Extract: The World and the Child of God

“They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” John 17:1414I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. (John 17:14). It does not matter what the world is, be it good or bad; the child of God is not of it, though in it, as the place of his daily toil, conflict, and discipline.