Let us review that message and ponder its meaning. We may first observe the condition of people prior to salvation. Sins have brought death. All of these are trespasses and sins that bring death. In passing one should note that from the world s viewpoint these are the things that contrariwise make for life rather than death.
Life is measured in terms of success, money, prestige or pleasures of body and mind.
He was made, rather, to follow the course of heaven, the King of all power, and the desires of God s will. 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. When man follows the course of the world, he loses God, other people, and himself. Recall the story of Adam and Eve in the garden. Like people ever since, they were misled into thinking that the way to live was to follow their own desires rather than God s commands.