Under the sway of the wicked one

 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. – 1 John 5.19

 

The whole world around us under the sway of the wicked one.

 

We are of God and the whole world is under the control of the wicked one. That’s pretty profound. That explains a lot.

 

That tells us why things are so amazingly wacky. It tells is why we don’t get the world and they don’t get us. We are indeed, in a sense, on two different planets. We are never going to be able to go back to our old life and without Christ they cannot join us.

 

That’s why we can’t be too harsh on the people around us. They are caught in his trap and held under his sway. They do what they do because that’s all they can do. Without Christ that’s all they are going to be able to do. We don’t war against them.