Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world

"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever" (I Jn. 2:15-17). In light of this passage of scripture it becomes clear that doing the will of God means that we must get "the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life" out of our hearts. If we accomplish this, we won't have to be worried about external things defiling us. This is exactly what the apostle Paul taught as well, saying; "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin" (Rom. 6:6). And he echoed the same in Galatians, identifying those who truly belong to Christ thusly: "And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts" (Gal. 5:24). Jesus also let us know that it is not external things that defile a man, but rather it is ungodly things that are not purged from the heart (Mk. 7:15,18-23). Jesus also made the effective point that we cannot obey sin and be the servants of the Lord at the same time: "Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin" (Jn. 8:34). And we will conclude this powerful and sobering scriptural thought where we started; with the beloved apostle: "Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him" (I Jn. 3:6). So you tell me: Where does all of the religious nonsense of "We're all sinners," fit into that? Sounds like somebody's wrong about the Bible, wouldn't you say? Amen.