3. What Do You Love More Than God?
1 John 2:15-17; 5:4-5

4. 1 John1:15-17 NIV
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

5. 1 John 2:15-17 NLT
15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.

6. Love the world or not?
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.

7. Love the world or not? John 3:16 World= All the people of the world
1 John 2:15 World= The world’s corrupt value system

8. 1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.

9. What is “love for the world”?
Lust of the flesh
(craving for physical pleasure)
Lust of the eyes
(craving for everything we see)
Pride of life
(pride in achievements and possessions)

11. Lust of the flesh Craving for physical pleasure
What physical
cravings can
become idols?

12. Lust of the eyes Craving for everything we see
What are some possession we can crave to fill needs only God can fill?

13. Pride of Life Pride in achievement or possessions
How can pride in our achievements
or possessions become an idol?

14. 1 John 5:4-5 CEV
4 Every child of God can defeat the world, and our faith is what gives us this victory. 5 No one can defeat the world without having faith in Jesus as the Son of God.

15. Table Sharing Which of these 3 has the strongest pull on you?
Lust of the flesh
(craving for physical pleasure)
Lust of the eyes
(craving for everything we see)
Pride of life
(pride in achievements and possessions)
How can our love for the Father enable us to overcome these pulls?