The world. The world includes anything of a physical nature that might hinder us in our walk with Christ or might tempt us to sin. Contrary to what some people think, the world is not getting better. If anything, it’s getting worse because so many more possibilities related to evil exist today than existed hundreds or thousands of years ago—the world has more people, greater opportunities for evil alliances and evil behavior, more technology for delivering tempting messages, more access to weapons,