This is the only thing that will make us truly fulfilled. Even though these things are easily observed as not fulfilling, we still chase them.Ĭan we get happiness here?We need spiritual food. This is despite the fact that we can easily observe that even those who have the most of the things of this world - wealth, fame, attention, acceptance - are not satisfied. Due to our desires for self-enjoyment, we are now in the illusion that we are these physical bodies, and the things of this physical world will make us happy. Once we chose self-centeredness over loving service to God we became under the jurisdiction of the mental and physical realm and given physical bodies. When a person is focused on God's pleasure, they are not focused on their own pleasure - they are not self-centered. In the spiritual world, everyone is loving the Supreme Being and His associates. Is this related to love?Self-centeredness is diametrically opposed to love. When a person is focused on themselves, they are focused upon their own pleasures and their own pains. Why is knowing pleasure and pain such a big deal? Because "knowing" these elements requires becoming self-centered. They do not "belong" to the consciousness of materialism and self-centeredness.īut those of us who do "belong to the world" are wrapped up in the trappings of this world, including wealth, position, fame, acceptance by others and sensual pleasures.
They are outside the realm of the material world and the physical body. Jesus is saying that he chose his disciples, not randomly, but because they illustrated that they were committed to following his teachings.īut how does that take them out of the world so they do not "belong to the world"?īecause Jesus' teachings are spiritual. What does 'chosen you out of the world' mean?The word "chosen" is being translated from the Greek word ἐκλέγομαι (eklegomai), which means being selected by virtue of fitness. The concept that we are these physical bodies, and the things that feed the physical body, clothe the physical body, or otherwise surround the physical body will make us happy. The consciousness of many people of this world is the consciousness of materialism. Why would the people of this world reject Jesus and his disciples? Because Jesus is teaching something that is opposed to the consciousness of many people of this world. More specifically to people of a particular consciousness - people who are focused upon the trappings of the material world. Jesus refers to the nature of the inhabitants of the physical world. Does the planet earth hate Jesus and his disciples? No. In this discussion with his closest disciples, Jesus is referring to the nature of society in this world. This Greek word means, according to Thayer's Lexicon, "an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government " "ornament, decoration, adornment " "the world, the universe" as well as "the inhabitants of the earth, men, the human family " and "the ungodly multitude the whole mass of men alienated from God " and "world affairs, the aggregate of things earthly." What does Jesus mean by 'the world'? "The world" is being translated from the Greek word κόσμος (kosmos). That is why the world hates you." (John 15:18-19) As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
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