DO ALL FOR THE WILL OF GOD

                       By A. W. Tozer

       Let an apostle say it for us: "All that is in the world,

the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the

pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of  the world.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but

he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever"

                                                         1John 2:16, 17

       This is the world by which we may test the spirits.

It  is  the  world  of  carnal enjoyments,  of  godless

pleasures, of the pursuit of earthly riches and reputation

and sinful happiness. It carries on without Christ,

following the counsel of the ungodly and being animated

by the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that works

in the children of disobedience.              Ephesians 2:2

       Its religion is a form of godliness, without power, which

has a name to live but is dead. It is, in short, unregenerate

human society romping on its way to hell, the exact opposite

of the true Church of God, which is a society of regenerate

souls going soberly but joyfully on their way to heaven.

       Any real work of God in our heart will tend to unfit us for

the world's fellowship. "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" 1 John 2:15.  "Be ye not unequally yoked

together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness

with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with

darkness?"                               ---2 Cor. 6:14

       It may be stated unequivocally that any spirit that permits

compromise with the world is a false spirit. Any religious

movement that imitates the world in any of its manifestations

is false to the cross of Christ and on the side of the devil and

this regardless of how much purring its leaders may do about

"accepting Christ" or "letting God run your business."

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    Yours in Christ,

    Paul N. F.