“into the glorious liberty.” The sons of God break free from the enslavement of the world. John is really saying in these verses, “You can live effectively, successfully, and triumphantly in the world. The trouble comes when you take the world into you, when you let the things that characterize the world—the lust of the eye and the flesh and the pride of life—characterize you. You can live in the world and not be of it until you take the world into your own heart.” Then you’re sunk. You’ve got to