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The Church: Looking Outward

John 3:16 –

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (NKJV)

1 John 2:15 –

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (NKJV)

Don’t these seem contradictory?

“World” used (or defined) in 3 different ways:

1) Creation: Everything God made

2) Man: Values/Morals/System of ideas

3) The unsaved: Those who are not a part of the Church.

Question: What did Jesus see when He looked at the world?

1) Souls made in the image of God

Matthew 16:24-27

2) Man in his need

Matthew 9:35-38

3) Man in his sin

Matthew 23:13-30 (Seven Woes)

Luke 18:18-30

4) Man in danger

Luke 13:1-5, 34-35

Acts 9

2 Corinthians 5