Here are some quotes from my facebook wall where I also posed my question from yesterday about worldliness(I spelled it right!)
I think it is a way of living as if Jesus is not Yaweh, God in the flesh, who has died to reconcile sinners to Himself. This broad theological definition keeps us from classifying worldliness as limited to certain actions which may not be seen as off limits to all believers. I think “worldly” also entails an old world way of doing things. Christ told us to pray for God’s Kingdom to come to this Earth–this is the New Worldliness we pray for and expect. For me, I just don’t drink alcohol or smoke, but my theological description of worldliness does not permit me to judge others as worldly if they do.
I think it stems from the Scripture that talks about being in the world but not of it. When something is “wordly,” it is something that is “of” the world, not just in it. It speaks a lot of intention or usage. Example, alcohol is in the world, but getting drunk is of the world. Or, sex is in the world (part of God’s creation), but sex outside of marriage is of the world (outside of God’s guidelines). So, if you are “wordly,” you are someone who has pushed past the boundary of being set apart, but instead has embraced the things OF this world.
33% of the world is christian, so that’s a majority.
Part of the reason I am interested in discussing this is because I think that our definition of worldliness directly effects our view of holiness and vice versa.
For what it’s worth, I think that we have to fight hard to not allow our definition of worldly to become an issue of style and practice, and much more to be an issue of the heart. I will comment more on this soon, but for now it’s time for me to get back to work.
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