to love or not to love

Religious groups have a tendency to become very exclusive
if their only contact with the outward world is the times
when they try to recruit new members to their community.
These groups usually are too small and too prejudiced to
have a voice in the society. Their top priority is too keep
themselves pure in their mission and even if they don’t
admit it openly they think about themselves being superior
to the ordinary world.
If the church doesn’t have contacts with the surrounding world
beyond their efforts of evangelism, they easily become just
another religious sect.
“Love not the world!
Don’t be conformed to this world!
This world is passing away.
In the world you will have tribulation.
The world hates you...”
This all is so true.
But when the Bible says, ”For God so loved the world”
it refers to the most valuable element of the world: people.
Whenever the word is used as a synonym for people, we should
love the world.
The Bible doesn’t teach us to avoid and hate the people around us.
Believers are called to be seen and heard in the world (amongst the people).
The myth of a silent, wordless testimony has sometimes become an
excuse to hide your faith. It has an appearance of humility,
but it actually is a sign of a poor self- image.
I believe in Jesus marches and Evangelical Campaigns when the Word
of God is manifested in a spectacular way to the world, but even more
I believe in daily manifestations of God’s life through believers who
think like believers, speak like believers and act like believers
not being too concerned of the wrath of the Pharaoh.
Hebrews 11:27
God loves the world today through His church.