"these all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having
seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and
confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims upon the earth" (Heb.
11:13). This same wide difference between the people of this world and
the people of God is also stated in passages where the world is
understood to be the system over which Satan now rules: "He that loveth
his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world
(Satanic system) shall keep it unto life eternal" (Jno. 12:25). "Ye
adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the
world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore who will be a friend of
the world (Satanic system) is the enemy of God" (Jas. 4:4). Love not the
world (Satanic system), neither the things that are in the world. "If any
man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that
is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and
the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the
world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of
God abideth forever" (I Jno. 2:15-17).

The word "lust," constantly used in description of the Satanic system,
has a much larger meaning in the Scripture than its present popular use,
where it refers only to that which is sensual. In these passages quoted,
it refers to the whole Satan-inspired ambition of humanity, and includes
their principle of self-help, and their struggle for all that, to them,
is highest and best. It is unlawful, in that it disregards the truth of
God; and it is related to that which is physical, because it magnifies
the finite being and its resources.

Two other striking passages concerning the relation of the believer to
the world are here given: "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may
have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in
this world (Satanic system)" (I Jno. 4:17). "As thou hast sent me into
the world (Satanic system), even so have I also sent them into the world
(Satanic system)" (Jno. 17:18).

The last revelation of the believer's position to be mentioned here, is
in regard to his service for the world. The unbounded love of God has
called him into fellowship with Christ in the great work of this age;
and in that connection he is under commission to evangelize, by a
process of witnessing, to the uttermost parts of the world. In this
undertaking he is promi