Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith by Dave Hunt - Beware Worldly Seductions

Nuggets from “An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith” by Dave Hunt – Beware Worldly Seductions

We are warned, “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” (1 John:2:15Love 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.
See All...). Satan is called “the god of this world” (2 Corinthians:4:4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
See All...), and those who love this world are siding with and honoring Satan, whether they realize it or not. Indeed, they are on the road to Satan worship, which will be the worldwide religion during the Great Tribulation (Revelation:13:4And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
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One evidence that Christianity has been seduced by Satan is the fact that those who are highly honored by the world are, on that basis alone, given instant and special honor in the church. The Christian media fawns over a sports hero, an attractive actress, a wealthy businessman, or a highly placed politician who has supposedly become a Christian. These too-often immature, worldly new believers are heroes of the faith and role modes for youth – and Christians turn out by the thousands to “ooh” and “aah” at their testimonies. Yet the humble, godly missionary, mature in the faith, who has remained true to Christ through decades of privation, temptation, hardship, and danger, and who has won souls in difficult fields of labor, can scarcely draw an audience.

Jesus told His disciples, “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you (John:15:19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
See All...). Thus, to Pilate, Jesus declared, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John:18:36Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
See All...). He did not mean that His kingdom is totally detached from this earth but that it is not of this world system. In fact, it stands in opposition thereto. This present world system (including the new world order), which belongs to Satan, must be destroyed for the kingdom of God to be established.