“Managing Expectations to the World”
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“Managing Expectations to the World”
I. Understanding the strategy of the enemy.
- Satan has always used creation to pull us from the Creator. (Genesis 3:1-6)
- Satan will always get you to focus on what you do not have instead of what you do have.
- Satan will convince you that consequences are actually opportunities.
- Satan wins when creation replaces the Creator.
- A misunderstood view of strategy leads to a misguided view of creation.
II. Understanding a biblical relationship to the world.
- We are to love the world. (John 3:16-17)
- Love does not mean acceptance. (Romans 5:8)
- Love is not isolation. (Matthew 5:13-16)
- Love is willing to speak truth. (John 8:10-11)
- We are to hate the world. (1 John 2:15)