Online Christian Literature Index
The World
"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. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." (1 John 2:15-17)
By J.C. Ryle
(1816-1900)
Our three great spiritual enemies are . . .the world, the flesh, and
the devil, It is hard to say which does most harm to the soul.
The last day alone will settle that point. But I venture
boldly to say, that at no former period has "the world"
been so dangerous, and so successful in injuring Christ's
Church, as it is just now. Every age is said to have its
own peculiar epidemic disease. I suspect that "worldliness"
is the peculiar plague of Christendom in our own era.
