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Dear Young Christian,
In many parts of the world, today is known as Valentine’s Day. Love notes and greetings are sent to friends and loved ones and the florists and candy makers pull in their share of profits from the sale of flowers and chocolate. The Bible talks much about love. The love of God, the love of Jesus Christ, the love that we should have for sinners, the love we should have for other believers, and so on.
However, there is at least one thing that we are told in the Bible not to love: “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world” (1 John 2:15). The Devil is vying for the attention and affection of every young Christian (and older one too), and wants to distract us from following the Lord and being a testimony in a dark, sinful world. But, while we are to love the sinner and present Christ to a perishing world, we are not to love the world. The Lord wants our undivided affection and says, “My son, give Me thine heart” (Proverbs 23:26).
Your Christian Friend,
Jim Hyland
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