28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who
Okay, I don't know about you, but if being wordly means being like this, I don't want any part of it. It's disgusting and repulsive! How could you want to be like those people? But then there is a flip side. We are supposed to love them, and love them with an everlasting and never failing love. Just like God loves us. If you proclaim to be a child of God, look at these verses. A child of God would be the exact opposite.
we would be righteous, moral, good, content, we would be truthful, lovers of God, peaceful, humble, inventors of good things, obediant, discerning, trustworthy, loving, forgiving, merciful people. That is what I want to be. So you know what world? You can keep all your nastiness. I don't want it.
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