You can approach the application of Scripture in two ways: First, from the perspective of “doing.” Second, from the perspective of changing how you think. Paul’s admonition that you “be transformed by the renewing of your mind”
The world, on the other hand, encourages individualism, which leads to isolation. Children are encouraged to draw away from their families, indulging their own appetites. The heroes of entertainment portray lives of hedonism and selfishness.
Nothing could be further from the truth; God will not forgive without repentance, and as already noted, He knows the heart.
It requires faith, without which you cannot see God. If the world held no attraction to you, then the command to not love the world would be vacuous.
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