Status ( 1 John 2 v 16 - 17 )

A new store opened in the shopping complex near where I live, so I gave it a visit, it sold designer clothing and footwear.A percentage of what was being sold was reduced like the 550 pound trainers.I choose not to buy anything,because one would be simply going for a status symbol. As I drove home empty handed (of course I had my hands on the steering wheel,just in case I was breaking the law) I listened to a radio program ,about those who fly for points, it all sounded a bit weird ,the more they fly the more points they get which goes towards more  flying.They visit places all over the world but they do not leave the airports they just travel,they just swap planes or go back on the same plane. This has nothing to do with those who receive points through their normal flying ,it is about status. Status symbols are important to people, when I became a minister I wore a clerical collar ,known as a 'dog collar',I felt it give me standing or status. Of course none of these things are important, often they  come under what Gods word calls the pride of  life..1 John 2 v 16.the pride of life belongs to what is called a trinity of evil,the other two are,the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Do not set your hearts on the godless world                                                                                              or anything in it. Anyone who loves the world                                                                                          is a stranger to the Father's love.Everything the                                                                                        world affords,all that panders to the appetites                                                                                            or entices the eyes,all the glamour of its life,                                                                                            springs not from the Father but from the godless                                                                                      world.And that world is passing away with all                                                                                         its allurements, but he who does God's will                                                                                               stands for ever.