasure and sin and vileness or we love God.  But, we cannot love both.  The world involves all of those allurements that are in contrast with the character of God.  The world is impure while God is pure.  The world is unrighteous while God is righteous.  While we must live in the midst of corruption and ugliness, we must not be a part of it.  Those who love God separate themselves from the world in which they live.  We seek Godliness and holiness.  We do not allow our character to be spotted by the world.  Purity is our pursuit even amidst impurity.  If we love God, we seek to become as God.  Sin has no appeal to those who love God.  The love for the world is lost in our desire to please God and to know Him.  We will not allow ourselves to be contaminated by the filth of this present world.  All that is in the world is temporary, while the things of God continue.  The world is but for a season, while God is unending.  The choice before us is truly a simple one.