The christian’s relationship to the world

As part of the effort of James to help Christians be living by God’s wisdom, he speaks to them about their relationship to the world. He uses some bold and harsh words to describe the relationship the Christian is to have with the world (James 4:4). By using the word “world” in this context, James is not speaking of what God created, because God said in Genesis that it was good. Neither is James speaking of the human beings in the world, because again God said it was good. James is talk