christianity's marriage to the world

i was reading a blog when i came across this line...

"It alarms me because it shows how there is little difference between the world and Christians."

i was just reading 1 John 5 at a Bible-study yesterday and saw that "everything that has been begotten of God overcomes the world..." and i realized that only that which is born of God, that is our regenerated human spirit (john 3:6, "that which is born of the flesh is flesh, but that which is born of the Spirit is spirit"), can overcome the world. in john 4 he says, "You are of God, little children; and you have overcome them because greater is He that is in you than he who is in the world." so today we are in the world, but the part of us that is born of God is our human spirit...

also romans 8:14,16 say, (14)"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God." (16)"The Spirit Himself witnesses with our spirit that we are children of God."

and in john 4:24 he says... "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truthfulness."

God is Spirit, so in order for us to worship Him we must do so in our human spirit. it's simple, but a lot of times we complicate it, especially in our mixed relationship with the Lord and the world... chosing to worship Him according to our culture or background, rather than how God has asked us to... in our human spirit.

if our church life and living is not according to and by and with our spirit, it is according to the flesh(even if it has the appearance of something spiritual as so many demoninations do), then there is no way that it can overcome the degredation of it's friendship or even marriage to the world. so it's no wonder that most of God's children have fallen into this horrible condition of mixture of culture and religion. from the OT we know that God hates mixture and will have nothing to do with it. therefore, it all depends on where they are living their christian life, their practical daily church life... in/by their flesh or in/by their spirit, that is mingled and joined to the Lord Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17-18, (17)"But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit, (18) and the Lord is that Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom".)

Lord call us out of all our degredation into just Yourself... we repent and return to You.

i couldn't agree with Rom. 12:2 more. "and do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect."

Lord, call out Your believers from their relationship with the world! gain a remnant on this earth who love and treasure only You! oh how we need our minds renewed, freed from the world and all our culture and religious tendencies!! Lord, we open to Your renewing. we exercise to unload ourselves on You. Lord, renew our minds by adding Yourself to us through Your sanctifying word...because only You are NEW. -amen.

Give up the world! Christ to obtain!