But we must keep away from worldliness. The fog of worldliness may come on us, but we must resist it. We have a tendency to be absorbed with the affairs of this world. We naturally desire to be powerful, rich, or famous. Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap.
Worldliness is a serious danger.
This worldliness is an ever-present danger for the church and individual believers. A person may read the Scripture, come to church, and listen to the word of God, but nothing happens to that person because there is a coating of worldliness in his or her spirit. So that is what Jesus Christ is warning us against. Be awake and alert to the values, commands and perspectives of the kingdom of God. We must avoid spiritual somnambulance, meaning spiritual sleep and moral laxity.