1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. (ESV)
1. The Command to Not Love (v 15a)
1.1 The Principle of Love. What is “Love”?
The self-sacrificial, unconditional and eternal benevolence of God, supremely demonstrated towards the undeserving in the atoning work of Jesus Christ and graciously imparted to believers for the glorification of God, the saving of the lost and the edification of His Church.
1.2 The Priority of Love.
1.3 The Profile and Perseverance of Love.
How is love? What does it do, and what does it not do, and How Long Does it Last?
2. The Command Not to Love the World or the Things in the World (v15b)
2.1 What Are the Things in the World That We Are Not Forbidden to Love and Why Not?
2.2 What Are the Things of the World That We Are Commanded Not to Love, and Why?
3. The Reason for the Command
3.1 A Reality
3.2 The Reason.
3.3 Our Redemption.