Romans 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.
We are predestined ultimately to be "conformed to the image of (God's) Son" (Romans 8:29); therefore it is eminently logical that we should not be conformed to this world, which is at "enmity with God" (James 4:4, see also 1 John 2:15).
Note that this command is absolute, not relative. It does not say: "Don't love the world too much," but "not at all" (Romans 12:2; Galatians 1:4; James 4:4). The "world" here does not mean the earth or its people (God Himself so loved the world that He gave His Son to save its people), but rather the world as a "system," with its possessions, positions and pleasures (contrast 2 Corinthians 6:10).
2007-12-24
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