Showing 10 results for “in the world”
The world Always moving Totally unaware Hearing but are not listening Looking but not seeing The world World
What and where is that world which we must not love? Surely, it is evident that the world does not merely consist of men, and that it is not all men. How shallow and unthinking, how "unscientific," is such a conception. For, first of all, the text does not even speak of men that are in the world, bu
Notice, the text does not say “in the world”, but “on earth”. The saints are also strangers in the world, in the world as it lies in sin and seeks it. The saints are not of this world and maintain their spiritual distinctiveness. Yet that is not the thought stressed here; nor could it be, for that s
The world refers to the wicked, the evil who inhabit the earth as they are children of the devil; as well this includes all that characterizes the world—its sinful attitudes and actions, expressed in 1 John 2:16 as the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. Friendship means
They had caused a stir among Jews and Gentiles alike, wherever they went, but not in “the world” in an absolute sense. “That we should not be condemned with the world” (1 Cor 11:32). The world cannot mean “the entire population of mankind” as obviously believers are not included. “And all the world
How many different ideas have come to mind since reading those words, “A World of Iniquity”? Just think about them for a few minutes. No doubt most of our thoughts have strayed along the lines of the evil world in which we are living today, the “world” as it is in its literal meaning. But let us now
Sometimes the word means the whole universe of creation (Acts 17:24); sometimes it has reference to this earth in distinction from heaven (John 13:1); or in another place it means the whole human race (Romans 3:19); or the human race minus believers: “If the world hates you…” (John 15:18). Sometime
That text speaks of the universe from the point of view of the time of its creation as connected with God's decree of election. That word world is also used in scripture when speaking of that whole which shall be recreated in Christ. That's really the idea of the term in the familiar beloved pa
When the Lord speaks of the world here, He does not have in mind the world of ungodly men, or even of the godly. He rather speaks of the world as the sphere in which we live and move; the sphere of our earthly existence. And in that world, there are all kinds of different spheres and relationships.
We are in the world even though we are not of the world. In this world the Lord places us. In this world we are called to live as long as it may please our heavenly Father. In this world we must take our place. To try to escape from the world before our Father beckons us home is to rebel openly agai