WORLDLINESS-UNWORLDLINESS

WORLDLINESS-UNWORLDLINESS: (A) WORLDLINESS (1) Warnings against Mt 16:26; Lu 21:34; Ro 12:2; Co 3:2; Tit 2:12; Jas 4:4; 1Jo 2:15 --SEE Worldly Fulness, PROSPERITY Prosperity, PROSPERITY (2) Perilous, some of the Evil Effects of Destroys the Influence of the Truth Mt 13:22 Deludes Men into a State of False Security Mt 24:38,39 Makes Earthly Affections Supreme 1Co 7:32,33 Moulds the Activities and Plans of Life Eph 2:2 Leads to Religious Apostasy 2Ti 4:10; Jas 5:5 (B) SINFUL IMITATION of worldly people and customs condemned In Committing Popular Sins EX 23:2 In False Worship De 12:30 In Bad Governmental Policies 1Sa 8:19,20 In Heathenish Practices 2Ki 17:15 In Following a Bad Example Mt 23:2,3 (C) WORLDLY BUILDERS, examples of Job 27:18; Jer 22:14; Da 4:30; Lu 6:49; 12:18 --SEE Men's Plans, PLANS (D) UNWORLDLINESS, special references to Ro 12:2; 1Co 7:31; Ga 6:14; 2Ti 2:4; Heb 11:24,25; 1Jo 2:15 --SEE Separation (4), SEPARATION