The Battle Around Us

The Battle Around Us
Pastor Simon Ang
1 John 2:15-17
12 August 2007



‘World’ is used in 3 ways:

. Creation
. People in the world
. System of men’s rebellion against God

1. Lust Of The Flesh

. The cravings of the sinful nature.
. Desiring in the wrong things.
. Desires that out of control

. Deuteronomy 28:3
. Ecclesiastes 5:19
. James 1:17
. 3 John 1:2

. Luke 12:15
. Psalm 73:25-26
. Matthew 6:33

2. Lust Of The Eye

I will give you all authority and splendor.

. Colossians 3:6
. Matthew 15:8
. 2 Timothy 3:5
. Matthew 23:27

Covetousness means grasping for more and is borne out of a basic spirit of discontentment.

3. Pride Of Life

This is boasting what a man has and does.

. Proverbs 16:18
. Luke 18:14
. John 3:27