The Kingdom of God, Student Workbook, SW02

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T H E K I N G D O M O F G O D

1. The present world system is subject to the participation and interference of various principalities and powers.

2. Spiritual forces of darkness influence and animate the affairs of human beings.

3. Note the opposition to Daniel’s prayer by spiritual forces in Daniel 9-10.

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D. The underlying spiritual impulse of the kosmos : lust, greed, and pride, 1 John 2. 15-17

1. The command to disciples: do not love the world or the things in it.

a. Note the conflict between God and the world.

b. Those loving the world do not possess God’s love within themselves.

2. The world summarized: all that is in the world (the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life) is not of the Father but of the world’s own system.

3. The world system is passing away, as well as its lusts.

4. The first major effect of rebellion in the universe has been the emergence of this world system of lust, pride, and greed.