We are IN the World, not OF the World
Welcome to the Anti-World.
The Anti-World page is a safe space for exploring Anti Worldly Logic
The Anti-World page is a safe space for exploring common beliefs and how they compare to the teachings of the Bible. It's important to remember that we all have different perspectives on life, and it's okay to question and discuss these topics openly. The world often promotes the pursuit of wealth and material possessions, but the Bible encourages us to seek spiritual fulfillment and not be consumed by earthly treasures. It's also true that living a life in line with God's teachings can sometimes lead to criticism and opposition from those who do not share the same beliefs. It can be challenging to navigate these differences, but it's important to stay true to one's convictions. While the world may advocate for individual freedom without consequences, it's crucial to recognize that our choices and actions have impacts. The Anti-World page aims to shed light on these complexities and support those seeking to lead virtuous and meaningful lives.
The agenda of this page is to address and debunk worldly logic and ideas that at the surface level seem wise but are the opposite of what the Bible teaches.
For example, the world teaches us to exhaust all efforts and energy to accumulate wealth.
The Bible teaches us the opposite:
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;”
Matthew 6:19 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/mat.6.19.NKJV
The world offers everything that appeals to our carnal desires.
Beauty for lustful eyes, sweet words like honey for itching ears, and plenty of haughty attitude for reckless mouths.
Anyone attempting to live a holy life as directed by God will be hated by the world because of its member's desire to not be obedient to God.
So whether you are passively or actively choosing to obey God you will irritate those amongst you who do not desire the righteous ways of God.
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
II Timothy 3:12 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/2ti.3.12.NKJV
The world says things like
“I have free will, I can believe, do, and say whatever I like.”
This a good example of the type of logic the world uses. Yes, God gave us free will. Yes, you have the choice to believe and do whatever you'd like.
But, does this meet God’s approval?
Obviously not! So here's some encouragement for those of you who choose God and righteousness over Satan and unrighteousness:
“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.”
Romans 8:5-8 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/rom.8.5-8.NKJV
With that being said, the world is half right when it says that we have a choice to do whatever we want. However, this is a half-truth. Just like almost every concept in the world.
What do I mean by half-truth? Well, a half-truth is the same as a lie. The part that the world omits is the fact that although you may do whatever you wish THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO THOSE ACTIONS!
To make oneself an enemy of the Lord is pure foolishness. However, many people are deceived into these selfish evil thoughts by believing the lie without analyzing the other half of the truth.
As I've said, the world has sweet honey for itching ears; a fancy way to say that the world will tell us what we want to hear to appeal to us while misleading us toward disobedience to God.
The Anti-World page is dedicated to pointing out such fallacies. It is this page’s intention and focus to encourage those who wish to lead sanctified and holy lives according to what God deems righteous.
~ Donté McBride
Am laughing because as I begin writing this I can hear Michael Jackson singing “We Are the World (sha la)”
As for me, I'm in the World not of it!
But why? Why is it that Christians openly echo my exact sentiments of showing disdain for the World? It seems brash and uncaring.
Certainly not!
I'll speak for myself when I say that caring for people and wishing for improvement is a top priority; however, I am biblically trained to draw the line at loving the world.
Aht, aht.. I said biblically trained!:
“Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.”
1 John 2:15 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/1jn.2.15.NIV
So then isn't that a contradiction? (using worldly logic and arguments ) Isn’t it so that God is all love?
For the correct answer to this, we must start at the beginning:
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day. And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day. And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day. And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day. And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.”
Genesis 1:1-25 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/gen.1.1-25.NIV
Probably not proving my point huh? Let’s continue:
“Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
Genesis 1:26 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/gen.1.26.NIV
Ok, let’s pause right here and analyze.
To recap, God created the World and everything in it. God called it good.
Then God created humans…
Let’s pick this up a little later in the creation story:
“This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
Genesis 2:4-9 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/gen.2.4-9.NIV
“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
Genesis 2:15-17 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/gen.2.15-17.NIV
Still, no signs of the earth being “bad” so far it’s all good!
The only thing is that we are not supposed to eat from a certain tree. No problem right? Let’s continue:
“Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ” “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.”
Genesis 3:1-3, 5-6 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/gen.3.1-6.NIV
Uh oh. Eden, we have a problem.
Here is the very first sign of trouble. Humanity disobeyed God. Adam and Eve disobeyed God and thus sinned.
But was it their fault? They were tricked by the Serpent, right?
At this point, God created the world and made it good. Someone ate a forbidden fruit. Isn't the world still good it's just people that are bad?
Well, let's find out more about this by exploring the serpent:
“The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.”
Revelation 12:9 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/rev.12.9.NIV
So there you have it. The ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan led the WORLD astray.
Now is this verse beginning to make sense?:
“Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.”
1 John 2:15 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/1jn.2.15.NIV
This is precisely why it is righteous judgment and discernment to not love the world; because it's the domain of the Devil and is full of lies, deceit, and trickery.
Here’s a little fun fact about Satan just to drive my point home:
“You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”
John 8:44 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/jhn.8.44.NIV
So, if the world is the devil's stomping grounds and he is the father of lies how then can we turn around and love the world? After all, isn't that what caused sin to begin with?
So it turns out there's no contradiction. Only understanding.
To love the world is to love what’s in the world is to love the serpent is to love the devil is to disobey God is to not love God.
So it turns out that the world is not very loving at all.
To love the world is the opposite of loving God; who by the way has a kingdom that is better than this fallen world that is corrupted by the devil and our choice to follow him.
Welcome to the Anti-World.
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