The Scriptures and the World, by A.W. Pink

To more and more desire the “sincere milk” that is God’s Word, we must constantly seek His face in this dark world (I Pet. 1:19).  The question we should then ask ourselves, then, with regards to our spiritual growth, is the following: “Does my reading and study of God’s Word make me less worldly?” (Click here to view the full article.)

We profit from the Word when:
1) our eyes are opened to discern the true character of the world
2) we learn that the world is an enemy to be resisted and overcome
3) we learn that Christ died to deliver us from “this present evil world” (Gal. 1:4)
4) our hearts are weaned from the world
5) we walk in separation from the world
6) when we evoke the hatred of the world
7) we are elevated above the world

Thoughts:
How attached are we to this world?  How distressed do we find ourselves when troubles come and how to we compare our reactions to such events to our reactions when the name or Word of the Lord is profaned?  “Have you learned to be independent of and defy the world?”

“Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord”