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127fallen victim, and the kings ofthe earth committed fornicationwith her, and the merchants ofthe earth became rich due to thepower of her shameless luxury .'`And no light of a lamp willever shine in you again, and novoice of a bridegroom and of abride will ever be heard in youagain ; because your merchantswere the top-ranking men of theearth, for by your spiritisticpractice all the nations were misled.' "World Hates God's ServantsJohn 17 :14 "I have given yourword to them, but the world hashated them, because they are nopart of the world just as I amno part of the world ."1 Cor . 4 :13 "We have becomeas the refuse of the world, theoffscouring of all things, and weare so now ."1 John 3 :13 "Do not marvel,brothers, that the world hatesyou ."Rev. 18 :24 "Yes, in her wasfound the blood of prophets andof holy ones and of all those whohave been slaughtered on theearth."This World's Thinking Is Outof Harmony with God1 Cor . 1 :20-28 "Where is thewise man? Where the scribe?Where the debater of this systemof things? Did not God make thewisdom of the world foolish? Forsince, in the wisdom of God, theworld through its wisdom did notget to know God, God saw goodthrough the foolishness of whatis preached to save those believing.. . . Because a foolish thing ofGod is wiser than men, and aweak thing of God is strongerthan men . . . . and God chose theignoble things of the world andthe things looked down upon, thethings that are not, that he mightbring to nothing the things thatare."1 Cor . 2 :6-8, 12 "Now we speakwisdom among those who areadults, but not the wisdom ofFriendship with the Worldthis system of things nor that ofthe rulers of this system of thingswho are to come to nothing . Butwe speak God's wisdom in a sacredsecret, the hidden wisdom,which God foreordained beforethe systems of things for ourglory. This wisdom not one ofthe rulers of this system of thingscame to know, for if they hadknown it they would not haveimpaled the glorious Lord . Nowwe received, not the spirit of theworld, but the spirit which isfrom God, that we might knowthe things that have been kindlygiven us by God ."1 Cor. 3 :18, 19 "Let no one beseducing himself : If anyoneamong you thinks he is wise inthis system of things, let him becomea fool, that he may becomewise . For the wisdom of thisworld is foolishness with God ; forit is written : `He catches the wisein their own craftiness .'"Rom . 8 :6 "For the minding ofthe flesh means death, but theminding of the spirit means lifeand peace ."World's Course of Action2 Tim. 3 :1-5 "But know this,that in the last days critical timeshard to deal with will be here .For men will be lovers of themselves,lovers of money, selfassuming,haughty, blasphemers,disobedient to parents, withoutgratitude, with no lovingkindness,having no natural affection,not open to any agreement,slanderers, without selfcontrol,fierce, without love ofgoodness, betrayers, headstrong,puffed up with self-esteem, loversof pleasures rather than lovers ofGod, having a form of godly devotionbut proving false to itspower ; and from these turnaway ."Jas. 3:14-16 "But if you havebitter jealousy and contentiousnessin your hearts, do not bebragging and lying against thetruth. This is not the wisdomthat comes down from above . but