--WINDOW INTO WORLDLINESS~~

--By: Steven Lombardo / - Abiding Word Ministries~

---REMEMBER THE EXTRAORDINARY~~

~~Worldliness certainly forgets the extraordinary. In V. 25, just before our text, Jesus says that "He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation." He is talking about His crucifixion, His sacrifice for the sins of the world. Worldliness forgets the stunning sacrifice of Jesus! Noah proclaimed repentance as he built the ark. Lot was "oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men" as he sought to live a righteous life (2 Peter 2:7-8). Jesus said "Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish" (Luke 13:3,5).--

But He not only exposed sin, He did something about it! Jesus gave up His life, shed His blood to pay that debt of sin we could never pay. For the purpose that whoever comes to Him [YAHWEH/ YHWH], in repentance and faith will not perish but have eternal life. Worldliness forgets the extraordinary ministry of Jesus, a ministry that brought life to the world in the death of the Cross. "Amazing," said the hymn writer "that Thou my God should die for me!" Also, the Resurrection of Jesus confirms that God the Father accepted His sacrifice. No other sacrifice, no other death is necessary. Sin was paid for in full! "It is finished!" (John 19:30).

Being worldly, forgetting the essential, the eternal, and the extraordinary, is dangerous. Martyn Lloyd-Jones said in a sermon decades ago: "According to our Lord, there are only two groups of people--those who are in this condition of worldly-mindedness and those who are not. And their ultimate fate depends entirely upon that fact. The worldly will share the fate of the people before the flood, and the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
The others belong to the group containing Noah and his family, and Lot--the saved. --To which group do you belong?" ~~
~~~"At Your Name" (Yahweh, Yahweh)/ Phil Wickham // <https://youtu.be/il-bJjeiOhY>
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