The Worldview of Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous) and Θεός (Theos) the Πατήρ (Patēr)
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This is the most important question anyone could ever ask. Not what does a religion teach. Not what does a denomination believe. What does Θεός (Theos) the Πατήρ (Patēr - Father) and Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous) actually say about reality?
Let γραφή (graphē - scripture) speak:
1. ΘΕΟΣ (THEOS) IS ONE — AND ΘΕΟΣ IS ΠΝΕΥΜΑ (PNEUMA - SPIRIT)
Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs - John) 4:24: "Πνεῦμα ὁ Θεός (Pneuma ho Theos) — Θεός (Theos) is πνεῦμα (pneuma - spirit)"
Not three. Not a committee. Θεός (Theos) the Πατήρ (Patēr) and Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous) are ONE — perfectly united. The πνεῦμα ἅγιον (pneuma agion - spirit holy) is not a separate entity but IS Θεός (Theos) — because Θεός (Theos) IS πνεῦμα (pneuma).
Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs) 10:30 — Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) said: "Ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν (Egō kai ho Patēr hen esmen) — I and the Πατήρ (Patēr) are ONE."
Combined yet distinct. United in purpose, will, ἀγάπη (agapē - love), and ἐξουσία (exousia - authority). The Πατήρ (Patēr) dwelling fully in the ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos - man) Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous).
2. ΑΓΑΠΗ (AGAPĒ - LOVE) IS THE FOUNDATION OF EVERYTHING
Α' Ἰωάννης (1 Iōannēs - 1 John) 4:8: "ὁ Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν (ho Theos agapē estin) — Θεός (Theos) IS ἀγάπη (agapē - love)"
But this is NOT the world's version of "love." This is not sentimentality. This is not tolerance of κακός (kakos - evil). The ἀγάπη (agapē) of Θεός (Theos) is defined as:
25 ἀγαπάω (agapaō) — to prefer, to choose what Θεός (Theos) prefers. It is a discriminating affection involving choice and selection. Θεός (Theos) CHOOSES what is ἀγαθός (agathos - good) and REJECTS what is κακός (kakos - evil).
This ἀγάπη (agapē) sent Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous) to die for ἐχθροί (echthroi - enemies):
Ῥωμαίους (Rōmaious - Romans) 5:8: "While we were still ἁμαρτωλοί (hamartōloi - sinners), Χριστός (Christos) died for us."
What βασιλεύς (basileus - king) has EVER done such a thing? The answer is NONE. This act is μωρία (mōria - foolishness) to the κόσμος (kosmos - world) — but it is the δύναμις (dunamis - power) of Θεός (Theos). Α' Κορινθίους (1 Korinthious - 1 Corinthians) 1:18.
3. ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ (ANTHRŌPOS - MAN) IS FALLEN AND NEEDS ΣΩΤΗΡΙΑ (SŌTĒRIA - SALVATION)
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) said in Λουκᾶς (Loukas - Luke) 5:31-32: "It is not the ὑγιαίνοντες (hygiainontes - healthy) who need a ἰατρός (iatros - physician), but the κακῶς ἔχοντες (kakōs echontes - sick). I have not come to call δίκαιοι (dikaioi - righteous), but ἁμαρτωλοί (hamartōloi - sinners) to μετάνοια (metanoia - repentance)."
This is how Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous) views sin — as an ἀσθένεια (astheneia - illness/weakness). An illness αὐτός (autos) is ready, able, and willing to θεραπεύω (therapeuō - heal).
Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaias - Isaiah) 61:1 — anointed to heal the συντετριμμένους τῇ καρδίᾳ (syntetrimmenous tē kardia - brokenhearted).
Α' Πέτρου (1 Petrou - 1 Peter) 2:24 — "By whose μώλωψ (mōlōps - wounds/stripes) you were ἰάθητε (iathēte - healed)."
The worldview of Θεός (Theos) is that EVERY ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is sick with ἁμαρτία (hamartia - sin) and needs the ἰατρός (iatros - physician). Those who say "I don't need Θεός (Theos)" are the most dangerously ill of all.
4. ΦΟΒΟΣ ΘΕΟΥ (PHOBOS THEOU - FEAR OF THEOS) IS THE BEGINNING OF ΣΟΦΙΑ (SOPHIA - WISDOM)
Παροιμίαι (Paroimiai - Proverbs) 1:7: "The φόβος (phobos - fear) of Κύριος (Kurios - the Lord) is the ἀρχή (archē - beginning) of γνῶσις (gnōsis - knowledge)."
Παροιμίαι (Paroimiai) 1:29: "They hated γνῶσις (gnōsis - knowledge) and chose NOT to φοβέω (phobeō - fear) Κύριος (Kurios)."
This is ACTUAL φόβος (phobos - fear). Not "reverence." Not comfortable "awe." Real τρόμος (tromos - trembling) before the Θεός (Theos) who has ἐξουσία (exousia - authority) to cast a ψυχή (psychē - soul) into γέεννα (geenna - hell).
Λουκᾶς (Loukas - Luke) 12:4-5 — Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) αὐτός (autos - Himself) said: "I will show you whom you should φοβέω (phobeō - fear): Fear the ONE who, AFTER killing, has ἐξουσία (exousia - authority) to cast into γέεννα (geenna - hell). Yes, I tell you, φοβέω (phobeō - fear) αὐτόν (auton - Him)!"
This IS ἀγάπη (agapē - love). Because this φόβος (phobos - fear) causes us to depart from κακός (kakos - evil) — which saves the ψυχή (psychē - soul). Β' Κορινθίους (2 Korinthious - 2 Corinthians) 7:1: "Let us cleanse ourselves from all μολυσμός (molysmos - defilement) of σάρξ (sarx - flesh) and πνεῦμα (pneuma - spirit), perfecting ἁγιωσύνη (hagiōsynē - holiness) in the φόβος (phobos - fear) of Θεός (Theos)."
5. ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΙΗΣΟΥΣ (CHRISTOS IĒSOUS) IS THE ONLY ΟΔΟΣ (HODOS - WAY)
Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs) 14:6: "Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωή (Egō eimi hē hodos kai hē alētheia kai hē zōē) — I am the ὁδός (hodos - way) and the ἀλήθεια (alētheia - truth) and the ζωή (zōē - life). No one comes to the Πατήρ (Patēr) except through me."
No Pope. No priest. No guru. No religion. No philosophy. No political system. ONE μεσίτης (mesitēs - mediator) — Α' Τιμόθεος (1 Timotheos) 2:5 — the ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos - man) Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous).
6. THE ΚΟΣΜΟΣ (KOSMOS - WORLD) SYSTEM IS ἘΧΘΡΑ (ECHTHRA - ENMITY) WITH ΘΕΟΣ (THEOS)
Ἰάκωβος (Iakōbos - James) 4:4: "φιλία (philia - friendship) with the κόσμος (kosmos - world) is ἔχθρα (echthra - enmity/hostility) with Θεός (Theos). Whoever chooses to be a φίλος (philos - friend) of the κόσμος (kosmos) makes themselves an ἐχθρός (echthros - enemy) of Θεός (Theos)."
Α' Ἰωάννης (1 Iōannēs) 2:15-16: "Do not ἀγαπάω (agapaō - love) the κόσμος (kosmos) or anything in the κόσμος (kosmos). If anyone ἀγαπάω (agapaō) the κόσμος (kosmos), the ἀγάπη (agapē) of the Πατήρ (Patēr) is not in them."
This is the worldview of Θεός (Theos): the entire system — its πολιτεία (politeia - politics), its παιδεία (paideia - education), its ψυχαγωγία (psychagōgia - entertainment), its θρησκεία (thrēskeia - religion) — is under the ἐξουσία (exousia - authority) of the πονηρός (ponēros - evil one).
Α' Ἰωάννης (1 Iōannēs) 5:19: "The whole κόσμος (kosmos) lies in the πονηρός (ponēros - evil one)."
7. ΚΡΙΣΙΣ (KRISIS - JUDGMENT) IS REAL AND COMING
Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs) 3:19: "And this is the κρίσις (krisis - judgment): that the φῶς (phōs - light) has come into the κόσμος (kosmos), and ἄνθρωποι (anthrōpoi - men) ἠγάπησαν (ēgapēsan - loved/preferred) the σκότος (skotos - darkness) rather than the φῶς (phōs - light), because their ἔργα (erga - works/deeds) were πονηρά (ponēra - evil)."
People CHOOSE σκότος (skotos - darkness). That is the κρίσις (krisis - judgment). They prefer it. They select it. Παροιμίαι (Paroimiai) 1:29 — "They CHOSE not to fear Κύριος (Kurios)."
Δευτερονόμιον (Deuteronomion - Deuteronomy) 30:19: "I set before you ζωή (zōē - life) and θάνατος (thanatos - death), εὐλογία (eulogia - blessing) and κατάρα (katara - curse). CHOOSE ζωή (zōē - life)."
Θεός (Theos) gives the ἐπιλογή (epilogē - choice). Αὐτός (Autos) does not force. But the consequences are eternal.
8. THE ΣΤΕΝΗ ΠΥΛΗ (STENĒ PYLĒ - NARROW GATE)
Ματθαίος (Matthaios - Matthew) 7:13-14: "Enter through the στενή πύλη (stenē pylē - narrow gate). For wide is the πύλη (pylē - gate) and broad is the ὁδός (hodos - way) that leads to ἀπώλεια (apōleia - destruction), and many enter through it. But small is the πύλη (pylē) and narrow the ὁδός (hodos) that leads to ζωή (zōē - life), and only ὀλίγοι (oligoi - few) find it."
This is not popular. This is not comfortable. This is the worldview of Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous) αὐτός (autos - Himself). MOST people will not enter. ὀλίγοι (oligoi - few) find it.
9. ΑΓΑΠΗ (AGAPĒ) TOWARD ΕΧΘΡΟΙ (ECHTHROI - ENEMIES)
Ματθαίος (Matthaios) 5:44: "ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν (agapate tous echthrous hymōn) — Love your ἐχθροί (echthroi - enemies)"
Θεός (Theos) died for αὐτός's (autos's) ἐχθροί (echthroi - enemies). And αὐτός (autos) commands those who follow Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous) to walk as αὐτός (autos) walked — Α' Ἰωάννης (1 Iōannēs) 2:6: "The one who says they abide in αὐτός (autos) ὀφείλει (opheilei - is obligated/indebted) to walk as αὐτός (autos) walked."
That word ὀφείλω (opheilō - Strong's #3784) means a moral DEBT. Not optional. Not a suggestion. An ὀφειλή (opheilē - obligation) because Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous) bought us with αἷμα (haima - blood). We are not our own.
WHY ΑΓΑΠΗ (AGAPĒ) FOR ΕΧΘΡΟΙ (ECHTHROI) IS NON-NEGOTIABLE
Consider where every single follower of Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous) came from. Ρωμαίους (Rōmaious - Romans) 5:8-10 makes it painfully clear:
"Θεός (Theos) shows αὐτός's (autos's) own ἀγάπη (agapē - love) toward us, in that while we were still ἁμαρτωλοί (hamartōloi - sinners), Χριστός (Christos) died for us... For if while we were ἐχθροί (echthroi - enemies) we were καταλλάσσω (katallassō - reconciled) to Θεός (Theos) through the θάνατος (thanatos - death) of αὐτός's (autos's) Υἱός (Huios - Son), much more, having been reconciled, we shall be σῴζω (sōzō - saved) by αὐτός's (autos's) ζωή (zōē - life)."
WE were the ἐχθροί (echthroi - enemies). Every single one of us. Walking in ἁμαρτία (hamartia - sin), walking κατά (kata - according to) the κόσμος (kosmos - world), walking κατά (kata) the ἄρχων (archōn - ruler) of the ἐξουσία (exousia - power) of the ἀήρ (aēr - air) — Ἐφεσίους (Ephesious - Ephesians) 2:1-5. Dead in παράπτωμα (paraptōma - trespasses). Children of ὀργή (orgē - wrath). That was US.
And Θεός (Theos), being πλούσιος (plousios - rich) in ἔλεος (eleos - mercy), because of αὐτός's (autos's) great ἀγάπη (agapē) with which αὐτός (autos) loved us — even when we were νεκρός (nekros - dead) in our παράπτωμα (paraptōma - transgressions) — made us alive together with Χριστός (Christos).
Anyone who has truly received this ἔλεος (eleos - mercy) and then refuses to extend it to their own ἐχθροί (echthroi) has either:
- Never truly been born ἄνωθεν (anōthen - from above) — they have a form of εὐσέβεια (eusebeia - godliness) but deny the δύναμις (dunamis - power) thereof
- Forgotten where they came from — as Πέτρος (Petros - Peter) warns in Β' Πέτρου (2 Petrou - 2 Peter) 1:9: "the one who lacks these things is τυφλός (tuphlos - blind), being μυωπάζω (muōpazō - short-sighted), having λήθη (lēthē - forgotten) the καθαρισμός (katharismos - cleansing) of their former ἁμαρτίαι (hamartiai - sins)"
THE PATTERN: ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΣ (STEPHANOS - STEPHEN)
Look at Στέφανος (Stephanos) in Πράξεις (Praxeis - Acts) 7:59-60. As stones were crushing his body, as his own countrymen were murdering him, what did he do?
"Κύριε (Kurie - Lord), μὴ στήσῃς αὐτοῖς ταύτην τὴν ἁμαρτίαν (mē stēsēs autois tautēn tēn hamartian) — Lord, do not hold this ἁμαρτία (hamartia - sin) against them!"
He prayed for his murderers. With his final πνεῦμα (pneuma - breath). And Θεός (Theos) answered that προσευχή (proseuchē - prayer). Standing right there, holding the coats, consenting to the θάνατος (thanatos - death), was Σαῦλος (Saulos - Saul) — who would become Παῦλος (Paulos - Paul).
Παῦλος (Paulos) himself later testified in Α' Τιμόθεος (1 Timotheos - 1 Timothy) 1:13: "ἠλεήθην, ὅτι ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα ἐν ἀπιστίᾳ (ēleēthēn, hoti agnoōn epoiēsa en apistia) — I was shown ἔλεος (eleos - mercy) because I acted in ἄγνοια (agnoia - ignorance) and ἀπιστία (apistia - unbelief)."
The ἀγάπη (agapē) of a dying μάρτυς (martus - witness) changed the course of history. Our προσευχαί (proseuchai - prayers) for our ἐχθροί (echthroi) matter. Our ἀγάπη (agapē) matters. Our ἄφεσις (aphesis - forgiveness) matters.
WHAT ΑΓΑΠΗ (AGAPĒ) FOR ΕΧΘΡΟΙ (ECHTHROI) LOOKS LIKE IN PRACTICE
Παροιμίαι (Paroimiai - Proverbs) 25:21-22 from the LXX gives us the practical instruction:
"If your ἐχθρός (echthros - enemy) is hungry, give them ἄρτος (artos - bread) to eat; and if they are thirsty, give them ὕδωρ (hudōr - water) to drink; for you will heap ἄνθρακες (anthrakes - coals) of πῦρ (pur - fire) on their κεφαλή (kephalē - head), and Κύριος (Kurios - the Lord) will reward you."
This is not passive. This is not weakness. This is the most powerful δύναμις (dunamis - power) in existence — the ἀγάπη (agapē) of Θεός (Theos) flowing through a yielded vessel.
Λουκᾶς (Loukas - Luke) 6:27-28 expands it further:
"ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν (agapate tous echthrous humōn - love your enemies), καλῶς ποιεῖτε τοῖς μισοῦσιν ὑμᾶς (kalōs poieite tois misousin humas - do good to those who hate you), εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς καταρωμένους ὑμᾶς (eulogeite tous katarōmenous humas - bless those who curse you), προσεύχεσθε περὶ τῶν ἐπηρεαζόντων ὑμᾶς (proseuchesthe peri tōn epēreazontōn humas - pray for those who mistreat you)."
Four commands. Not one. FOUR:
- ἀγαπᾶτε (agapate) — actively love them
- καλῶς ποιεῖτε (kalōs poieite) — do good to them
- εὐλογεῖτε (eulogeite) — speak well of them, bless them
- προσεύχεσθε (proseuchesthe) — pray for them
THE REASON: BECAUSE WE ARE ΥΙΟΙ (HUIOI - SONS) OF THE ΠΑΤΗΡ (PATĒR - FATHER)
Ματθαίος (Matthaios) 5:45 gives the reason directly:
"ὅπως γένησθε υἱοὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς (hopōs genēsthe huioi tou patros humōn tou en ouranois) — so that you may become υἱοί (huioi - sons) of your Πατήρ (Patēr - Father) who is in the οὐρανοί (ouranoi - heavens)"
This is not a suggestion for the spiritually advanced. This is the MARKER of being a child of Θεός (Theos). If you do not love your ἐχθροί (echthroi), the γραφή (graphē - scripture) questions whether you are truly a υἱός (huios - son) of the Πατήρ (Patēr) at all.
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) then concludes with the standard:
Ματθαίος (Matthaios) 5:48: "Ἔσεσθε οὖν ὑμεῖς τέλειοι (esesthe oun humeis teleioi) — You therefore shall be τέλειος (teleios - perfect/complete), ὡς (hōs - as) your Πατήρ (Patēr) ὁ οὐράνιος (ho ouranios - the heavenly) is τέλειος (teleios - perfect)."
That word τέλειος (teleios - Strong's #5046) means having reached the τέλος (telos - end/goal/completion). The τέλος (telos) of our πίστις (pistis - faith) is to be conformed to the εἰκών (eikōn - image) of Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous). And Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous) loved αὐτός's (autos's) ἐχθροί (echthroi) unto θάνατος (thanatos - death).
THE SELF-EXAMINATION
Α' Ἰωάννης (1 Iōannēs - 1 John) 3:14 puts it as plainly as possible:
"ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν ὅτι μεταβεβήκαμεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωήν, ὅτι ἀγαπῶμεν τοὺς ἀδελφούς (hēmeis oidamen hoti metabebēkamen ek tou thanatou eis tēn zōēn, hoti agapōmen tous adelphous) — We know that we have passed from θάνατος (thanatos - death) to ζωή (zōē - life), because we ἀγαπάω (agapaō - love) the ἀδελφοί (adelphoi - brethren). The one who does not ἀγαπάω (agapaō) μένει (menei - abides/remains) in θάνατος (thanatos - death)."
And how do we love the ἀδελφοί (adelphoi)? Α' Ἰωάννης (1 Iōannēs) 5:2-4 answers:
"By this we know that we ἀγαπάω (agapaō - love) the τέκνα (tekna - children) of Θεός (Theos): when we ἀγαπάω (agapaō) Θεός (Theos) and τηρέω (tēreō - keep) αὐτός's (autos's) ἐντολαί (entolai - commandments). For this IS the ἀγάπη (agapē) of Θεός (Theos): that we τηρέω (tēreō - keep) αὐτός's (autos's) ἐντολαί (entolai - commandments). And αὐτός's (autos's) ἐντολαί (entolai) are not βαρύς (barus - burdensome), because everyone born of Θεός (Theos) νικάω (nikaō - overcomes) the κόσμος (kosmos - world). And this is the νίκη (nikē - victory) that has overcome the κόσμος (kosmos): our πίστις (pistis - faith)."
THE ΜΕΝΩ (MENŌ - ABIDING) CONNECTION
It all comes back to μένω (menō - abiding). Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs - John) 15:4-7:
"Μείνατε ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν (meinate en emoi, kagō en humin) — Abide in Me, and I in you."
"As the κλῆμα (klēma - branch) cannot bear καρπός (karpos - fruit) of itself unless it μένει (menei - abides) in the ἄμπελος (ampelos - vine), so neither can you unless you μένετε (menete - abide) in Me."
"I am the ἄμπελος (ampelos - vine), you are the κλήματα (klēmata - branches); the one who μένει (menei - abides) in Me and I in them, this one bears much καρπός (karpos - fruit), for apart from Me you can do οὐδέν (ouden - nothing)."
If we are truly μένω (menō - abiding) in Χριστός Ἰησοῦς (Christos Iēsous), the ἀγάπη (agapē) of Θεός (Theos) will flow through us — even toward our ἐχθροί (echthroi). It is not something we manufacture. It is the natural καρπός (karpos - fruit) of being connected to the ἄμπελος (ampelos - vine).
But if there is NO ἀγάπη (agapē) flowing — if there is bitterness, unforgiveness, hatred — then the κλῆμα (klēma - branch) is not connected. And Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) says plainly what happens to such a branch: "it is thrown away... and dries up... and they cast them into the πῦρ (pur - fire) and they are burned." — Ἰωάννης (Iōannēs) 15:6
THE BOTTOM LINE
Θεός (Theos) IS ἀγάπη (agapē) — Α' Ἰωάννης (1 Iōannēs) 4:8. Therefore ἀγάπη (agapē) is as deep and complex as Θεός (Theos) αὐτός (autos). Yet for us, this ἀγάπη (agapē) is also ἁπλοῦς (haplous - simple). Because it is Θεός (Theos) who opens our καρδία (kardia - heart), νοῦς (nous - mind) and σύνεσις (sunesis - understanding) to it.
It starts as a somewhat shallow understanding but grows as long as we seek Θεός (Theos) with all our καρδία (kardia
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