“He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him
not”.
“They are not of the world even as I am not of the world”. John 1:10, 17:16.

As we enjoy the beauty of God’s creation and marvel at the
Super-intelligence that designed, created, and upholds the natural order
around us and precision within us, we realize that man also has been granted
creative power.
Within God’s world man has fashioned his own “worlds”. There is the
entertainment world, the music world, the art world, the sports world, the
corporate world and many other so-called worlds. None are evil in themselves
but they are all tainted by man’s greed and corruption.
With all his “progress” much of modern man’s world is filled with
violence, pain, sorrow and death. He stubbornly clings to the vain hope that
somehow, eventually, he will solve his problems through new and more
advanced “programs”, improved standards of living, better education, etc,
etc. When is the world going to learn that all forms of human empowerment
and prosperity have never, and can never, change human nature? (If any of
these efforts really worked why are the rich and famous notorious for their
abuse of drugs and alcohol, and revolving-door relation ships?)
The Bible alone provides the accurate diagnosis and the powerful
cure for all man’s woes. The problem is spiritual, and the solution is
spiritual.
Man is born without the life of God in his soul. As long as he
chooses to remain in that state he is doomed to his wretched spiritual
condition. Jesus lived the perfect life in this world for us. He then
offered that life on the cross taking upon Himself the punishment we deserve
for resisting and rejecting God’s love and rightful Lordship over us. For
those who repent, and surrender to His will for their lives, there is the
experience of a life of love, joy, and peace that is not of this world.
“And this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.”
I John 5:4.