It is the same with the enslavement to the world. You say to yourself, I will reject the Scriptures, I will reject divine things, I will reject any notion of God, and live for myself. I want to invest in this life, I want to live for this world. Right, you are joining up with a world that really has no rationale. You cannot understand it, it is always on the move. You cannot say, if I am on the world’s side, I know where I stand, things are clear to me, I know the meaning of life, I know the objectives, I know how things work out. You cannot, because this is a world cut off from God, this is a world that has to change its mind every two minutes. Look at the political scene. Look at the last fifty years. Look at how ideas have radically changed. One minute all of society seems to be going one way – this is the way to order our affairs, and bring prosperity – and the next it has thrown all that away and it has gone in completely the other direction. Then it is starting to swing back again. Don't imagine this is a world that can make up its mind, that really understands how to do things. Oh yes, you can study, and certain things are put across with enormous confidence, and a tremendous amount of jargon, but the world is changing its mind about how people are, and what needs to be done all the time. It does not understand itself. It does not understand human nature. One minute it is saying criminals should be punished, and punished until it hurts; the next minute it says that it is not their fault, let them off everything and wrap them up in cotton wool. Then it is swinging back again. This world does not understand human nature, or what to do about anything. You are investing in the most uncertain, confused, wind-driven entity imaginable. It has no policy, it has no principles, it has no clear ideas. Is that what you want to give your life to? These are parables, and they are applied to the great option: the Lord or the world, which is it to be?