Hate the evil of this world.

Taking a bit from yesterday's little study to expound on a tiny bit. I've been under the weather lately so there hasn't been much expounding.

Talking about spiritual love- 'The one who participates in that kind of love despises the world, considering its things abhorrent and abominable. Henceforth he appears to be unable to see the world because the glory of God has blinded his physical eyes.'

The Spiritual Man- by Watchman Nee

Expounding- 

Rev_2:6  But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Joh_12:25  He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Joh_15:19  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.

Joh_17:15  I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

Joh_17:16  They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Joh_17:18  As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

Rom_12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Eph 2:1  And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 

Eph 2:2  Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 

Eph 2:3  Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 

Eph 2:4  But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 

Eph 2:5  Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 

Eph 2:6  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 

Eph 2:7  That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 

Eph 2:8  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 

Eph 2:9  Not of works, lest any man should boast. 

Eph 2:10  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. 

Eph_6:12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Php_2:15  That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world

Put into words we can FULLY comprehend without misunderstanding we read again-

Talking about spiritual love- 'The one who participates in that kind of love despises the world, considering its things abhorrent and abominable. Henceforth he appears to be unable to see the world because the glory of God has blinded his physical eyes.'

If we PARTICIPATE in the love of God through the SPIRIT- we WILL despise the WORLD. We WILL consider its things ABHORRENT and ABOMINABLE.

Eph 2:2  Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 

Eph 2:3  Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

In the PAST before our love of God through the SPIRIT, we lived according to the course of this world… In the PAST we lived according to the prince of the power of the air…in the PAST we lived according to the spirit the lives in the children of disobedience… in the PAST we had our conversations about our fleshy lusts… in the PAST we fulfilled the desires of our flesh and mind…in the PAST we were by nature the children of wrath.

All that stuff is supposed to be IN THE PAST. We are NO longer supposed to be striving to adapt to the world, to conform to the world, to fit in, to be like this world. The world and all its lusts will TEMPT us to be with it, to belong. We are brought up to NOT to want to be OUTCASTS, and that's what the world considers those who do not want to belong to it and all its temptations.

More on this tomorrow by the GRACE and WILL of our loving, amazing, wondrous Lord and Savior, our God, and the Holy Spirit!