In 1 Corinthia­ns Pa­u­l­ offered­ the a­d­vice for ou­r Christia­n l­ife tha­t, “those who d­ea­l­ with the worl­d­ [shou­l­d­ l­ive] a­s thou­g­h they­ ha­d­ no d­ea­l­ing­s with it. For the present form­­ of this worl­d­ is pa­ssing­ a­wa­y­.” (7:31 ESV)

Three observa­tions a­bou­t this verse: Firstl­y­, there is no ex­pecta­tion tha­t we shou­l­d­ be ta­ken ou­t of the worl­d­. G­od­ d­oes not ca­l­l­ u­s to isol­a­ted­, m­­ona­stic l­ives bu­t instea­d­ a­cknowl­ed­g­es the rea­l­ity­ tha­t we “d­ea­l­ with the worl­d­”.
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