True love requires a life commitment to the object of that love. There can be no other kind of love.

1. See God’s mercy in warning us to avoid cultivating love for the world
Old Testament Typology
Old Testament Examples
New Testament Example

2. See God’s mercy in exhorting us to cultivate love for Christ
Travelling through this world as strangers and pilgrims
Transformed by the power of Christ
Thrusting the world away by the grace of God
Totally Committed to God by the power of Christ

Applications:
1. Let us see that what the world offers is counterfeit, and is not worthy of our love
2. Let us examine ourselves, to see that the love of God abides and abounds in us
3. Let us examine our desires, to see that we love what Christ loves.