Who Do You Love?

2 Timothy 4.10CB NT p. 374

“Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas”

(Colossians 4.14, CB NT p. 355)

“and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers”

(Philemon 24, CB NT p. 380)

About 7 years later...

“For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica”

(2 Timothy 4.10, CB NT p. 374)

What happened to Demas?

The love of the world...

1. Too busy

“They all alike began to make excuses”(Luke 14.16-24, CB NT p. 137)

1. Too busy

“As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God”

(1 Timothy 6.17, CB NT p. 370)

1. Too busy

“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions”

(Luke 12.15, CB NT p. 131)

2. Holding too tight

“But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich”

(Luke 18.23, CB NT p. 144)

“Do not toil to acquire wealth... When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.”

(Proverbs 23.4-5, CB OT p. 1031-1032)

“For you say, ‘I am rich,’ ... not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked.”

(Revelation 3.17. CB NT p. 436)

“Whoever trusts in his riches will fall”(Proverbs 11.28, CB OT p. 1015)

3. Pleasure

“enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin”(Hebrews 11.25, CB NT p. 395)

3. Pleasure

“For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.”

(1 John 2.16, CB NT p. 420)

3. Pleasure

“And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.”

(John 3.19, CB NT p. 165)

Overcoming the love of the world...

1. Remember where your treasure is.

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

(Matthew 6.21, CB NT p. 10)

2. Seek the things that are above

“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”

3. Don’t conform to the world

“Do not be conform to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind”

(Romans 12.2, CB NT p. 281)

4. You have an abundant life.

“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly”

(John 10.10, CB NT p. 183)

“And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

(Philippians 4.7, CB NT p. 349)