We know that if we favor, or love, the world more than God that this is a sin because nothing is to come before God in our lives, but John writes that the result of loving the world at all causes us to be separated from God. So where do we stand in this regard? Do we love the creator, or do we love the creation instead… the Father, or what He has provided? If we love the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, then there is no part of us left to love the world… we are consumed entirely by our love for Him.