Daily Bread – July 26, 2021 (The Second Day – Genesis 1:6-8) John 15:19 – If you were of the world, the world would be fond of its own; on account of this the world hates you, because you are not of the world, for I have chosen you out of the world. Part 1 ~ Jesus Has Separated Us Entirely From The World When speaking of the world’s affection, Jesus makes a shift from using the word used for “divine love”, ‘agapao’, to ‘phileo’, which is from the Greek word ‘philos’, meaning “friend”. One of the ways ‘phileo’ may be translated is “fond”. In that the world is not capable of divine love, the change in the Greek word should also be reflected in the English translation. One of the most important things we must come to understand and value is the security and sanctity we have been given in Christ Jesus, Who has entirely separated us from the world. Through the work of redemption, we are not of this world even as He is not of this world (John 17:14,16). What makes us so different is that the life of Christ Jesus has been imparted into us; and the Holy Spirit, Who is foreign to the world, has been given to us (John 14:17). Through the impartation of the life of Christ, we have been made the sons of God; and therefore, we are radically different from the world. The world cannot know us because it could not know Him, and we are as He is in this world (1 John 3:1, 4:17). We have been delivered from this present evil world, having been translated from the kingdom of the world into the Kingdom of the dear Son (Galatians 1:4; Colossians 1:13). We have escaped all of the corruption and pollution of this world: the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eye, and the pride of life (2 Peter 1:3-4, 2:20; 1 John 2:15-17). The world is dead to us; and we are dead to the world (Galatians 2:20, 6:14; Colossians 3:1-4; Romans 6:4). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 7/26/2021
