You are either in the Word, and the Word is conforming you to the image of Jesus Christ or you are in the world, and the world is squeezing you into its mold!
The first reason for studying Scripture is that it is a means of spiritual growth. There is no growth apart from the Word. It is God's primary tool to develop Christian character. The Word of God is able to transform your life, but you must probe for its wisdom. You have to penetrate the surface with more than just a cursory glance.
The Bible was written not to satisfy your curiosity, but to conform you to Christ's image. Not to make you a smarter sinner, but to make you like the Savior. Not to fill your head with a collection of biblical facts, but to transform your life. The will of God is found in the Word of God. The more a person grows, the more he begins to think instinctively and habitually from a divine perspective.
[Howard Hendricks]
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1 John 2:15 … 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.
James 4:4 … Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Galatians 6:14 … But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.❤
