“You Are What You Love”

“You Are What You Love” (1 John 2:15–17)

Pastor Cameron Jungels

Eastside Baptist Church

Sunday AM, June 12, 2016

1 John 2:15–17, 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.

1. You cannot love the world and God (v. 15).

2. Love for the world begins with our inner desires and a misplaced affection for the pleasures of the world (v. 16).

 

3. Love for the world is a fools’ errand, because it is passing away and will soon be destroyed (v. 17).

4. The only path to eternal life is through a love for God that reveals itself by obeying his will (v. 17).

Main Idea: A Christian who has truly been born again by the grace of God does not replace their love for God with a love for the world and its pleasures.