You and I are in the world but as Christians the Bible states that we are not of the world, we are a Godly people because we believed in Jesus as the Savior of the world. When Christ or (God in the flesh) came to the earth we read that the creation itself didn't recognize or accept Him, they had abandoned their creator God and made for themselves other gods. Listen to this power packed sermon by Michael G. Barnes from the gospel of John on how to live in the world when you're heart and soul has a different focus.