Like Jesus, the true Born Again Believer is not of this world. We live in it but only as pilgrims on our  way to Jesus' country. In His  "High Priestly Prayer"  Jesus said to His disciples, "They are not of the world, even as I am not of it."(Jn 17:16) The child of God has been spiritually birthed by the Power of another Kingdom, the power of Almighty God! When salvation comes into our lives we exit the kingdom of this temporal earthly world and enter the eternal world of God's spiritual Kingdom. We have been radically repositioned in Christ. Things are very different now!

Few of God's people leave this earth for heaven immediately following their salvation experience. The vast majority of us are required to live in this world while not being apart of it. Clarifying what true religion looks like James said, "Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world corrupt us." (Jms.1:27) Nt. This is one of the major areas that needs to be seriously and courageously dealt with right now! Worldliness has so infiltrated the Church in Canada that some of its corruption is now normal to us. We run our denominations, organizations, local church and even our homes using the same "measuring stick" of success that the world does. "Big and popular" mixed with religious politics is far too common. That which is wrong in the site of God is now being considered right. We are in danger here! Seriously it's time to stop and rethink our religious activities.

Let's remember what Jesus warned in Mt.7:21 - "Not all people who sound religious are really godly. They may refer to me as 'Lord,' but they still won't enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The decisive issue is whether they obey my Father in heaven. 22 On judgment day many will tell me, 'Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name. 23 But I will reply, 'I never knew you. Go away; the things you did were unauthorized.' We need to be found doing God's work God's way, and living our lives with an undivided love for the Lord.

Shared love is where the nation of Israel had major difficulties. Throughout their Old Covenant relationship with God they were often warned, rebuked and even punished by the Lord for their spiritual adulatory. They seemed prone to idolatry, and worshipped numerous other gods. Scripture doesn't hide from us the severity of God. He dealt very harshly with idolatry. From this we learn how intolerable "shared love" is with God. This is a very sensitive area with Him and we well to learn from Bible history on this subject. Gal.6:7 - Don't be misled. Remember that you can't ignore God and get away with it. You will always reap what you sow!