I set my eyes on what I cannot see

The hope of living right in front of me

Oh I've left the world behind

Now Jesus you are mine

How can it be?

Your death means I'm alive

James 4.4 in the message translation says you're cheating on God if all you want is your own way

Fletting with the world every chance you get,

you end up enemies of God and His way

And do you suppose that God doesn't care?

I love how the passion translation also puts it

It says you have become spiritual adulterers who are having an affair,

an unholy relationship with the world

Don't you know that flirting with the world's values places you at odds with God?

Whoever chooses to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy

Friendship with the world is about value systems

The values of the world and the values of Christ are never in agreement and are never the same

How we think,

where we go,

how we do life are never in agreement with the world

And so when you adopt the values of the world into your life,

it hinders you from being a bold witness for Christ

Friends,

our morality is not the gospel and it doesn't save men

But it gives us stronger grounds to preach the gospel

Our values either hinder the gospel or enhances the preaching of it

Now you need to understand - God has called us to godly lives

But you see,

a godly life is not a moral life

It includes morality but it is not just morality

The word godly is a confluence of two words,

god-like

And god-like is not only moral,

God is morally excellent but he is also excellent in all things

So you know a godly man not just by his morality but by his god-likeness in all things

And you're either like him or not like him

But you cannot be a part of him and not be like him

Friends,

the world is very deliberate about its agenda

And the agenda of the world is to conform us

And conformity is to get people who are at variance with values and systems to accept and adopt your values and systems through pressure

And the pressure in the world comes with majority, popularity and diversity

Majority because everyone is doing it

Popularity because this is the popular thing now and the truth is this,

much of what is popular is not right

In the agenda of the world,

deception and indoctrination will be publicized and amplified through the media

So a lot of things will be popular

And diversity because it is not just happening in one place,

it's happening everywhere

But hey,

our systems and our values are different because they are of Christ

Never conform to this world

Be transformed by the renewal of your mind through the Word to live in the standards and values of Christ

Have a blessed day friends.