An individual may pursue the world and retain a Christian profession at the same time and it is often difficult to ascertain whether God or the world possesses his affections. But by and bye he comes to a parting road where God calls him one way and the world another way. It is then that he will show to whom he really belongs.
It is impossible for the mind to be governed at the same time by two opposite principles. And as the Bible teaches, the love of the world and the love of God are diametrically opposed to each other (1 John 2:15: James 4:4; Matthew 6:24). So what does this tell us about the professing Christian who pursues the world?
To borrow a quaint illustration from one of our old writers, “When you see a dog following two men, you do not know to which of them the dog belongs so long as the men walk together. But when they come to a parting road and separate from each other, then it will soon be seen who is the owner, for the dog will follow his master wherever he goes.”
Just so, an individual may pursue the world and retain a Christian profession at the same time and it is often difficult to ascertain whether God or the world possesses his affections.
