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  THE ANTIDOTE TO WORLDLINESS (CLIP)
  by David Ford
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the danger of being a friend of the
world, which is equated to being an enemy of God. It highlights the need
to not love the world or its sinful attractions, as loving the world can
indicate a lack of love for the Father. The message discusses the
worldly temptations of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and
the pride of life, presenting the antidote to worldliness as being born
of God and overcoming the world through a genuine spiritual rebirth and
walk with Jesus. The sermon illustrates that a true transformation by
the Holy Spirit leads to a change in desires and actions, akin to how a
changed life reflects a new nature.

Duration: 1:58

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DESCRIPTION
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This sermon emphasizes the danger of being a friend of the world, which
is equated to being an enemy of God. It highlights the need to not love
the world or its sinful attractions, as loving the world can indicate a
lack of love for the Father. The message discusses the worldly
temptations of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, presenting the antidote to worldliness as being born of
God and overcoming the world through a genuine spiritual rebirth and
walk with Jesus. The sermon illustrates that a true transformation by
the Holy Spirit leads to a change in desires and actions, akin to how a
changed life reflects a new nature.

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CONTENT
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Whoever will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Love not the
world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the
world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life, and it goes on. And the antidote to
worldliness, whatever is born of God, overcomes the world. So the
antidote to worldliness is being truly born of the Holy Spirit, truly
born again in your walk with the Lord Jesus, and walking with Him.

And here's the principle, when the Spirit of God lives in you, for
example, I go into every bar and drink as much as I want to, but you
know what? I don't want to, because there's been a change in my life.
Paul mentioned a while ago he likes to hunt. My brother here likes to
hunt.

Just a little quick story, and I'll pass this on. These guys like to
hunt. They're hunting, but amen.

But if Paul went out hunting next Saturday morning, let's say he's home,
and gets up and goes out at 4 o'clock and finds his hunting stand up,
they're gonna do some deer hunting. He comes back in about 10 o'clock.
He is covered with mud.

It has rained all night long. He has mud on his boots, mud on his
clothes, mud on his hat, mud on his arm. If he walks into his house,
walks through his living room, dropping mud everywhere, slides down the
hallway, smearing mud down the walls of the hall, goes into his bedroom,
and sits on that nice beautiful bedspread in his bedroom that I assume
he has there.

If he doesn't hear his wife go, Paul Walsher, what in the world do you
think you're doing with all that mud in this house? It only means one
thing. She ain't home. She's not there.

If you think you can live in the world and not hear the Holy Spirit of
God screaming out, no, no, no, no, it only means one thing. He's not
there.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/kzzb-GonTV8.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/david-ford/the-antidote-to-worldliness/
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