We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. 1 John 5:19
The question that most people are asking these days is “What is wrong with the world”? Doesn’t matter if you are a believer or an atheist, everyone can sense and see , that this world is in a great fallen state. Evil and wickedness has overcome this world, everywhere you look, there is one abomination after another. The total depravity of the human state, is at the point where we fight for the right to murder our children and we can’t decipher the biology of our own gender. The moral foundation at most homes is non-existant, therefor its not surprising to see the lawlessness at an epic scale
The Apostle John reveals to us under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, what is wrong with the world. The world lies in the power and sway of the evil or wicked one. When you understand this, its not a surprise then why the world has such an “Anti-Christ agenda” Everything influenced by this world is to go against God. That’s why the Apostle James said “a friend of this world, is an enemy of God” (James 4:4) You can’t walk with God and hold hands with the devil, as the Apostle Paul said “Don’t conform to the ways of this world, be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2)
Notice what else the Apostle Paul reveals here “The god of this age (Satan) has blinded the minds of unbelievers they cannot see the light of the gospel” (2 Corinthians 4:4) As RC Sproul always famously says “What is wrong with people”, what is wrong with people is they have been blinded by Satan, they have been deceived by the “god of this world” God has allowed Satan to “roam wild like a roaring lion looking to devour people “ (1 Peter 5:8) This life we are living is not a game, we are in a spiritual warfare for our souls (Ephesians 6) Satan is looking to rob, kill, and destroy (John 10:10)
The Apostle Paul also says this “You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience” Again Paul is revealing by the Holy Spirit that Satan is controlling and influencing this evil world. If you are not walking with Christ, you are walking with Satan, that’s the bottom line. Many people will say “No I don’t believe any of this stuff, I’m not religious” If you dig down to the roots of your belief system, if they are from this world , they are from Satan. You are either Born Again or dead in your sins.
Now with all this doom and gloom, I would like to end with the words of our Lord Jesus Christ “In this world you will have tribulation or trouble, BUT be of good cheer or take heart, I (Christ) has overcome the world” (John 16:33) This is why the gospel is good news, because Christ has defeated Satan, sin and death forever! Amen!
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