1 John 2:15-17

What do you love?

-Jn. 3:16

-Mt. 6:24

If you love the world…

1. You are not saved, no born again
-2 Tim. 3:1-5

What can world lovers do?
Pour over the Word of God
-1 Pt. 1:23
Cry out to Jesus to open your eyes
-Mt. 11:27
Plead he takes out of you a stone heart
-Eze. 36:26
Forsake sins and don’t give up until saved
-Jer. 29:13

2. You are reborn, but your love has grown cold
-Mt. 12:20

“There is the lust of the gutter and the lust of the gourmet. There is the lust for hard rock and the lust for high Rachmaninoff. There is the lust of Penthouse and the lust of Picasso.” -John Piper

-1 Cor. 4:7
-Deut. 8:18

Follow the Signs

What should I desire?

Am I a world lover?

“One way we can begin to do that is by asking ourselves, “What are the novels I’m reading?” “What are the movies I’m watching?” “What are the things that preoccupy me?” “What are the things that I talk about?” “Am I proud of my favorite professional, college, or high school team and willing to talk about and defend that team, and yet am ashamed of the gospel of Christ?” Something is fundamentally wrong if we won’t talk to people about Jesus with any kind of passion and enthusiasm like we talk about a sports team or a movie or a TV program. Those things can become idolatrous. The passions we invest in other things should be directed to Jesus.” -Randy Alcorn

Respond

-Think of a “sign” you regularly encounter

-Repent of your neglect of God

-Beg Him for a softer heart