Not of this world

“But He continued, ‘You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.’” John 8:23
When the Bible talks about ‘not being of the world’, it doesn’t mean that Jesus came from another planet. In this sense, ‘the world’ refers to the mindset of the world at large, the mindset of unregenerate mankind. This is the mindset that says ‘get all you can and can all you get’, that looks out for number one, that shakes its fist in the face of God, seeking after pleasure, having an insatiable appetite for sin. We can all agree that Jesus was not like this.
And here is an awesome thing: if we have been born again, our new man is not of this world either. Jesus prayed to His Father, “I have given them Your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world” (John 17:14). If we have been born again, then we are new creations – creations of God, with our spirits made alive to Him, and with the Holy Spirit indwelling us. We have the influence of heaven inside our hearts. That’s not to say that we don’t fail sometimes, and fall into sin. But sin is no longer the pattern of our life.
So next time you, as a Christian, feel like you don’t fit into society, be encouraged – there is a reason this is the case. You are not of this world.