Demas' sad choice!

II Timothy 4:10 says, "For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica..." Demas chose the world over serving Christ. We must all make a choice as to whether we will serve Christ or the world. I John 2:15 says, "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Verse 17 of the same chapter says, "And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." We are clearly told that we can't serve God and mammon (the world) for we will love one and hate the other (Matthew 6:24). Trying to serve both will cause us to fall. We must make a righteous choice, and chose serving Christ. Are we up to the occasion?