berto

the answer is just in the question: the "world" is everything that pretend to take the first place in our heart, the place that belongs only to our creator. no other wife should come in my bed, except 'my wife', so no other 'god' should come in my heart, except my God. Jesus quotes the OT saying: 'Love your the Lord your God with all your strength, all your soul, all your heart' (body, mind, soul and spirit). whoever, or whatever comes first in my heart is an 'idole' and all this I must separate from: that is the world. It has nothing to do with pleasure or wealth or belongings... All this I can and should enjoy, as long as it doesn't prevent me from putting my God at the first place.