For the introduction to this series on temptations faced by singles click here.
Have you ever been to another country? I have been
to a few and every time I am quickly reminded that I am in a place very
different from home. The language, cultural icons, sights, and smells are all
so different.
In a similar way, we must realize that we Christians
are not in our home country. We are strangers in this fallen world. Our
citizenship is in heaven. Therefore, we are to live in this world, but we are
to be strangers in it. We are not to
love the world or the things in the world…for all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of
the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world (1 John
2:15-16).
“World,” in this passage, refers to
the ways of thinking and acting which are in opposition to godly ways of
thinking and behaving. So, we are not to love or embrace ways of thinking and
living which are contrary to God’s Word. We are to live as citizens of the
Kingdom of God rather than citizens of the domain of darkness. We are
ambassadors, or representatives, of God to the world.
In the next several posts, we will consider
two areas where all Christians, and especially unmarried Christians, are
tempted to live in ways which contradict their true citizenship. The first is
having a worldly perspective about relationships with members of the opposite
sex. The second is the temptation towards sexual immorality.
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