WOULD YOUR ANSWER BE THE SAME?

William Kelly (1821-1906) was an outstanding student of the Bible whose scholarship and spirituality made him a real power for God in Great Britain at the close of the 1800s. His library contained 15,000 books and he had detailed knowledge of each. Kelly was a prolific author and the titles of his own writings fill nearly ten pages in the British Museum catalogue.

Kelly had once helped a young relative prepare for Trinity Colleges in Dublin and in this way he came to the attention of the professors there. They offered him a huge salary and urged him to take up work at the college. When Kelly showed a distinct lack of enthusiasm for their suggestion, they were nonplussed and one asked him “Mr Kelly, aren’t you interested in making a name for yourself in the world?”

To which Kelly simply replied, “Which world, gentlemen?”

1 John 2:15-16 NLT
DO NOT LOVE THIS WORLD, NOR THE THINGS IT OFFERS YOU,
for when you love the world,
YOU DO NOT HAVE THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IN YOU.  
For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure,
a craving for everything we see,
and pride in our achievements and possessions.
These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

James 4:4 NLT  
Don’t you realize that friendship with the world
makes you an enemy of God?
I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world,
you make yourself an enemy of God.

Philippians 1:27 NLT
Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven,
conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ.

Shortly before his death, Kelly said
“There are three things real —
the Cross, the enmity of the world, and the love of God”

If we were asked which world means the most to us, we would no doubt give a resounding reply that God comes first . . .    . . .   but . . .    . . .

Suppose we could measure our reactions and actions, and our thoughts, motives and attitudes, and our time and our zeal, and place them on balance scales – one side for this world and the other for God – which side would be heavier?

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