what does that mean?

"Love not the world, 

neither the things that are in the world."

I John 2:15

Surely God does not mean that we should not love the

 beautiful and wondrous things in the world that He created...

The mountains,

the oceans,

 the flowers and trees,

the animals,

the birds of the sky,

the lakes and streams and deserts,

or the heavens,

filled with stars and the sun and the moon.

All of these things He created and put here for us to enjoy....

to cause us to worship Him and praise Him.

Those things are not at issue.

so,

what does this verse mean....

"Clearly

 the very text and the whole teaching of the Bible

 shows that it must mean

 the organization 

and the mind 

and the outlook of man 

as it ignores God 

and does not recognize Him

 and as it lives a life independent of Him,

 a life that is based on this world and this life only.

It means the outlook that has rebelled against God

 and turned its back upon Him.

It means, 

in other words,

the typical kind of life that is being lived 

by the average person today,

who has no thought of God, but thinks only of this world and life,

who thinks in terms of time 

and is governed by certain instincts and desires.

It is the whole outlook on life 

that is exclusive of God."

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Life in Christ

Sound familiar?

You may know this person.

Good chapter ~  second book

chapter 7

page 213