Day 1- Read John 15:18-21

What is the problem with the world according to this passage?

Day 2- Read John 3:19-20

What does this passage say the problem is with the world? What is the world’s fear? Can you relate?

Day 3- Read Philippians 2:21

Do you believe the world today encourages people to focus on their own interests? Why or why not? How?
Read Romans 12:2,9. Why do you believe God asks this of His followers?

DIG DEEPER

Read Luke 8:4,7,11,14. This is a parable that Jesus told about a seed and how it grows in different soils.  In verse 11, what does it say the seed represents? In verse 7, what happened to the seed in the thorns? What does Jesus say the “thorns” represent in verse 14? What are the “thorns” of the world? Does this really happen to God’s Word in today’s world? Read back through this week’s notes and verses. Has man’s sin affected the world?
Can the world affect you?

Day 4- HOW DOES SIN AFFECT THE WORLD?

Think about how many people make decisions without God.
Do you think that there is a consequence for sin?

Day 5- APPLY IT.

Read back through what you learned this week. Do you believe that sin takes a toll on the world we live in? How can you make a difference?