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What Is The ‘World’?

December 23, 2024 by sd

What in the world is the “world”?

This is asked because of the ways the Bible uses it, especially Jesus.

He is the Light of the world, of course. He brings to it joy. He brightens the darkness.

It is a testing place, with every minute its own sort of challenge: joyous ones when we conquer them.

But the Lord also had some strong words against it.

Look at 1 John 5: “We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.” Or 5:4 where it says, “Whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.”

To most, the “world” means our planet. What we see all day. The sky. The seas. The land. But by “world,” Jesus was referring to the constructs of man and false spirits; the materialistic aspect; the human philosophies; the billionaires who populate the landscape at every turn.

In the news: one spending millions for a wedding, having proposed on a $500-million yacht.

What does it mean to be in the world (we can’t avoid that) but not of it?

An important message from the Manger, is this.

As Christianity.com adroitly observes: “As a part of Jesus’ prayer in John 17, He prayed for his disciples and those who would come after them. In this prayer, he expressed that his disciples were not of this world any more than he was.

“And he prayed, not that God would take them out of the world, but that he would protect them while they were in it. This prayer makes clear that we are in this world but not of it. But just what does this mean?
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“’My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it’ (John 17:15-16).”

What Is the World?

“It includes all our human-oriented activities: politics, economics, entertainment, education, conflict, and so much more. Everything that we as humans engage in, apart from God, is a part of this world. Colossians 1:13 identifies this world as the dominion, or kingdom, of darkness. In John 12:31, Jesus refers to the prince of this world.

“And Paul, in Ephesians 2:2, refers to ‘the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.’ None of these passages mention Satan by name. But it is clear this world is under his authority and influence. So long as we live in this tent of the flesh (2 Corinthians 5:1), we are in this world. We are bound to all the limitations that come along with being in the flesh. We grow old, are subject to disease and sickness, and must work to support ourselves and our families.”

But at the same time, to keep that healthy distance; to rise above it.

Make it a Yuletide meditation: What is the “world” and how immersed in it am I?

[resources: The Imitation of Christ]

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