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BE SEPARATE - PART ONE MEMORY VERSE : Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. 1 John 2:15. BIBLE VERSE : 11 Corinthians 6:14-18; Ephesians 5:1-8. INTRODUCTION: In (1 Jn. 2:15), we are told to “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” The Apostle John went further in (1 John. 2:16). To explain to us the meaning of the word “world”. The “world” as used here means “the lust of the flesh” and the lust of the eye” and the “pride of life.” It also means the present world system that is controlled by Satan, together with its political systems, its systems of entertainments and so on. From all these things we are to be separated. These do no include the material blessings of this life which God gives liberally and richly for all to enjoy (1 Tim. 6:17). FROM WHAT ARE WE TO BE SEPARATED? Basically, we are to separate from all forms of sin and worldly pleasures and be separate unto G