1. Test for Worldliness

2. Do you just have an interest in worldly things?
Education, work, possessions, and pleasure
Noah and Lot (Lk. 17:26-29)
Worldly thinking turns to great wickedness-Rom. 1:28- 32
Do you just have an interest in worldly things?

3. Do you place worldly philosophies above God’s teachings?
Worldly Philosophies: evolution, “homosexual marriages”, democracy in the home
God’s Word: Gen. 1:1, Ex. 20:11; Matt. 19:1-9, Eph. 5:22-24, Jm. 2:24, Mk. 16:16
Do you place worldly philosophies above God’s teachings?

4. Job’s wife lost her faith Job 2:9
Becoming stronger-2 Cor. 12:10; Rm. 5:3-4
Remembering it’s only temporary-2 Cor. 4:17-18; 2 Peter 3:10-13; Rev. 21:4
Do you allow your worldly problems to negatively effect you spiritually?

5. Are you just like the world?
On course of the world- Eph. 2:2-3
Transformed proving the will of God-Rom. 12:2
Works of the flesh or fruit of the Spirit-Gal. 5:19-26
Are you just like the world?

6. Do worldly relationships distract you from spiritual things?
Neglecting church and brethren
Marital conflict and forgetting God given duties.
Saul (worldly) vs. David (spiritual)
Do worldly relationships distract you from spiritual things?

7. Are you laying up treasures on earth rather than treasures in heaven?
Rich Fool-Lk. 12:16-21
Are you laying up treasures on earth rather than treasures in heaven?