The World

What is this enemy the Scripture calls "the world"? Is it drinking and dancing and smoking? Is it going to the movies or playing cards? That is a shallow and ridiculous approach to holiness. It numb us to the fact that good and evil are much more serious. The Scriptures never prohibit drinking, only drunkenness; dancing was a vital part of King David's life; and while there are some very godly movies out there, there are also some very ungodly churches. No, "the world" is not a place or a set of behaviors-it is any system built by our collective sin, all our false selves coming together to reward and destroy each other. Take all those powers out there, put them together in an office, club, or a church and what you get is what the Scriptures mean by "the world".

from "Wild at Heart" by John Eldredge (pg 151)

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