[John 15:19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.]

As a born again believer, it is important to know your relationship with the world we live in. In our opening verse, Jesus says “I chose you out of the world.” The world here means the ways of life, the lifestyle, the trends, the systems, the mindsets & thinking patterns etc. You have been chosen out of the world and therefore God does not expect you to live like the world, think like the world, or respond to situations like the world. You have been called out. The ‘church’ actually means the called out ones. Unfortunately, many believers today are trying to fit in the world, be accepted and live like the world. Romans 12:2 forbids us to “do not conform to the patterns of this world. Why is this important? Why does God want us to have nothing to do with the world? First because the world is in rebellion against God and therefore 1 John 2:17 says it is perishing, sinking, passing away. So if we hold on to the world, living like the world, we will perish with it. Second, Ephesians 2:2 reveals Satan is the one inspiring the course of this world. The trends, lifestyles and mindsets in the world are inspired by Satan for his own purposes. So if you follow them, you are simply following the wicked one. So have nothing to do with the world. Jesus chose you out of the world so stay out of the world and you will live a victorious, Impactful, overcoming Christian life.