Glamour Unmasked By Light; 1 John 1-3

May the mumbling commence!

Have you ever heard of calling a spade a spade?  That is what the author of First John encourages us to do in the second chapter.  Read the passage below:

Never give your hearts to this world or to any of the things in it. A man cannot love the Father and love the world at the same time. For the whole world-system, based as it is on men's primitive desires, their greedy ambitions and the glamour of all that they think splendid, is not derived from the Father at all, but from the world itself. The world and all its passionate desires will one day disappear. But the man who is following God's will is part of the permanent and cannot die. (Verses 15-17)

For God so loved the world…  Never give your heart to this world…  It can be confusing.  What is meant when we are told not to give our hearts to this world or to any of the things in it?

Indeed, God loves the world that he created.  We are to embrace the creation as God does.  To do so, we must begin to see the world through the eyes of Jesus – by the guiding of the Holy Spirit.  Then, love the world that God has created.

God does not love the human conception of the world.  Too much of what we see with human wisdom is colored by our human desires and passions.  These are primitive desires.  They are greed for ME, ME, ME.  It is the glamour of the deception that everything is about me.  Indeed, these ideas are splendid and do hold a certain sort of beauty.

Don’t believe the lie.  One day each of us will succumb to death.  It is the fate of all mortal bodies.  One day the things that we considered so beautiful will deteriorate and disappear.

None of this glamour is from God.  Glamour is only a poor reflection of the true light – God.

Take what God freely gives all who call on the name of His Son, Jesus.  Seek after God’s will and follow it.  When we do, our mortal bodies will be transformed into immortal bodies that are permanent and cannot die.

Love the world as God intended creation and as God see creation.  Love NOT the human conceptions of the world.  Most of these “wisdoms” are based upon the lies of Satan – who continues his first deception: “Eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and you will be like God.”

We were already created in the image of God.  We need no other embellishments on that truth.  Seek God and you will know yourself better – the way that God intended when He created you.

Enough mumbling for now…

Peace Out