All descent into worldliness is based on an impoverished view of God and in impoverished view of ourselves. When we base our lives on human pride or selfishness we are forgetting what Christ has done for us.
We are God's temple, we are the place in which God dwells. Not just in us as individuals, but in us as a church. We are precious and sacred, the church is precious and sacred. So we should treat ourselves and treat the church accordingly.
We must never pride ourselves on human wisdom, or seek to become wise in the world's eyes. So often we see this happen today, the church tries to change its message to fit in with the world (this is different from making our message intelligible to the world) and seek approval from the world. This is foolishness because the world's wisdom is under judgement.
All our attention, all our adoration, should be focused on Christ.
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