In the world

1 John 2:15-17; John says that we must not love the world or things in the world. Heavenly Father Yahuah's love is not in us if we love the world. The lust of flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of Yahuah but the world (verse 15-17 Do not love the world nor that which is in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Because all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but the one doing the desire of Elohim remains forever.

What does John mean "from or in the world", is it not anything that is not of Father, anything that keeps us away from Yahuah, interacting with Him.

James 4:4 confirms what John says: Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with Elohim? Whoever therefore intends to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of Elohim.

What are the things that keep us away from Yahuah, the lust of flesh/eyes and proudness. Anything that is manmade: Entertainment - TV, movies, money, music, casino, sport, making oneself pretty, movie stars, music stars, sport stars, hobbies to name a few.

If you spend more time with the above then it is lust! It is actually, idol worship - example; liking a movie star, keeping photos of him/her on your bedroom wall, or on your phone is considered idol worship.

How much time of the above is spent weekly doing and how much time is spent with Yahusha (Jesus). If our time spending on the things above is much more than spending time with Yahuah, we are from or in the world, Father's love is not in us, end of story.

Let's take Sunday as an example; majority people worship on this day which is on average three or four hours, the rest of the day on average is spent on movies, DVD's, in the mall, TV which involves sport, nature, sit-coms and so on - this is up to ten hours. What about the rest of the week, on average we spend very little time with Yahusha but plenty of hours on worldly things. Does watching a so called Christian movie count as spending time with Yahusha, "No" I believe not as you are watching other people, you are personally not interacting with the Creator.

Pride of our work, academy, sport, school achievements. Pride of our car, the garden, our body or looks etc. Father hates prideness  or being stiff necked. Not saying having a new car or a nice garden  or doing good at school/sports is wrong, it's when it becomes your sole goal in life that it becomes wrong. If we are pride, we do not have Yahusha in us. Verse 17 of 1 John2, The love of the world , the lust of it, is only for a short period, then it is gone forever but those who does the will of Yahuah remains forever.

What is the will or desire of our Heavenly Father; to know His desire/will is to spend time with Him.

Is worshipping Him 3-4 hours on a specific day, and maybe 1 or 2 hours in a week and also being a good person make us do His will or desire????? If we are spending time studying His word, we will know the answer is!

Truly accepting the Messiah is not only by our lips (talking) but through our hearts, by action and by obedience.

By our life style and our actions, people see or witness the Spirit of Messiah in us. The fruit we bear!

Satan's fall was due to pride and self-love - read Ezekiel 28:17. Pride has been the downfall of many people. Pride provides believers to be influenced to the deception of the enemy. Those who are proud do not willingly accept correction, or consider the objections and warnings of others. A sense of spiritual superiority causes them to disapprove the thoughts of those whom they view as being less spiritual, less intelligent or of a lesser rank.

Our desire should be to walk in faithfulness and set-apartness (holiness), ever living to do the will of the Yahuah.

Pride is a believers enemy.